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Pastoral and social ministry: Creative tension in a local church

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MLA citation style (9th ed.)

Hayden, Kris Alan. Pastoral and Social Ministry: Creative Tension In a Local Church. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f29c8cdd-625b-44aa-8651-63d813fe6b73.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

H. K. Alan. Pastoral and social ministry: Creative tension in a local church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f29c8cdd-625b-44aa-8651-63d813fe6b73

Chicago citation style (CMOS 17, author-date)

Hayden, Kris Alan. Pastoral and Social Ministry: Creative Tension In a Local Church. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f29c8cdd-625b-44aa-8651-63d813fe6b73.

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  • This project is driven by the need of the local church to be faithful to its pastoral and social responsibilities. Is it possible to live creatively within this tension? This is the question this project explores. The first chapter looks at this tension as it is experienced in a particular church by one pastor. Hopefully the reader will be able to identify with this experience in his or her own ministry setting. Next the project looks at three contemporary models of social ministry in a pastoral context. Chapter two offers the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Rev. Dr. Paul Sherry, President of the United Church of Christ, and Dorothy Day, founder of the Catholic Worker, as these models. The third chapter offers a theological foundation to support ministry that balances the pastoral and social. Juergen Moltman is the primary reference for this theological exploration. The final chapter includes a variety of ways the creative tension of social and pastoral ministry can be lived out in the local church. The project concludes that social ministry can creatively stimulate pastoral ministry. Effective pastoral ministry creates new possibilities for social responsibility.
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  • 12/18/2025

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