8 patterns of church leaders whose ministry is dying By Thom S. Rainer They are the walking dead. They are dead emotionally. Their vision and passion are dead. Their spiritual life has little life at all. They are burned out. Many have died vocationally. Others are waiting for burial. Autopsies are not a pleasant topic. […]
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Calling a Ministry Time-out
I don’t know how many times I have experienced the burn of burn-out, only to look on my calendar and see how long it had been since I took a real break from my ministry routine.
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4 Warning Signs You’re Approaching Burnout
Attempting to push through burnout is poor and stupid self-leadership. Leaders, lead yourself first. You and those you lead will benefit.
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5 Tips for Feeding Your Soul
If the truth were known, we would look inside the soul of many pastors and find exhaustion, depletion and spiritual malnourishment. With divinity school degrees, commentaries on the shelves and Bibles across their desks, they live in the midst of a spiritual feast, and yet they often refrain from partaking for their own benefit.
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