The Pastor's Manual

by James R. Hobbs

Book Overview

Suggestions for performing the various tasks of the pastor. Includes vital information and examples for all types of services and ceremonies.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 080542301X
• ISBN13: 9780805423013
• Release Date: January 1925
• Publisher: B&H Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 4.3" x 6.8"

Customer Reviews

Good Manual for Last Minute Calls...

While not a thoroughly in-depth book, this little manual may be able to help any pastor, deacon, bishop, or common Christian with a sermon on many particular topics when the speaker does not know how or where to start. It is a good, inexpensive manual to have on your shelf that may give you some excellent ideas in expounding upon God's Word.

Very Nice, very well put together.

This is a great help for pastors. It is also a very nice looking and well made book that can be used during special cerimonies and services. Well worth the price.

J. R. Hobbs Pastors Manual

This is an excellent book for new pastors. I ordered it as a gift for a young female relative on the occasion of her ordination.

Very general, broad-range book for pastors or ministers

This volume is intended primarily for new Christian ministers or pastors. It tries to cover a lot of ground in a single book, and I think it would have been better to cover some topics separately. Funerals, weddings, and church business are all briefly covered, but each of these topics could fill an entire book. In my opinion, the most useful portion is the section on Funerals, which is rarely covered elsewhere. Table of Contents: Notes on Conducting a Funeral Funeral Service for General Purposes Funeral Service for a Child Funeral Service for a Young Man Funeral Service for a Young Woman Funeral Service for a Man or Woman in Middle Life Funeral Service for Aged Man Funeral Service for Aged Woman or Mother Funeral Service for Non-Christian Episcopal Funeral Service (abbreviated) Texts for Funeral Addresses Poetry Weddings Notes on Ministerial Conduct at Weddings Marriage Ceremonies Marriage Ceremony by Author Marriage Ceremony (from Ala. Book of Legal Forms) Marriage Ceremony (J.J. Taylor, D.D.) Marriage Ceremony (Episcopal) How to Organize a Church Church Covenant Articles of Faith Order of Service for Organizing a Baptist Church Officers of the Church The Pastor The Deacons Other Officers The Clerk The Church - Its Business Session or Conference The Deacons' Meeting Its Public Worship Its Reception of Members Its Discipline of Its Members Its Councils Its Ordinances - Baptism The Lord's Supper Administration of Baptism Administration of The Lord's Supper Administration of the Ordinances and the Reception of Newly Baptized Members Notes on Laying Corner Stone for Church Building Laying a Church Corner Stone Dedicating a Church Building