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Sundays Down South: A Pastor’s Stories

By James O. Chatham
University Press of Mississippi.1999. 248 pp. $25. ISBN 1-57806-175-X

Reviewed by Louis Weeks, Richmond, Va.

 

"Exegete the biblical text, exegete the congregation, and exegete the community in which you serve." This profound advice for pastors and others who would lead the church I have heard constantly from seminary professors and from wise old hands in presbytery.

Seminaries have long taught biblical exegesis, and now courses on contextual ministry and supervised ministry experience try to teach the rest. But where can you find examples of good exegesis of congregations and communities?

Here! Through more than 30 years of ministry, Jim Chatham has collected stories of the members of his congregations, and people in the communities in which the churches were located. He doubtless gathered stories in...

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