Surprising Discoveries About Pastors
Research by H.B. London of Focus on the Family and Niel B. Wiseman1.H.B. London and Neil B. Wiseman, Pastors at Risk (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1993), 22, 71 on evangelical pastors found the following:
- 90% of pastors work more than 40 hours
- 80% believe their ministry has affected their families negatively
- 33% feel ministry is outright hazardous
- 75% report at least one serious crisis in their ministry
- 90% feel they are inadequately trained to cope with ministry demands
- 70% say they have lower self-esteem
- 40% say that have a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month
- 70% say they do not have a close friend in ministry
- 81% do not spend enough time with their families
- 64% expressed communication difficulties with their mates
- 46% said they had sexual problems
- 41% are angry with their spouses
Also consider reading A Second Chance: Can Fallen Pastors Be Restored? by Dr. Errol Lawrence(Adventist Today, January-February, 2002, pages 18-20).
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| ↵1 | H.B. London and Neil B. Wiseman, Pastors at Risk (Wheaton, IL: Victor Books, 1993), 22, 71 |