Meet Glenn Taylor
During the 1950s and 1960s Glenn and his wife, Mary, pioneered three Fellowship churches. To accomplish his educational goals, he served seven years in prison chaplaincy. For nine years he taught and counseled and for three years served as Assistant to the President at what is now Tyndale College and Seminary. He served as President of the Fellowship for one term and as Executive Director of Yonge Street Mission for over seven years. Having graduate training in both theology and psychology, he has served in providing counseling services to many denominations and international mission agency over a period of 25 years in many countries of the world. He and his wife provided a residence facility, Ferlie Brae, which accommodated over 1600 visitors over ten years. He served several denominations in providing care to pastors and leaders during his professional career. In retirement, he continues to be available to pastors.
Contact Information:
glennctaylor35@gmail.com glennmarytaylor@gmail.com
Blog: www.glennctaylor.com
Books:
· Pastors in Transition: Navigating the Turbulence of Change (WordAlive Press, April, 2013) 224p.
Engagement in ministry as a life vocation necessitates adapting to change. Pastors and others in ministry will transition from one place of ministry to another several times during the career of ministry. All members of the family experience the grief, loss, moves and other responses uniquely. With intentional responses the God desires for us can be discovered. A theological perspective on changing ministry is offered by this book.
· Helping Angry People: A Short-term Structured Model for Pastoral Counselors (Regent Press, 2003) co-authored with Dr. Rod Wilson, 208p.
This book provides a model for guiding pastors in caring for people who respond with anger to the experiences of life.
· Exploring Your Anger (Regent Press, 2003) co-authored with Dr. Rod Wilson, 112p.
This is a book for persons who wish to understand and more effectively understand and cope with the anger that they experience in their lives.
· The Web of Life: An Invitation to Live or Die in the Fabric of Community (Word Alive Press, 2016)
The Christian life is all about life in relationships. Foundationally, we build on our relationship with God through the redemptive work of Christ. Of necessity, this alters our relationships with others. The impact we have on others is very great as is the influence of others on us. The relationships within our lives are like a spider’s web. When the web is touched in one place it sets the whole web atremble. The life that I touch will touch another and the impact spreads far and wide. The important question is whether our touch is positive or negative. That is, is my touch an invitation to the other to live (be encouraged, affirmed) or an invitation to die (to be discouraged, put down). The Scriptures are clear that in our relationships we are to influence others toward life, first in Christ but equally important to live in love and fulfillment.
· Fruitful Boughs Broken: Pastors in Fruitfulness, Failure, and Forgiveness (Word Alive Press, 2019)
The author has provided counseling services for thousands of people in ministry, both in Canada and many other countries. The fulfillment of ministry for pastors and missionaries depends upon many factors. The conflicts, temptations, stresses, and pressures from Satan tragically lead to failure in many. This book is a study of the contributors to failure. It may surprise you why people in ministry fail, give up, or burn out. How do we care for those who leave ministry? Do we have a responsibility? Is there a place for forgiveness, or restoration to fellowship, or to reinstatement in ministry? Exploring these issues is one of the intentions of this book. Not everyone will agree with the suggestions, but we need to discuss the reasons for men and women dropping out of ministry. You will find this a challenging study.
Purchase Information:
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