OUT OF STOCK. Avoiding Unnecessary Litigation While Ministering to Emotionally Wounded People. Ed M. Smith and E. James Wilder offer a means by which ministers and counselors can answer God's call and offer care to the emotionally wounded person while being as "wise as serpents" and avoiding unnecessary litigation. Though the chances of you ever facing litigation as a church or minister is remote, it is happening more and more. This book addresses some basic practices that help you avoid this ever happening. "In our country today "the only real protection from lawsuit is poverty..."