Standing in the need of prayer: a congregation's shift in the role of deacons

Eugenia Varker Martin

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Standing in the need of prayer: a congregation's shift in the role of deacons

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Eugenia Varker Martin. Standing In the Need of Prayer: a Congregation's Shift In the Role of Deacons. McCormick Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9c440a4f-31a2-4a36-bbb1-86b7411ad8fd?locale=de.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

E. V. Martin. Standing in the need of prayer: a congregation's shift in the role of deacons. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9c440a4f-31a2-4a36-bbb1-86b7411ad8fd?locale=de

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Eugenia Varker Martin. Standing In the Need of Prayer: a Congregation's Shift In the Role of Deacons. McCormick Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/9c440a4f-31a2-4a36-bbb1-86b7411ad8fd?locale=de.

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Eugenia Varker Martin

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Pastoral care that is shared among clergy, deacons and members can be positive for any church and result in the delivery of quality pastoral care for all. This thesis will illustrate the process First Presbyterian Church of Burlington went through in order to shift the deacons' role from one of historical stewardship/maintenance leadership to one of pastoral care. Members of the church were led through a discernment process in order to identify and utilize these spiritual gifts. Prayer and preaching were the foundation for both the preacher and the laity throughout the change process. Who might benefit from reading this paper? 1) Pastors who are attempting to do all the pastoral care on their own, and 2) leaders of a church that is steeped in tradition or resistant to change.

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