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Hutchinson, Demetra Keyanna-Michelle. "African American Female Clergy in Dual Clergy Marriage." ScholarWorks, 2019. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/6586.

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Burgeoning evidence has shown rapid growth of licensed and ordained female clergy within the Protestant church. Consequently, dual clergy couples have also increased in number. Research has suggested that African American female clergy have experienced greater challenges than male clergy in leadership roles in the church, including social isolation, sexism, and glass-ceiling barriers. Female clergy are also disproportionately affected by mental and physical health complications including depression, obesity, and burnout. Guided by adult personal resilience theory and its tenets of determination, endurance, adaptability, and recuperability, this interpretive phenomenological study focused on exploring the lived experiences of 13 African American female clergy leaders married to male clergy leaders. African American female clergy, recruited through both purposeful and snowball sampling, through interviews shared their stories of living in a dual-clergy marriage. Using Colaizzi's seven-step process of qualitative analysis and coding, two major themes of Resolve and Resilience, and four sub-themes including Barriers to the Church, Multiple Roles, Health and Wellness, and Adaptation were identified. Findings from this research expand the current body of knowledge on leadership and gender roles in the Protestant church, including the need for a greater understanding of the experiences of female clergy in male-dominated congregational and ministerial spaces. Implications for social change include opening conversations regarding the unique experiences of African American female clergy, supporting awareness of the social, mental and physical challenges of female clergy, and engaging in larger conversations about equal access in all areas of church leadership.

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Allred, Robert P. "Clergy Sexual Abuse." NSUWorks, 2015. http://nsuworks.nova.edu/cps_stuetd/82.

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Sexual abuse perpetrated by trusted members of the clergy presents unique challenges to clinicians and yet the current literature on the effects of clergy sexual abuse is sparse. The vast majority of current research on clergy sexual abuse is based on the perspective of the perpetrators and not the survivors. Some literature suggests that clergy sexual abuse is equivalent to incest due to the level of betrayal trauma associated with each form of abuse. The current study seeks to examine the effects of clergy perpetrated sexual abuse on survivors and examine those effects in the context of the general literature on childhood sexual abuse. Adult male and female survivors of clergy sexual abuse were recruited online and asked to complete a series of self-report measures of religiosity, spirituality, and traumatic symptomology, including the Spiritual Beliefs Inventory (SBI-15R), Spiritual Wellbeing Scale (SWBS), and the Trauma Symptoms Inventory-2 (TSI-2). Participants also provided demographic information and completed a structured self-report questionnaire of history of sexual abuse. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) indicated that there were no between-group differences on measures of trauma or existential belief, but found that those abused by clergy reported lower levels of religious beliefs and practice, less social support from their religious community, less satisfaction with their relationship with God, and were more likely to have changed their religious affiliation. These data suggest that abuse perpetrated by clergy has a unique and measurable impact on survivors’ future religiosity and spirituality as compared to other forms of childhood sexual abuse.

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Miller, Charles D. "Healthy clergy couples." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Hoskins, John H. "Obeying God's call for the long haul : a study of pastoral longevity and tenure among independent Baptist and Bible pastors in West Virginia /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2000. http://www.tren.com.

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McDonald, Brian R. "A qualitative study of clergy career satisfaction, functioning, and clergy-congregant relations." W&M ScholarWorks, 2004. https://scholarworks.wm.edu/etd/1550154130.

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Taubman, Andrew W. "Clergy and commoners : interactions between medieval clergy and laity in a regional context." Thesis, University of York, 2009. http://etheses.whiterose.ac.uk/791/.

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This thesis examines the interactions between medieval clergy and laity, which were complex, and its findings trouble dominant models for understanding the relationships between official and popular religions. In the context of an examination of these interactions in the Humber Region Lowlands during the thirteenth and early fourteenth centuries, this thesis illustrates the roles that laity had in the construction of official and popular cultures of medieval religion. Laity and clergy often interacted with each other and each other's culture, with the result that both groups contributed to the construction of medieval cultures of religion. After considering general trends through an examination of pastoral texts and devotional practices, the thesis moves on to case studies of interactions at local levels as recorded in ecclesiastical administrative documents, most notably bishops' registers. The discussion here, among other things, includes the interactions and negotiations surrounding hermits and anchorites, the complaints of the laity, and lay roles in constructing the religious identity of nuns. The Conclusion briefly examines the implications of the complex relationships between clergy and laity highlighted in this thesis. It questions divisions between cultures of official and popular religion and ends with a short case study illustrating how clergy and laity had the potential to shape the practices and structures of both official and popular medieval religion.

