I deal with dozens of pastors and ministers each month through my blog and consulting ministry. It seems to me that many are drowning in their ministry, are in unhealthy church cultures, and many are wondering if God will ever use them again.
I know from my recent blog reader survey that nearly 60% of my readership is in some form of professional ministry, so I thought I’d do a survey on the health of pastors and ministers who read my blog (and others I can get to take the survey).
Would you help me?
If you are in vocational ministry, either full-time or part-time, please take this quick, 22 question survey by clicking:
HERE
You can help even more if you can encourage others in your network, through Facebook, Twitter, or blog to take the survey. Again, I am really asking this to be filled out by those in vocational ministry. I appreciate you honoring that request.
I’ll post results in the weeks to come.
Thanks!
Good questions on the survey Ron. Happy to say at the moment I could answer most in a positive sense. I'd amplify the "health" component here as it has been one of the biggest and best things we've focused on in the past few years. Way too many Pastors and leaders give out so much but don't manage themselves well, especially in the physical area. We have increased our energy, capacity, happiness and satisfaction but putting a lot of effort into exercise and eating well. It's given us a necessary outlet from the intensity of ministry life, helped us make new friends (and seen people saved through this) and given us energy and confidence for life. All these things have a direct effect on our ministry effectiveness. We exercise at a level some would call extreme/fanatical but it has payed off in a huge way.
I completely agree Nick. Thank you!
Very nice blog/site. Good to see the Good News present online!
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Wow, the question of whether or not I would attend the church I am pastoring is something the wife and I have been struggling with here recently.