The Professionalization of Pastoral Care

by T. Dale Johnson Jr.

When the organization and structure of the church in America was altered in the early 1900s to meet modern demands, the role of the pastorate became more specialized to adapt to the burdens of the new, ""efficient"" structure. In 1920, Gaines Dobbins utilized the business efficiency model at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary to formulate a distinct ecclesiology. Discontent with traditional methods of instruction in theological education, Dobbins...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1725264927
• ISBN13: 9781725264922
• Release Date: July 2020
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 210 Pages
• Weight: 0.63 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"