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Knierim, Neil. "Equipping ministers to fulfill the biblical qualifications of the ministry by intentionally integrating six wellness dimensions in their lives in a balanced manner." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2001. http://www.tren.com.

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Moffat, Robert Deane Owen. "Clergy couples and the double relationship, issues at the heart of clergy couple ministry." Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1997. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/ftp03/NQ30193.pdf.

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Pitt, David Robertson. "Finding a safe & faithful place self-care and accountability for clergy /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p068-0625.

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Woodman, Charles E. "Goodbye." Chicago, IL : McCormick Theological Seminary, 1995. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.102-0397.

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Orchard, Lauren W. "Between forced exit and intentional ministry re-entry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p006-1488.

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Cooke, Frank Terence. "Die gebruik van die pastor pastorum in die pastorale versorging van die predikante van die Nederduitse Gereformeerde Kerk." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2007. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06062008-122744/.

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Turton, Douglas W. "Pastoral care of the clergy." Thesis, Bangor University, 2003. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.401896.

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Williams, Barrie. "The Welsh clergy, 1558-1642." n.p, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/.

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Williams, Barrie. "The Welsh clergy, 1558-1642." Thesis, Boston Spa, U.K. : British Library Document Supply Centre, 1998. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?did=1&uin=uk.bl.ethos.267594.

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Barbare, Charles Richard. "A decision making manual for pastors to aid in the prevention of forced exits." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p083-0028.

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Musson, David J. "Personality and clergy formation : assessing the Cattell's 16PF5 among clergy in the Church of England." Thesis, Bangor University, 2000. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.299909.

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Grant, Virgle R. "The practice of spiritual disciplines among Kentucky Baptist pastors who remain spiritually vital." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Peterson, John E. "The call of God and clergy transitions." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1993. http://www.tren.com.

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Polk, Seth Nathan. "The twenty-first century Pastor his calling, character and competencies /." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2008. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Henry, John F. "Rekindling the flame a journey through pastoral depression /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2002. http://www.tren.com.

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Baston, Grant Alexander. "Rediscovering pastoral identity the influence of church role expectations in undermining a pastor's personal ministry identity /." Pretoria : [S.n.], 2005. http://upetd.up.ac.za/thesis/available/etd-06172005-101131/.

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Kerns, Stuart L. "Diverse clergy in mutually supportive friendships." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2009.

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Thompson, Anne. "Parish clergy wives in Elizabethan England." Thesis, University of Warwick, 2015. http://wrap.warwick.ac.uk/79964/.

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This study examines the lived experience and perceptions of the wives of the Elizabethan parish clergy following the introduction of clerical marriage. It challenges the widespread, but mistaken conviction that the first ministers’ wives have vanished from the historical record and shifts the emphasis from the institution to the individual. This has been achieved by consulting a large and heterogeneous collection of archival material including more than 1000 parish registers, 1000 wills, marriage licences, church court records, memorials and some newly-discovered certificates for ministers’ wives. This body of evidence, assembled from twelve dioceses in the southern province and from the archbishopric of York, demonstrates that the story of parish clergy wives can indeed be recovered. Qualitative and statistical analyses of social origin, considered assessments of the extent and nature of the abuse aimed at minister’s wives and a re-evaluation of the persistence, structure and significance of the letter testimonial refute most of the common assumptions about clergy wives derived from speculation and generalization. The impact of clerical marriage on charitable giving is evaluated in relation to the demands of family and the lack of provision for the clergy widow. Scrutiny of clerical courtship, relationships within the clerical household and involvement with her husband’s pastoral ministry enables us to chart the emerging importance of the clergy wife and changing attitudes towards her. Engagement with such extensive archival material exposes the close involvement of ministers’ wives with the wider community and reveals the agency of the women themselves in the advent and evolution of their role. Women who have hitherto been defined by their supposed obscurity and unsuitability are shown to have anticipated and exhibited the character, virtues and duties associated with the archetypal clergy wife of later centuries. The breadth of this investigation, therefore, uncovers and explores a neglected but crucial aspect of religious, social and women’s history.

