Book Description: Burnout in Pastoral Ministry is real, but it can be prevented. In this new edition of Reframing Your Ministry, Dr. Anthony J. Headley shows how as he offers a sustainable and life-giving model of ministry rooted in the Trinity.
The updating of Anthony Headley's classic, Reframing Your Ministry, is a gift to those of us who prepare pastors for service in churches, chaplaincy, and parachurch ministries. The positive impact of the original version across almost two decades of teaching domestically and internationally has been profound. The practical vision it cast for ministering through "being" in this age of excessive "doing" has been life-changing for students and ministry professionals. They caught a counter-cultural "frame of reference" for their pastoral calling that was inspiring and realistic. Now this new version continues to follow where ministry art and pastoral research leads. It loses none of the experiential power of the original, while effectively speaking to a new generation of pastors. Dr. Headley provides an embodied theology that centers the work of Christ in the pastor through a healthy relationship with the Father through the Spirit. Everything flows practically from this centeredness, creating an "inside-out order" that John Wesley would heartily esteem. I can't wait to put this updated version in the hands of my students.
—Stephen P. Stratton, Professor of Counseling and Pastoral Care, Asbury Theological Seminary
Anthony J. Headley is Emeritus Professor of Counseling at Asbury Theological Seminary where he taught counseling and pastoral care courses for 31 years. In addition to his teaching at Asbury, he has taught at several international Christian colleges and universities. He has also led ministry seminars and training in areas such as stress and burnout, flourishing in ministry and trauma informed care. He has written five books including Achieving Balance in Ministry, Created for Responsibility, Reframing Your Ministry, The Influence of Family Dynamics in the Life and Ministry of John Wesley, and Getting it Right: Christian Perfection and Wesley’s Purposeful List.
