Includes bibliographical references and indexes

Walking with integrity: a profession or a calling? -- Being good and doing good: moral formation for ministry -- Looking in the mirror: integrity in your personal life -- Looking at the church: integrity in your ministry -- Looking at fellow ministers: integrity with your colleagues -- Promoting peace and justice: integrity in the community -- Facing clergy sexual abuse: the cost of lost integrity -- Developing a personal code of ethics: a plan for integrity in ministry -- Ministerial code of ethics worksheet -- Appendix A: Procedure for responding to charges of clergy sexual abuse -- Appendix B: Early denominational codes of ethics -- Appendix C: Contemporary denominational codes of ethics -- Appendix D: Sample codes of ethics

This one-of-a-kind resource in professional ethics helps today's Christian leaders maintain a high moral character and lifestyle and sharpen their personal and professional decision-making skills. Two experienced teachers and pastors address both current and perennial ethical issues and offer guidance for developing a personal code of ethics to maintain integrity in the work of ministry. The authors address the nature of ethical decision making as well as practical areas where integrity can be compromised, including issues raised by the use of smartphones and social media. Appendixes include codes of ethics from various denominations