A Primer for Pastors by Austin B. Tucker (Kregel) is a helpful survey for new and bi-vocational pastors covering a variety of issues, including preaching, pastoral care, dealing with conflict, and more. Tucker writes out of rich experience, offering practical guidance with a gentle tone. Young ministers will find this to be a guidebook to which they will turn again and again. (This issue of Preaching contains an excerpt from the book.)
