Ministerial ethics :

Trull, Joe E.

Ministerial ethics : moral formation for church leaders / Joe E. Trull and James E. Carter. - 2nd ed. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2004. - 288 p. ; 23 cm.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 265-283) and index.

Introduction -- 1. The minister's vocation : career or profession? -- 2. The minister's moral choices : endowed or acquired? -- 3. The minister's personal life : incidental or intentional? -- 4. The minister's congregation : friend or foe? -- 5. The minister's colleagues : cooperation or competition? -- 6. The minister's community : threat or opportunity? -- 7. A major ethical issue : clergy sexual abuse -- 8. A ministerial code of ethics : help or hindrance? -- Aoppendices: A. A procedure for responding to charges of clergy sexual abuse -- B. Early denominational codes -- C. Contemporary denominational codes -- D. Ministerial and parachurch groups codes -- E. Sample codes of ethics.

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Clergy--Professional ethics.
Clergy--Conduct of life.

BV4011.5 / .T78 2004

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