Comments on: Top 6 Struggles of Pastoral Ministry https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/  Informing Minds. Moving Hearts. Directing Hands. Mon, 23 Feb 2026 18:08:00 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.41 By: Related Site https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-23639 Tue, 21 May 2013 02:52:52 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-23639 Superb Web-site, Preserve the good job. Regards.

]]> By: Latest Links | blog of dan https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-4199 Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:06:12 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-4199 [...] Top 6 Struggles of Pastoral Ministry [...]

]]> By: Gary Reed https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-3901 Mon, 10 Oct 2011 13:59:15 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-3901 I was at this workshop and a great presentation by the MacKenzies! This is a good outline of the workshop and their presentation spoke to me. Let’s get the word out about burnout prevention. A good website on burnout is Scott Couchenour’s: http://servingstrong.com.

]]> By: David Murray https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-3851 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 18:44:01 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-3851 Pride and other character issues are what Phil is talking about when he urges deeper probing of these causes.

]]> By: Mark Loughridge https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-3847 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 15:19:58 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-3847 Where’s Pride? Either as a problem or a cause?

Surely it has to be the biggest problem, or maybe it’s just me!

]]> By: Dennis https://headhearthand.org/blog/2011/10/06/top-6-struggles-of-pastoral-ministry/#comment-3846 Thu, 06 Oct 2011 13:38:02 +0000 http://headhearthand.org/?p=4556#comment-3846 I lost my teaching pastor of the past few years this year, and would say I knew his struggles well enough to say that he’d cite #1,2,5,6 on the list, with at least the first two prime causes shown in your post. He simply lacked a strong enough advocate among our church leadership to stand behind him and help him succeed, and perhaps, was given to self-reliance either as a matter of his own temperament or of a loss of ability to trust anyone in his day-to-day working relationships. He’s not lost his love for the church but is currently not in the ministry.

It is very elusive to understand and comprehend all that has happened; believing that God called him to ministry, believing in God’s sovereignty, standing firm in faithfully preaching from Scripture – and after two years of struggling with staff/elder relationships, to have had so much resistance, opposition, and unrealistic expectations upon him that he finally decided that the situation was beyond repair.

Not only was my pastor a friend, but I believed so strongly in what he was doing at my church that I too have been angry, withdrawn, and depressed for a few months. And yet, none of this is any accident to God, and somehow beyond my understanding all of this is for His glory even if it challenges my developing but admittedly very limited “Calvinist” mindset!

]]>