Family Systems in Ministry, 9798341900356
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Ministry meets family systems: Understand yourself, your church, and lead well.

Family Systems in Ministry

Growing Hope at Peace

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  • Paperback

    213 pages

  • Release Date

    21 April 2026

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Summary

Family Systems in Ministry: Growing Hope at Peace offers a peek at the real world of ministry, using the lens of Bowen Theory to better understand the faith community as well as one’s own family and functioning. Chapters feature the narrative of Pastor Hope’s story and descriptions of the emotional processes present in the church, in others, and within Hope herself, as understood through family systems theory.

The story of Pastor Hope opens as she joyfully and optimistically …

Book Details

ISBN-13:9798341900356
Author:David L. Goodine, Carol P. Jeunnette
Publisher:Fortress Press
Imprint:Fortress Press
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:213
Release Date:21 April 2026
Weight:318g
Dimensions:229mm x 152mm
About The Author

David L. Goodine

Rev. Dr. Carol Jeunnette has been working in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America with congregations, Bowen Theory, and its help in ministry for more than thirty years. In coaching pastors, she has combined those ministry experiences and insights from Bowen theory into a program to help clergy find a different way of viewing life and ministry.

Rev. David Goodine has been working in the Lutheran Church-Missouri Synod with congregations, Bowen Theory, and its help in ministry for more than thirty years. In coaching pastors, he has combined those ministry experiences and insights from Bowen theory into a program to help clergy find a different way of viewing life and ministry.

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