This Is My Story is an unusually fascinating account of one man’s life.
·It is a story of the making of a man, initially written with grandchildren in mind–‘Who was my grandfather? What kind of person was he?’
·At another level it is a story of a growing faith, telling how amidst the ups and down of life he has remained a ‘soft-hearted’ pilgrim.
·At yet another level it is a story of the making of a leader who never stopped learning how to lead, care, preach, and engage in effective mission.
·Perhaps even more significantly, it is also a story of a ministry, in which the author never lost his sense of delight and privilege in his calling to be a pastor.
·Finally, as one who has at time been at the center of controversy, it is an opportunity to tell ‘my side of the story.’
This is a book for pastors–and for any Christian–who wants the ‘inside story’ of the pains and triumphs of a Christian leader.
लेखक के बारे में
Paul Goodliff is Minister of Abingdon Baptist Church, Oxfordshire, and Associate Research Fellow at Spurgeon’s College, London. He has pastored churches in London and Stevenage; been General Superintendent of the Baptist Union’s Central Area and its Head of Ministry. He is a visiting lecturer in various colleges, teaching ecclesiology, pastoral and sacramental theology, and the author of books on pastoral care, shame, and ministry.