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Jackson, Charles Edward. "Clergy care, who heals the healers?" Thesis, National Library of Canada = Bibliothèque nationale du Canada, 1998. http://www.collectionscanada.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk2/tape15/PQDD_0023/NQ33798.pdf.

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Graham, Jennifer R. "An examination of United Methodist clergy." 24-page ProQuest preview, 2008. http://proquest.umi.com/pqdweb?index=0&did=1425291381&SrchMode=1&sid=3&Fmt=14&VInst=PROD&VType=PQD&RQT=309&VName=PQD&TS=1220041274&clientId=10355.

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Marks, Lashley Feaster. "Clergy Self-Efficacy in Counseling Situations." Thesis, Regent University, 2013. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3570404.

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The study examined the sense of self-efficacy that clergy experience while providing pastoral care by analyzing 104 pastors' responses to the Counselor Activity Self-Efficacy Scale (CASES). The variables that predicted higher self-efficacy scores included the number of years the participant worked as a pastor, the number of hours spent each week in counseling activities, and the number of counseling/pastoral care courses completed during seminary or pastoral training. Training with clinical pastoral education (CPE) and lay counseling activities, however, predicted lower CASES scores. This regression model accounted for 29% of the variance in CASES scores. Clergy reported significantly lower self-efficacy in their counseling skills in the Counseling Challenges factor of the CASES than in the Helping Skills and Session Management factors. This suggests that the pastors experience the lowest counseling self-efficacy (CSE) when faced with challenges such as severe psychopathology or manipulative individuals. The results carry implications for the training and continuing education that is offered to clergy. The study suggests that it could be beneficial with clergy training to focus on the areas in which CSE was lowest and on the variables that are associated with higher CSE.

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Wood, Rufus L. Jr. "Mentoring clergy in the black church." DigitalCommons@Robert W. Woodruff Library, Atlanta University Center, 2004. http://digitalcommons.auctr.edu/dissertations/366.

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The purpose of this project was to unite experienced and less experienced clergy persons of Panama City, Florida in a family model of mentoring, thus producing self-differentiation, a measure of healing for wounds, and a higher level of professionalism in the ministry of the Black church. The project consisted of ten weeks of group and sub-group participation. The target group was composed of eleven clergy persons who completed the questionnaires and participated in all the group session activities. The two-hour sessions included audio and video presentations, therapeutic dialogue, group interactions and discussions. Each session began with a brief devotional period lasting approximately ten minutes consisting of prayer, scripture, and spiritual meditations. Each activity was designed to empower clergy persons to be more efficient and effective in Christian ministry. Moreover, the activities were designed to challenge and inspire clergy persons to serve as positive role models for the future leaders of the Black church. The overall hypothesis was as a result of linking mentors and protégés in an organized structure. The participants would successfully deal with identity issues, emotional baggage, and unprofessional conduct. While this goal was achieved it should be noted, however, that the time allotted was insufficient. An addition of four weeks to the project would have solidified the results of the data. This unique model of ministry is ongoing in Panama City, Florida. It is empowering spiritual leaders to serve their generation and to aid in the preparation of spiritual leaders of the 21st Century.

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Carbajal, Paul S. "Marital preparation| Connecting clergy and research." Thesis, Azusa Pacific University, 2015. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=3729857.

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Through the creation of a website, this pilot study sought to clarify the needs of clergy and lay counselors who provide marital preparation services. Research has shown that marital preparation is correlated with an increase in later marital stability and satisfaction and a decrease in later marital discord and dissolution (Carroll & Doherty, 2003; Stanley, 2001; Stanley, Amato, Johnson, & Markman, 2006; Wilmoth, 2006). However, clergy, the primary providers of marital preparation, are often asked to provide a service they have little time, training, or resources to effectively provide. This online resource attempts to bridge the gap between providers and research, offering (a) a comparative analysis of three prominent marital preparation assessment tools (PREPARE, RELATE, FOCCUS), (b) basic summary information of current marital preparation research, and (c) relevant resources for a wide range of couples. Clergy, lay counselors, and professional therapists currently providing marital preparation services were asked to evaluate the clarity, organization, and relevance of the website via a brief online survey comprised of Likert-scale and open-ended questions.

