JOHN HENRY (J.H.) JOWETT WAS A LEADING PASTOR IN THE U.S. AND ENGLAND IN THE EARLY 2OTH CENTURY. HIS PREACHING WAS ELOQUENT, RICH, AND SIMPLE, SPEAKING DEEPLY TO THE HEARTS OF ALL WHO HEARD HIM. NOT ONLY WAS HIS PREACHING MINISTRY WIDELY INFLUENTIAL, BUT THE PRACTICAL MINISTRY OF HIS CHURCHES WAS EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE.

IN 1912, JOWETT WAS HONORED TO PREACH THE LYMAN BEECHER LECTURES AT YALE UNIVERSITY ON THE SUBJECT OF "THE PREACHER: HIS LIFE AND WORK," THE TRANSCRIPTS OF WHICH COMPRISE THIS BOOK. THESE LECTURES PRESENT A VIVID PICTURE OF THE PASTORAL MINISTRY AND CHALLENGE THE PASTOR TO CONSIDER THE HEART BEHIND HIS MINISTRY AND CALLING.

PASTORAL MINISTRY CAN BE CHALLENGING, BOTH IN THE ACTUAL MINISTRY PRACTICE AND IN THE EMOTIONAL, SPIRITUAL, MENTAL, AND PHYSICAL WELL-BEING OF THE PASTOR HIMSELF. THE PASTORAL CLASSICS REFLECTIVE SERIES PRESENTS CLASSIC WORKS ON PASTORAL MINISTRY AND INFUSES REFLECTIVE QUESTIONS TO ASSIST MINISTERS IN EVALUATING THE HEART AND PRACTICE OF THEIR OWN MINISTRIES.