Only 1 out of every 10 ministers will actually retire as one.
1,500 pastors leave the ministry permanently each month in America.
70% of pastors do not have a close friend, confidant or mentor.
80% of pastors feel discouraged in their roles.
Over 50% of pastors are so discouraged they would leave the ministry if they could but have no other way of making a living.
Over 50% of pastor’s wives feel that their husband entering ministry was the most destructive thing to ever happen to their families.
71% of pastors stated they were burned out, and they battle depression beyond fatigue on a weekly and even daily basis.
Sources: The Barna Group, Focus on the Family, Fuller Seminary, and the Institute of Church Leadership Development.
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Psalm 23:1-2 - The Lord is my shepherd, I lack nothing. He makes me lie down in green pastures, he leads me beside quiet waters, he restores my soul.
Isaiah 58:11 - The LORD will guide you always; he will satisfy your needs in a sun-scorched land and will strengthen your frame. You will be like a well-watered garden, like a spring whose waters never fail.
Matthew 11:28-30 - Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am gentle and humble in heart, and you will find rest for your souls. For my yoke is easy and my burden is light.
Romans 1:16 - For I am not ashamed of the gospel, because it is the power of God that brings salvation to everyone who believes: first to the Jew, then to the Gentile.
Romans 15:13 - May the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace as you trust in him, so that you may overflow with hope by the power of the Holy Spirit.
2 Corinthians 4:16 - Therefore we do not lose heart. Though outwardly we are wasting away, yet inwardly we are being renewed day by day.
1 Timothy 4:16 - Watch your life and doctrine closely. Persevere in them, because if you do, you will save both yourself and your hearers.
2 Timothy 1:7 - For God has not given us a spirit of fear, but of power and of love and of a sound mind.
3 John 2 - Dear friend, I pray that you may enjoy good health and that all may go well with you, even as your soul is getting along well.