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Hughes, Mary Ellen. "Maintaining the well-being of clergy /." The Ohio State University, 1988. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1487590702992854.

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Bickers, Dennis Wayne. "Coaching bivocational ministers for greater ministry effectiveness." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2010. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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Yoder, E. Allen. "Ministry candidate evaluation: A practical study and application of biblical character qualities /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Thomas, George Wayne. "The continuing personal spiritual development of pastors." Lynchburg, Va. : Liberty University, 2008. http://digitalcommons.liberty.edu.

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McGee, Bryant C. "Care for the caregiver stress and burnout in the pastorate /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p030-0156.

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Hunt, Arthur J. "I never expected this would happen to me an exploration of how pastors in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church view the impact of their own forced exits in situations other than moral failure /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p030-0162.

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Chesnut, John Wesley. "A Study of contemporary model preachers of the Christian Church (Church of Christ)." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1987. http://www.tren.com.

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Sherwood, Thomas Elliot Carleton University Dissertation Sociology and Anthropology. "Reprofessionalization among Canadian clergy: the definition and empirical investigation of a new concept." Ottawa, 1994.

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Johnson, Dean D. "Preparing an associate pastor to become a senior pastor." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 2003. http://www.tren.com.

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Halvorsen, Beth Marie. "Humility, boldness, surrender, and tenacity a model of centered flexibility that helps pastors increase self differentiation /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p075-0076.

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Ternes, Gary John. "Canonical investigations concerning accusations of clergy misconduct." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Runner, Steven J. "Urban and rural clergy perceptions of social support." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2008. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p088-0163.

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Childs, Gerald. "The personal and professional development practices of select senior pastors of large evangelical Protestant churches in the United States of America." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2004. http://www.tren.com.

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Griffith, Wayne Douglas. "The influence of union with Christ on the relational practice of pastors." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 2005. http://www.tren.com.

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Garippa, Robert J. "Interim leadership in a large church." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.

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Highfill, Jerry D. "A six session support group for pastors in the central Arkansas area." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.

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Harvey, Nicholas. "Towards a theory of clergy executive compensation." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/39512.

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Previous research in organizational theory, labor market economics, and nonprofit studies are applied to churches and their clergy leadership in advancing a theory of clergy executive compensation. The data for this study come from the end of year reports from approximately 800 local churches of the North Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for the years 2007-2008 and a survey administered in order to glean the personal characteristics of the clergy. The investigation employs a clergy compensation framework and finds that clergy salaries are influenced in part by personal characteristics, human capital, organizational elements, labor market factors, and clergy performance. The results regarding the role of credentialing in stratified labor markets have implications for policy. The present research adds to the nonprofit executive compensation literature by suggesting that denominational churches are analogous to nonprofit franchises and by empirically testing for "dual agency", labor market stratification, and managerial scope.

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Cox, Christopher William. "An approach to alcoholism for the clergy." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online, 1989. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p051-0023.

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Harvey, Nicholas L. B. "Towards a theory of Clergy Executive Compensation." Digital Archive @ GSU, 2011. http://digitalarchive.gsu.edu/pmap_diss/35.

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Previous research in organizational theory, labor market economics, and nonprofit studies are applied to churches and their clergy leadership in advancing a theory of clergy executive compensation. The data for this study come from the end of year reports from approximately 800 local churches of the North Georgia Annual Conference of the United Methodist Church for the years 2007-2008 and a survey administered in order to glean the personal characteristics of the clergy. The investigation employs a clergy compensation framework and finds that clergy salaries are influenced in part by personal characteristics, human capital, organizational elements, labor market factors, and clergy performance. The results regarding the role of credentialing in stratified labor markets have implications for policy. The present research adds to the nonprofit executive compensation literature by suggesting that denominational churches are analogous to nonprofit franchises and by empirically testing for "dual agency", labor market stratification, and managerial scope.

