Finishing Well: Retirement Skills For Ministers

Finishing Well: Retirement Skills for Ministers

This book describes the most thorough set of retirement transition skills available for ministers. Ministers, missionaries, and chaplains face much more difficult retirement issues than the average secular individual. They not only lose their occupation, but the often lose friends, culture, identity, self-esteem, and too frequently, even their future hope of ministry. This book helps ministers define:1. What is a successful retirement, especially for global servants such as ministers, missionaries, and chaplains?2. How can a minister know when to retire?3. How can a minister gracefully leave his/her calling to retire?4. What should a minister consider when transitioning into retirement and back to a home culture?5. How can a minister transition and re-enter into effective ministry in a retirement home town?6. What helps and tools will help the retirement transition?About the AuthorNathan and Beth travel internationally challenging audiences on the importance of emotional and spiritual health. They serve as consultants for pastors who seek confidential counseling on issues such as depression, anxiety, transition, marital stress, and conflict resolution. They work across evangelical denominations to provide culturally appropriate training. Prior to her marriage to Nathan, Beth served for 25 years as an evangelical missionary in Vietnam, the Philippines, Hong Kong, and Belgium. She holds a Doctor of Ministry degree and is a board certified health care chaplain. In her current role as director of HealthCare Ministries she provides resources for health care evangelism world-wide. Nathan grew up in Japan, the son of missionaries Dr. Jim and Genevieve Davis. Before becoming a missionary, he served the U.S. Air Force as a psychologist for 29 years. Nathan serves as a facilitator for seminars on relationship enhancement, crisis debriefing, spiritual formation, and resilience.