Journal for Case Teaching

Editor's Notes

Pastoral Care / Ministry Case Studies

A Broken Pastor

by Diane Chandler, Director of Career and Alumni Ser-vices, Regent Divinity School, 1000 Regent University Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464.

A pastor of a non-denominational church encounters a leadership crisis. Also a crisis within his family only accentuates his leadership credibility. The case high­lights the reality of pastors in crises and the critical need for intervention and help during such situations for pastors and churches.

Is "Good Faith" Good Enough?

by Leland Elhard, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Trinity Lutheran Seminary, 2199 E. Main St., Columbus, OH 43209.

A first-year pastor assists a middle-aged couple to renew their wedding-marriage vows without knowing that as leaders of the KKK they represent the opposite of her deep Christian convictions, and she begins to learn from her pastoral "surprise."

Is the Honeymoon Over?

by Richard N. Stewart, Assistant Professor of Church Administration, Lutheran Theological Seminary at Phil-adelphia, 7301 Germantown Ave., Philadelphia, PA 19119.

After a successful first year and a recommendation for a raise, what should a pastor do when no one will second the motion on his raise?

Ethical Case Studies

Baby Boy Hernandez

by William P. Bristol and Alice Frazer Evans. Revised 1994. An extensive commentary for this case is in Christian Ethics: A Case Method Approach, Second Edition, Robert L Stivers, et al, Orbis Books.

Medical personnel investigate some of the complexities involved in developing a just health care system.

Sex and the Single Person

by Christine E. Gudorf. From a book edited and copy­righted by Gudorf and Regina Wentzel Wolfe, Ethics & World Religions: Cross-Cultural Case Studies (Maryknoll, NY: Orbis Books, 1999), 42-47. Used by permission. All rights reserved.

Biblical Case Studies

A Night Different From All Other Nights

by Sharon H. Ringe, Professor of New Testament, Wesley Theological Seminary, 4500 Massachusetts Ave., NW, Washington, DC 20016.

An examination of the assumed negative motives and univocal position of Jewish leaders in Jerusalem of Jesus' day.

Ecological Case Studies

Harbor Headache

by Lisa Hopkinson, Director of Writing and Research, Citizens Party, Room 429, Central Government Offices, West Wing, 11 Ice House St., Central Hong Kong.

A town planner deals with strong public opposition and support for a controversial housing and high-tech busi­ness complex planned by the Hong Kong government on land to be "reclaimed" from Hong Kong harbor.

Missiological Case Studies

A Metro Strategy

by Robert A. Evans, Executive Director, Plowshares Institute, P.O. Box 243, Simsbury, CT 06070.

A Roman Catholic priest serving a congregation in a depressed urban area must decide whether to support an innovative approach to training lay leaders for urban ministry.

Vision Fatigue

by Russell W. West, Assistant Professor/D.Min Director, Regent Divinity School, 1000 Regent Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464.

Messages, methods, and motives can get crossed in contemporary churches.

Inter-Faith Case Studies

Does Hospitality Begin at Home?

by William W. Emilsen, United Theological College, 16 Masons Drive, North Parramatta, New South Wales, Australia 2151.

Chandra Das, a Protestant, experiences rejection at the Eucharist in a Catholic Church in Calcutta. Later, as a theological student in Sydney, he visits a Hindu temple with his lecturer in World Religions and experiences unexpected hospitality and acceptance. This clash of experiences raises important questions about baptism, eucharist, and ministry.

Mini Cases

Church Camp: Counselor or Assistant Cook?: An Indo-Canadian Experience

by David Daniel, Vanier College, Montreal; Chair, Multicultural and Race Relations Committee, Diocese of Montreal.

Paper-Thin Concern

by Russell W. West, Assistant Professor/D.Min Director, Regent Divinity School, 1000 Regent Dr., Virginia Beach, VA 23464.

Job Search in Montreal

by Dorothy Jean McNab, member of the Multicultural and Race Relations Committee of the Diocese of Montreal.

Prejudice in Academia?

by John McNab, Director of Pastoral Studies at Montreal Diocesan Theological College.

The Christian Church—Inclusive?

by Junia Wilson, member of the Multicultural and Race Relations Committee of the Diocese of Montreal

What Should I Do?

by Dorothy Jean McNab, member of the Multicultural and Race Relations Committee of the Diocese of Montreal.

Why Me and Not Her?

by Ros Macgregor, St Cuthbert, St Hilda & St Luke, and Mile End Community Mission.