Ministerial

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Welcome to Ministerial

Did you know that Pastors and their families deal with some of the same issues that plague many of the lay families?. Although it appears that the pastor has the prototypical family in the church, many issues arise in the lives of the first family. It is unfair to put people on such a high pedestal and expect them not to be human. Below are statistics from the “Barnabas Factor” website: There is stress in the ministry! 90% of pastors work more than 46 hours a week 75% of pastors report a significant stress related crisis at least once in their ministry 40% report a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month In such conditions, it is natural that a pastor's sense of adequacy and self-worth often suffers. 50% of pastors feel unable to meet the demands of the job 90% feel they were inadequately trained to cope with ministry demands 70% of pastors say they have a lower self-image now than when they started in the ministry 50% of pastors go to work each day with the feeling that what they do doesn't count.

Did you know that Pastors and their families deal with some of the same issues that plague many of the lay families?. Although it appears that the pastor has the prototypical family in the church, many issues arise in the lives of the first family. It is unfair to put people on such a high pedestal and expect them not to be human. Below are statistics from the “Barnabas Factor” website:

There is stress in the ministry!
90% of pastors work more than 46 hours a week
75% of pastors report a significant stress related crisis at least once in their ministry
40% report a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month

In such conditions, it is natural that a pastor's sense of adequacy and self-worth often suffers.
50% of pastors feel unable to meet the demands of the job
90% feel they were inadequately trained to cope with ministry demands
70% of pastors say they have a lower self-image now than when they started in the ministry
50% of pastors go to work each day with the feeling that what they do doesn't count.
Pastors' families are under a great deal of stress!
80% of pastors believe that pastoral ministry has affected their families negatively.
33% say that being in the ministry is an outright hazard to their family.

Your pastor and his wife may seem to be the “perfect Christian couple.” He’s a charismatic servant-leader. She plays the organ and makes casseroles like Betty Crocker. Their kids are little angels. But as the tragic events with Matthew and Mary Winkler bear out, who really knows what goes on behind closed parsonage doors?....Read More
http://adventistreview.org/article.php?id=680

A SECOND CHANCE: CAN FALLEN PASTORS BE RESTORED?
One of the most gut-wrenching experiences I have had recently was listening to a fellow pastor express regret that he had "messed up" and had to leave the ministry. I have known three other pastors who have been defrocked because of infidelity. In the past week I agonized with a pastor who had been out of ministry for more than a decade and had not been permitted to return to the pastorate, even though his case was not one of infidelity. None of these men received any sustained period of counseling; nor did they have hope of being restored to ministry…..Read More
http://www.atoday.com/magazine/2002/01/second-chance-can-fallen-pastors-be-restored