Moral Dilemmas in Parish Ministry With a grant from Christ

With a grant from Christ Church Cathedral in Nashville

Selections from both these collections are featured in the volume

and public witness

and resistance

'” Clergy and lay leaders are terrified of asking for major and planned gifts while parishes need them and donors need to give them

Moral Dilemmas in Parish Ministry With a grant from ChristA new way of approaching and understanding moral conflict within ministry. Tasked with being moral and spiritual arbiters, clergy endure significant challenges, including continual public scrutiny, constant availability, and persistent ethical complexities. And yet the moral pressures that weigh continually on the clergy do not spring from catastrophe nor disaster; parish priests, for instance, often face conflicts that are more low key but continual.