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	Trust God's True Servants to Lead the People Author Seeks to Restore Honor to Organized Religions Tarnished by Deviant Leadership ArriveNet [New Jersey] June 9, 2005 COLONIA, N.J., June 9, 2005 (PRIMEZONE) -- Unscrupulous evangelists and predatory priests have shamed Protestant and Catholic leadership and promoted mistrust among their faithful. Restoring Honor to an Honorable Vocation (now available through AuthorHouse) by Dieuner Joseph critically addresses the churches' guilt while encouraging members of the religious community to maintain strong spirituality. "This is a book about promoting and safeguarding the integrity of the many faithful and committed priests and pastors whose prophetic voices are drowned out by the boisterous and vulgar pandemonium of the priestly charlatans and the Ecclesial imposters that have hijacked many of our churches," Joseph writes. Restoring Honor to an Honorable Vocation offers readers an honest look at the problem of sexual abuse by priests and pastors and challenges Catholic and Protestant churches to be more proactive in dealing with the issue. From a pastor's point-of-view, Joseph maintains that congregational trust and support must be regained. Religious leaders who display "holier-than-thou" attitudes while shuffling the guilty in and out of parishes to conceal embarrassing truths must hold pedophile priests accountable. As well, he calls to task those Protestant pastors who have used their vocation as a ticket to fame and fortune. In this concise and powerful book, Joseph raises an important challenge for members of all denominations to unite in an effort to protect the sanctity and legitimacy of their church as an advocate for peace, justice and spiritual transformation. On a more technical and theological level, Restoring Honor to an Honorable Vocation carefully examines the responsibilities and duties of pastoral ministry and calls for restitution for abuse victims. An open challenge to priests and pastors to honor their vocation by living with integrity and ministering with "spiritual excellence and professionalism," Restoring Honor to an Honorable Vocation advocates the goodness and worth of all religious communities. Joseph is the founder and senior pastor of Imani Temple Baptist Church in Elizabeth, N.J. He earned a bachelor's degree in religious study from Manhattan College, and Master of Divinity and Master of Theology degrees from Princeton Theological Seminary. A licensed teacher and an ordained Baptist pastor with more than 10 years of experience in pastoral ministry, Joseph is a member of the National Religion Honor Society (Theta Kappa Alpha) and the National Collegiate Foreign Language Honor Society (Alpha Mu Gamma). He is married with two children.
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