Support Your Local Pastor: Practical Ways to Encourage Your Minister - Softcover

Roberts, Wes

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0891099239 ISBN 13: 9780891099239

Publisher: NavPress, 1995

Synopsis

Did you know that

· more than 70% of pastors don't have someone they would consider a close friend?
· almost 80% believe that pastoral ministry negatively affects their families?
· 100% of pastors need their congregation’s support?

Discover more than 100 creative ways you can encourage your pastor and help him or her avoid burnout.

About this title

From the Back Cover:

YOUR PASTOR NEEDS YOUR HELP. 70% of pastors do not have someone they would consider a close friend. 80% believe that pastoral ministry negatively affects their families. 100% of pastors need their congregation’s support. Pastors today are burning out at a faster rate than ever. On top of ministry responsibilities, they struggle with loneliness, fatigue, family problems, and even depression. They minister to others for a living and often receive little care in return. You can help, says Wes Roberts. As a pastor of pastors, he understands the specific needs of those in ministry today. “Life for all of us has more stress than we want to admit,” Roberts states. “But those in ministry have some inherent burdens, pressures, and needs that those in other kinds of work do not.” Support Your Local Pastor will help you identify those specific needs by cutting through the mythology that surrounds pastors and their families. And you’ll discover the ideas of more than 100 people on both sides of the pulpit, offering creative ways you can encourage your pastor and help him avoid burnout.

About the Author:

WES ROBERTS is founder and CCO of Leadership Design Group, a ministry of deep change, whole-life mentoring Christian leaders that was founded in 1982. He holds a B.A. in Christian education from Biola University and an M.A. in pastoral counseling from Denver Seminary.

About this edition

• Publisher: NavPress
• Publication date: 1995
• ISBN 10: 0891099239
• ISBN 13: 9780891099239
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 176