A Challenge to Church Leaders: The Necessity of Supervision for Ordained Ministers

This article is an explicit challenge to church leaders and ministers of all denominations to take seriously the necessity of obligatory supervision for ordained ministers. To support this challenge, the author describes fundamental principles of pastoral care that found the moral demand for and ben...

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Main Author: LaMothe, Ryan 1955- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Sage Publishing 2005
In: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Year: 2005, Volume: 59, Issue: 1/2, Pages: 3-15
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Non-electronic
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Summary:This article is an explicit challenge to church leaders and ministers of all denominations to take seriously the necessity of obligatory supervision for ordained ministers. To support this challenge, the author describes fundamental principles of pastoral care that found the moral demand for and benefits of the supervision of pastoral practice. Before offering practical suggestions on the implementation of supervision, reasons for the personal and institutional resistance to supervision of ordained ministers are depicted.
ISSN:2167-776X
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of pastoral care & counseling
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1177/154230500505900102