Arthur Gafke

Art Gafke is a retired Methodist minister with training in Community Organizing and author of the book, Strong Ministry: Strengthening Your Pastoral Ministry. He lives with his wife in Nevada and contributes to building a more humane world.
This gentle giant shares with us several of the pearls he's received along the way. The importance of listening to a soul (both one-on-one and in group settings); of faith (the deep assurance that there is a potent reality which we could call love or grace that is more powerful than the disruptive, ominous realities that we are dealt everyday); of self-examination of self-interests, values, and agendas; and of paying attention by reading, etc. Some important links brought out are: 1) his book Strong Ministry, 2) Community Organizing training, 3) organizing in action, 4) a history of corporate power's influence on the church, 5) a far right website to disrupt Protestant churches, 6) and two books on the short-comings of the English language: by Ross and by Kimmerer.
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