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Wallace, Rick L. "Engaging the Clergy in the Oncology Workforce." Digital Commons @ East Tennessee State University, 2011. https://dc.etsu.edu/etsu-works/8736.

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Fikizolo, Mluleki. "Church finance abuse by clergy : pastoral challenge." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2019. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/75288.

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Abuse of church finances by clergy is a known phenomenon that has been talked about for centuries. In many cases, the incidents of abuse of church funds by the clergy goes unreported to the relevant authorities and subsequently, unpunished. It is only in recent years that church authorities have acceded to intervention by state authorities in church matters involving maladministration and embezzlement that culprits faced the might of the law. Even then, the penalties melted to the offenders have been slight as the culprits plead guilty and promised to repay the money. Some culprits have actually repaid the money they abused and this is true only for the cases that have been brought to book. If the penalties made an impact in transforming the culprits is a question for another research. The objective of the research was to investigate the factual substance of the allegations of abuse of church finances by clergy and to find solutions to curb the phenomenon by means that are effective and contemporary as well as the use of standard regulating measures. Abuse, essentially, is addictive in a compromising manner and that necessitate the utilization of rehabilitation process. That is where pastoral care comes in. The culprit or offender is unfortunately labeled as a criminal since theft and abuse of money is criminal offences as described in the statutes governing countries. However, the person guilty of the offences above is not labeled in the same terms in church but as a sinner who needs pastoral care to rehabilitate through repentance and submission to Almighty God and serve humanity in a manner that is believed to please God. Retribution is not the main reason a sinner is brought to book but to give a chance for Godly means to cure and rehabilitate. The Bible says that we sin by thoughts, words, deeds and even undone. This essentially, means that everyone is prone to sin and we cannot absolutely condemn and judge one another in a manner that shows anger, retribution and vengeance. Pastoral care therefore is an important process that is necessary for dealing with sinners. Forgiveness is inseparable from pastoral duty and may be that is why the perpetrators or sinners tend to be given lighter sentences because their sin is firstly forgiven and then God’s work in form of pastoral care takes over to transform the sinner. Pastoral care is superior to punishment by sentencing. This is confirmed in the Bible when Jesus stopped a crowd from stoning a woman who had cheated on her husband. Jesus called on the crowd to do some introspection by saying that anyone among them who was blameless must be the first to cast the stone on the woman. The woman was spared from murder as none of the crowd would assert himself as blameless. In other words, mercy is a key when one has to execute justice. As Christians we need to be sensitive to the plight of other people and come in with help. That is why pastoral care is the most preferable method of rehabilitating someone who had gone astray from Godly ways. Embezzlement as is described here falls outside the operation of Gerkins care model as the setting of the theory is within the confines of Christian life. The study deals with embezzlement on a huge criminal side which is actuated by criminal motives and brassily corrupt intentions of plain robbery and defrauding the church. The behavior attributed to priests is not consisted with the conduct of a Christian leaders operating within a Christian religious setting, but to the one analogous to fraud occurring in a Bank or business undertaking. The cure for such alleged behavior can be achieved through correctional supervision, counseling methods of a clinical nature, sociological therapeutic methods. Gerkins care model has no scope of application in the setting depicted since it applies in a religious Christian setting under a priest who has normal inclinations of greed and soft short comings of stealing for instance petty thieving which springs from psychic and social deviations that are commonly based and are curable by pastoral counseling as opposed to rate and classic clinical methods of rehabilitation of criminal offenders. Nick Pollards positive deconstruction. Pollards theory is based on the corrective methodology of altering the client wrong worldview and promotes the process of replacing a wrong conception of the worldview with a new and correct positive one which arises from misunderstanding on the part of the patient or victim of the correct pattern of behavior which needs to be change. In embezzlement, the conduct of the victim is deliberate because he knows and understands the wrongfulness of his action and goes for it knowing the consequences. The victim of embezzlement is only to be corrected by a punitive approach and not of a healing and soul one. In order for him to reform he must face the punishment which according to the old school of thought must be harsh to cause him to feel the hardship of prison and to decide to avoid it in future.
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