Emotionally Healthy Church, The (edit title)

• Rated 3 stars

“It was ok. (Required Reading for OMF)

Some points were helpful to read.”

• Rated 5 stars

“one of the most unique books i have read about church ministry in that it says the emotional health of a pastor is just as important (if not more) than gifts and faith. the book calls us ministers out for too often just praying for and counseling unhealthy people when a confrontation or some other proactive method is what is needed. it includes a fun and revealing test that rates your personal emotional health. i was embarrassed to find i have the emotions of an adolescent, which is at least better than a child or infant but not quite at the adult level yet! ”

• Rated 0 stars

“I look forward to finishing reading this book. As a church leader, no way that you will find yourself safe without reading it. I will give my final review as soon as I finish reading it. Just pray for me”

• Rated 4 stars

“My therapist gave me the emotional maturity test from this book, and I found it very useful in helping me get through some hard communication issues. When I went back to read the entire book, I think I read it too fast to let it sink in (one sitting in one day - I was sick). I would like to go back through it, chapter by chapter.”

• Rated 0 stars

“Church leaders and ministerial practice is fundamentally built upon spiritual health, growth, formation, disciplines, etc. In this book, we are challenged to also look deep within the emotional aspect of humanity as an equally important part of the spiritual journey. Scazzero elaborates on six essential principles for emotional health in a church; Look Beneath the Surface, Break the Power of the Past, Live in Brokenness and Vulnerability, Receive the Gift of Limits, Embrace Grieving and Loss, and Make Incarnation Your Model for Loving Well. I found this book, actually quite helpful. It dawned on me, that contemporary Christianity has a continual propensity to compartmentalize human existence into various categories, then identifying those areas that the church is and is not responsible for. I am finding myself moving towards a more (w)holistic approach to spirituality, and by labeling and giving attentions merely to the mystical aspects of spirituality, we actually compromise what true spirituality is. I would recommend this resource for those finding themselves perplexed with why the traditional spiritual disciplines still leave one, or one’s church, dysfunctional.”