Capers Of The Clergy

the human side of the ministry

Plot

With a light touch of humor and a popluar, graphic styl of writing, Dewitt Matthews, Professor of Preaching at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Kansas City, delightfully invites preachers and preachers-to-be to concertrate upon some very serious concerns vital to success in the preachiing and pastoral ministry.

'Capers of the Clergy' cites the peculiarities and foolish failings of the clergy with suggestions for correction their erros. Some of the failings are fatal to a thriving ministerial career; others are less serious but nonetheless undersmine the maximum effectiveness that a preacher could have both among laymen and his peers.

Clerical pride, church politics, annoying platform practices, and other pitfalls are constructively discussed. The chapters also penetrate such topcis as the minister's call, sermon preparation, sermon delivery, personal relationshps, trivialities, and the primacy of preaching.