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Resources on Supporting Ministry and Eldership
available from the FGC
Bookstore
Description of the Qualifications Necessary to a Gospel Minister
by Samuel Bownas
Friends seeking to nurture and deepen ministry in their meetings for worship
will find remarkably clear, specific, and relevant. PH & Tract, 1989,
104 pp. $8.50
Gifts and Ministries
An essay about eldership intended to stimulate discussion on matters
of pastoral care and spiritual leadership. QHS, 1993, 23 pp. $5.00
Deepening the Spiritual Life of the Meeting by Edward Hoare
"How do we deepen the spiritual life of the meeting?" FGC, 10
pp., 1995 $1.00
Spiritual Discernment: The Context and Goal of Clearness Committees
by Patricia Loring
Articulates the use of clearness committees as instruments of discernment.
PHP 305, 1992, 32 pp. $3.00
Clearness Committees and Their Use in Personal Discernment by
Jan Hoffman
A clearness committee meets with a person who is unclear on how to proceed
in a keenly felt concern or dilemma, hoping that it can help this person
reach clarity. Pamphlet describes practical steps. newly revised, 1996
$.25
Gospel Order: A Quaker Understanding of Faithful Church Community
by Sandra L. Cronk
This essay concentrates on the communal aspects of gospel order as the
foundation of meeting community life. PHP 297, 1991, 48 pp. $3.00
Essays on the Quaker Vision of Gospel Order by Lloyd Lee Wilson
Essays addressing facets of faith and practice. PH, 1996, reprint, 200
pp. $10.50
Journal and Major Essays of John Woolman Phillips Moulton, ed.
Definitive edition of the journal of this Quaker minister. FUP, 1989, 336
pp. $10.95
The Prophetic Stream by William P. Taber
A call to revive the prophetic message in Quaker worship and ministry and
in Christianity. PHP 256, 1984 $10.50
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