A Critical assessment of the contribution of Richard Gula’s Ethics in Pastoral Ministry to the ministry of the pastoral leader in 21st century western culture
INTRODUCTIONRichard Gula, has been credited with “blending good scholarship with pastoral experience” (O’Neil, 1997) and nowhere is this statement truer than in his treatment of the Proposed Code of Ethics (See O’Niel 1997 and Theisen 1996). He situates the pastoral ministry within a “theological-ethical framework” (O’Neil 1997) in which he highlights its place within the