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The Pastor's Soul

The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

Brian Croft and Jim Savastio

The Pastor's Soul

The Call and Care of an Undershepherd

Brian Croft and Jim Savastio

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From the foreword by David Murray:

"'The minister’s soul is the soul of his ministry.' I can’t remember where I first heard this saying, but I’ve never been able to forget it. And, having read this book, I never want to forget it. In these pages, Jim Savastio and Brian Croft establish the foundation of all faithful and fruitful ministry: the pastor’s soul. But, although their main target is the epidemic of ministerial hyper-activity and the accompanying burnout, backsliding, and brokenness, they carefully avoid over-reacting and running to the opposite extremes of monkish withdrawal or lazy self-indulgence. Instead, you have a book that skillfully walks a balanced biblical path in both content and style.

It balances self and others. Yes, the pastor is all about serving others, about sacrificing for the sake of others, about spending and being spent for others, and about pouring out themselves to all others. But, as many pastors have discovered to their cost and pain, servants are finite, sacrifices eventually turn to ashes, non-stop spending leads to bankruptcy, and pouring out without ever filling up ends in drought. This book reminds us that caring for self is not selfish but necessary if we are to sustain a life of caring service to others. It’s not a warrant for sloth or selfishness, but rather a call to self-care that will lead to better other-care."

  • Title

    The Pastor's Soul

  • Author(s)

    Brian Croft and Jim Savastio

  • Series

    Practical Shepherding

  • ISBN

    9781783972388

  • Format

    Paperback

  • Publisher

    Evangelical Press

  • Topic

    Holiness

  • Audience

    Church Leaders

  • Pages

    160

  • Published

    07/01/2018

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Brian Croft

Brian Croft

Brian Croft is Senior Pastor of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, KY, and Senior Fellow of the Church Revitalization Center at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He founded Practical Shepherding and is the author of many books.

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Jim Savastio

Jim Savastio

Jim Savastio is pastor of Reformed Baptist Church of Louisville. He is also the president of the board of directors for Practical Shepherding Ministries and is co-author with Brian Croft of The Pastor’s Soul. Jim was brought to faith as a teenager and soon began to experience a desire to preach God’s Word.  He trained for the ministry at Columbia Bible College in Columbia, SC (now Columbia International University) and at the Trinity Ministerial Academy in Montville, NJ.  He married his wife, Becky in 1989 and they have been blessed with three daughters and one son.

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