West TLD

Dean:

Pastor Genise Stern

PO Box 194

Casco, ME 04015

 

539-2241 or 627-3126

Genisek2004@yahoo.com 

 

Course: Ministerial Ethics

Instructor: Genise D. Stern, M.Div.
PO Box 194
Casco, Maine 04015

207-627-3126
gdk.pastor@gmail.com

Course Overview:

Clergy are invited into the most intimate aspects of people’s lives. This course is designed to provide clergy with a practical awareness and ethical understanding of the issues facing clergy as it relates to professional conduct and safety within the context of congregational life and pastoral ministry. We will explore what it means to build an ethical biblical framework for clergy decision making and resolving ethical issues. We will discover tools for ethical decision making given the context of personal, communal, and institutional covenants.

 

Required Text(s):

Trull & Carter, 2004. Ministerial Ethics: Moral Formation for Church Leaders, 2nd Ed. Published by Baker Academics, Grand Rapids, Michigan.

Gula, Richard, 2010. Just Ministry: Professional Ethics for Pastoral Ministers. Published by Paulist Press, New York, NY.

Schedule:

Dates for this course is: Saturdays, March 31, April 14th, April 28, May 12, and May 19.

We will meet on Saturday mornings from 9 am to 12 pm at the West Paris Baptist Church, Church Street, West Paris, Maine

 

First Class Preparation:

Please read Trull & Carter: Introduction & Chapters 1-3 (pages 13-88) and be prepared to discuss the material.