Shepherding
Encyclopedia
The term Shepherding has a number of uses:
- The work done by a ShepherdShepherdA shepherd is a person who tends, feeds or guards flocks of sheep.- Origins :Shepherding is one of the oldest occupations, beginning some 6,000 years ago in Asia Minor. Sheep were kept for their milk, meat and especially their wool...
- Shepherding MovementShepherding MovementThe Shepherding Movement was an influential and controversial movement within some British and American charismatic churches, emerging in the 1970s and early 1980s...
, a style of Christian discipleship within Charismatic churches
- Shepherding (Australian rules football)Shepherding (Australian rules football)Shepherding is a tactic and skill in Australian rules football, a team sport.Shepherding is the act of legally obstructing or preventing an opposing player from gaining possession of the ball or reaching the contest....
- a legal tactic to prevent another player from taking possession of the ball or guide them away from the ball