Join Jason Byassee for a mini-pathway based on his book, Faithful and Fractured: Responding the the Clergy Health Crisis. Combining the expertise of a health psychology researcher and a leading pastoral theologian, the book brings together the best in social science and medical research, examining the poor health of clergy and exploring what can be done about it. In addition to physical health, Faithful and Fractured treads deep into the territory of mental health and spiritual well-being, and suggests that increasing the presence of positive mental health may prevent future physical and mental health problems for clergy.

We were honored to partner with First Central Presbyterian Church of Abilene to bring Byassee to Abilene.

This mini-pathway took place in ACU’s Onstead-Packer Biblical Studies Building on Wednesday, September 18, 2019.

Sessions

Speaker

JASON BYASSEE

Jason Byassee is the inaugural holder of the Butler Chair in Homiletics and Biblical Hermeneutics at Vancouver School of Theology, where he teaches preaching, Bible, leadership, church history, and writing. He studied at Davidson College and Duke University, where he earned a Ph.D. in systematic theology. He is a contributing editor to Christian Century magazine and was previously an executive director of leadership education at Duke Divinity School. He has served as a research fellow in the New Media Project at Union Theological Seminary in New York. His work has appeared in Christianity Today, Theology Today, Books & Culture, Sojourners, United Methodist Reporter, and First Things. He has served on boards for the Journal of Scriptural Reasoning, the School for Conversion, and The Other Journal. Jason writes on such diverse topics as theology, church history, politics, liturgy, popular culture, and spiritual practices. His primary vocation is to reinvigorate today’s church with the best of ancient and contemporary wisdom for creatively faithful living. He is the author or co-editor of 12 books, including Mentoring for Ministry: The Grace of Growing Pastors (Cascade, 2017) and Trinity: The God We Don't Know (Abingdon, 2015). He is married to Jaylynn Warren Byassee, who serves on the pastoral staff of First Baptist Church in Vancouver, British Columbia, and together they have three boys, ages 14, 13, and 10.