If you are a pastor you know the strain of balancing, or trying to balance, the many roles and expectations that come with leading a church. But can you tell which of them are genuinely essential, and measure how you are filling them?

Edited by Jason K. Allen, this collection gathers contributors including Jared Wilson, Daniel Akin and Owen Strachan on nine roles: preacher, shepherd, missionary, evangelist, church historian, theologian, man of God, leader of his household, and leader of others. Each chapter asks what the role means, why it belongs to the pastor, and how to fill it faithfully - a tall order, honestly stated.