title: Using The Discipline for integrative ministry formation.
abstract: One United Methodist Annual Conference has begun a program of ministry formation education for probationary, first-appointment ministers in conjunction with Emory Clergy Care, Atlanta. This program uses an adaptation of The Discipline as an integral part of their ongoing formation education. Participants have learned the basics of planned pastoral care delivery, family and congregational systems thinking and self-supervision. Using The Discipline, they have been effectively adapting it to their local church settings and ministries.
authors.affiliation: Emory Clergy Care, 3700 Crestwood Parkway, Suite #270, Atlanta, GA 30096, USA. Fred_Smoot@emory.org
authors.forename: F L
authors.initials: FL
authors.lastname: Smoot
mesh_terms: D002977:Clergy; D003479:Curriculum; D005845:Georgia; D006801:Humans; D007400:Interprofessional Relations; D017145:Models, Educational; D009014:Morals; D010327:Pastoral Care / Q000193:education* / Q000458:organization & administration*; D010347:Patient Care Planning; D012068:Religion and Medicine; D012941:Social Responsibility