Pastoring generally is a powerful, tense job.
Most of us don’t notice how true that’s as a result of we’re solely with our pastors for an hour or two on Sunday mornings and have little understanding of the time and power essential to preserve the church transferring ahead.
Do you know that the common pastor works 50 to 74 hours per week, doing all types of jobs – trainer, counselor, worship chief, enterprise govt, even janitorial and upkeep work?
For these causes and others, many ministers undergo burnout. Fifty p.c of pastors stop inside 5 years of getting into ministry. Eighty p.c stop inside 10 years.
We within the Christian group ought to pay attention to these considerations and keen to come back alongside our pastors in prayerful help and encouragement. Right here at Concentrate on the Household, we’ve been advocating for pastors and their households for greater than 30 years, striving to handle the distinctive challenges they face, each professionally and personally.
A type of applications is our brand-new Pastor-to-Pastor podcast, hosted by Dave Stone. Dave has been concerned in church ministry for greater than 40 years and at present serves on the educating staff of Christ’s Church of the Valleyin Phoenix, Arizona. He’s additionally a member of our board right here at Concentrate on the Household.
I talked with Dave about this new initiative on Focus on the Family with Jim Daly together with:
- How pastors can steadiness ministry and household.
- How pastors can thrive with their youngsters.
- How pastors can deal with inevitable transitions of their profession and ministry with grace.
Hear my full dialog with Dave in your local radio station, online, on Apple Podcasts, or on our free phone app.
