PC073-812 - Self-care and Resilience in Ministry

  • 2,976 Standard Tuition Fee
  • 12
    Credit Points
  • 0.125 EFT 
  • 8
    AQF level
  • Category advanced unit
    C
  • pastoral churchUnit Discipline

Exclusions

Prior to 2020, this unit content was delivered under the unit code PC718-4.

Learning outcomes

On successful completion of this unit, students will

A. Know and understand

1. Demonstrate Advanced knowledge and understanding of, and the research underlying, self-care and resilience in Christian ministry

B. Be able to

1. Examine the theoretical and methodological issues in self-care and resilience in Christian ministry

2. Demonstrate skill in utilising diverse scholarship and learning in Developing strategies for effective self-care in Christian ministry

3. Present Research-Aware evidence-based perspectives on self-care and resilience in Christian ministry

C. Be in a position to

1. Applying Advanced perspectives and skills from ‘Self-care and Resilience in Christian Ministry’ to ministry practice and Christian living as a reflective practitioner

Content

1.    Contemporary Practices of Self- Care in the Helping Ministries
2.    Principles of resilience
3.    Self-care and self-awareness
4.    Stress management for ministry
5.    Assessing vulnerability
6.    Self-Knowledge:  Family of Origin, Spiritual Type, Strengths Inventory, Stress Indicators
7.    Conflict and Self-Care
8.    Coping with Personal Crises in Ministry
9.    Developing Self-care plan

Set Readings

This unit's indicative bibliography is currently being revised. Students should contact their home college for further details at the time of taking this unit.


American Psychological Association. “Road to Resilience: Resilience Factors and Strategies.” http://www.apa.org./helpcenter/road-resilience.aspx

Arnold, Joseph E. “Clergy Health – A Mixed Portrait,” www.churchleadership.com April  29, 2009 http://www.churchleadership.com/Leadingideas/issues/pdf/2009/090429

Barna, George and Pastoral Care Inc., Fuller Institute. “Why Pastors Leave the Ministry.” (July 21, 2009). http://freebelievers.com/article/why-pastors-leave-the-ministry

Bonanno, George. “Loss, Trauma, and Human Resilience: Have We Underestimated the Human Capacity to Thrive After Extremely Aversive Events?” American Psychologist (January 2004). http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Bonanno

Burns, Bob, and Tasha Chapman, Resilient Ministry: What Pastors Told Us About Surviving and Thriving (Downer’s Grove, IL:  IVP Books, 2013)

Butler, Katy. “The Anatomy of Resilience.” Networker (1997). http://www.katybutler.com/Publications/psychnetorg/index_files/psychthernet_anatofresilience.htm

Casarez, Raina. “Resilience Vs. Stamina.” Livestrong.com (September 14, 2010). http://www.livestrong.com/article/244270-resilience-vs-Stamina

Coutu, Diane L. “How Resilience Works.” Harvard Business Review (May 2002). http://www.nwcor.com/NWCOR/Content/Readings/MGT%20386/Section%206-%20Resilience%20HBR.pdf

Croucher, Rowland. “Why Some Pastors Leave Churches.” John Mark Ministries, February 2, 2004. http://jmm.aaa.net.au/articles/11965.

Folkman, Susan. “Positive Psychological States and Coping With Severe Stress.” Social Science and Medicine 45 no. 8 (1997).

Fredrickson, Barbara L., Michele M. Tugade, Christian E. Waugh, and Gregory R. Larkin. “What Good Are Positive Emotions in Crises? A Prospective Study of resilience and Emotions Following the Terrorist Attacks on the United States on September 11th, 2001.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 84, no.2 (February 2003). http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2755263/pdf/nihms-141511.pdf

Fuller Institute George Barna and Pastoral Care Inc. “Why Pastors Leave the Ministry.” The Free Believers Network (July 21, 2009) http://freebelievers.com/article/why-pastors-leave-the-ministry

Halaas, Gwen W. The Right Road, Life Choices for Clergy. Minneapolis: Augsburg, 2004.

Hofecker, Terry. “Rebuilt to Last.” Sustaining Pastoral Excellence. July 2006, http://faithandleadership.com/programs/spe/articles/200607/last.html

Hofecker, Terry. “Five Key Lessons from Pastors of Excellence.” Sustaining Pastoral Excellence.  July 2006, http://faithandleadership.com/programs/spe/articles/200607/five.html

Hoge, Dean R. and Jacqueline E. Wenger. Pastors in Transition: Why Clergy Leave Local Church Ministry (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005)

Krejcir, Richard J. “What is Going on with the Pastors in America?” Francis A. Schaeffer Institute of Church Leadership Development. 2007. http://www.intothyword.org/apps/articles/default.asp?articleid=36562

London, H.B. Jr. and Neil B. Wiseman. Pastors at Greater Risk: Real Help for Pastors from Pastors Who’ve Been There (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 2003)

Lummis, Adair. “Why Men And Women Leave the Ministry: Hypotheses from Research on Clergy and from Role Exiters of Other Statuses.” In The Power of Gender in Religion, edited by Georgie Weatherby and Susan Farrell (New York: McGrawHill, 1996)

Meek, Katheryn R., Mark R. McMinn, Craig M. Brower, Todd D. Burnett, Barrett W. McRay, Michael L. Ramey, David W. Swanson, and Dennise D. Villa. “Maintaining Personal Resiliency: Lessons Learned From Evangelical Protestant Clergy.” Journal of Psychology and Theology. V31.4, 339-347, (2003)

Nelson, James M. and Slife, Brent “Psychology Faculty Publications. Paper 40. (2016)http://scholar.valpo.edu/psych_fac_pub/40

Richardson, Ronald. Becoming a Healthier Pastor (Minneapolis:  Fortress Press, 2004)

Shaber, Steven. “Doing Something Positive with Negative Thinking.” Innovative Interchange Associates (March 7, 2011). www.iichnge.com/iiblog/2011/03/ doing-something-positive-with-negative-thinking

Siebert, Al. The Resiliency Advantage: Master Change, Thrive Under Pressure, and Bounce Back from Setbacks (San Francisco: Berrett-Koehler Publisher, 2005)

Tugade, Michele M., and Barbara L. Fredrickson. “Resilient Individuals Use Positive Emotions to Bounce Back From Negative Emotional Experiences.” Journal of Personality and Social Psychology 86, no. 2 (February 2004). http://journals.ohiolink.edu/ejc/pdf.cgi/Tugade_Michele_M.pdf?issn=00223514&issue=v86i0002&Article=320_riupetbbfnee

VanBreda, Adrian Du Plessis. “Resilience Theory: A Literature Review,” October 2001. http://www.adrian.vanbreda.org/resilience/resilience1.pdf

Walsh, Froma. “The Concept of Family Resilience: Crisis and Challenge.” Family Process 35, no. 3 (September 1996). http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j. 1545-5300.1996.00261.x/full

Wicks, Robert J. The Resilient Clinician (Oxford:  Oxford University Press, 2008)

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