Jeren Rowell, Ed.D., is president and professor of pastoral ministry at Nazarene Theological Seminary in Kansas City. He previously served twelve years as superintendent of the Kansas City District for the Church of the Nazarene and twenty-five years as a local church pastor. His prior books include Thinking, Listening, Being: A Wesleyan Pastoral Theology and What's A Pastor to Do? The Good and Difficult Work of Ministry.