Ferencz, Árpád2019-09-252019-09-252009-06-2420079782825415160http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12424/173431"To write about the responsibilities of a pastor, of a minister, from a perspective of serving in a post-communist country is nearly one ‘impossible possibility’ – to quote Karl Barth’s words. In a society of permanent transition, values such as responsibility or even responsible leadership are not highly regarded. In this particular area theological ethics has a monumental task to accomplish in the people’s mindset. In this article I will proceed as follows: I will initially discuss the minister’s responsibility in general and the viewpoint of serving in a minority protestant church. Second, I will present various types of pastors (‘leaders’) based on one of my empirical studies. While this empirical study may not be representative for all post-communist environments, it does reflect the reality of such a society in Romania. Finally, I will formulate some conclusions to ponder. Prior to the first section, I must provide background, clarification, and context. The Reformed Church in Romania (RCR) is a protestant church with very strong Calvinistic and Presbyterian traditions. Thus, the RCR is in fact part of the Western Protestant world. This contact, the tradition of the church, as well as the very close contact with the Reformed Church in Hungary (the RCR was part of the Hungarian Reformed Church until the First World War) determine this situation [...].", p. 109 (Introduction)Pages: 8engWith permission of the license/copyright holderleadershipProtestant ethicresponsibility ethicscommunist ethicsPolitical ethicsCultural ethicsMethods of ethicsCommunity ethicsGovernance and ethicsSecularisation and ethicsTheological ethicsMinority ethicsBook chapter