How a Biblical Eschatology Protects Against Pastoral Burnout
By Juan Sanchez | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018If we’re to endure faithfully in pastoral ministry, we need to remember that we’re leading the church in a time of tension—between the already and the not-yet.
How My Small Church Hasn’t Burnt Me Out
By Jonathan Worsley | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018My small church hasn’t killed me yet. In fact, it’s grown me.
How Calvinism Makes Fewer Burnt-Out Pastors
By Conrad Mbewe | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Instead of only giving pastors commonsense counsel about how to prevent burnout, let us go one step further and encourage them to regularly refresh themselves in the strong old Calvinistic doctrines.
Be Tender-Hearted and Thick-Skinned: How Humility Protects Pastors from Pastoral Burnout
By Aaron Menikoff | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018The thick-skinned and tender-hearted pastor is best positioned to minister for the long haul.
Waiting On the Lord to Renew Our Strength: Reflections on Pastoral Burnout
By Ray Ortlund | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Burnout means something way down deep just collapses, and we can’t keep going.
One Cure for Burnout: A Plurality of Like-Minded Shepherds
By Jason Dees | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018If you currently pastor a congregation that has no qualified men other than yourself, then you should do two things: begin earnestly praying for such men and, second, perhaps reconsider if your standards are loftier than the Bible’s.
Am I Burnt Out? 30 Useful Questions
By Matt Schmucker | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Here are 30 questions—15 internal and 15 external—to ask yourself to discover whether or not you’re on the road to burnout.
A Parable of Endurance from the Mission Field
By Tim Keesee | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Future hope fuels present faithfulness—both in pastoral ministry and on the mission field.
Managing Expectations for a Sustainable Ministry
By David Murray | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018How can a church support and protect its new pastor both from his own and others’ expectations, so that he will set off and continue at a sustainable pace?
One Cure for Burnout: Building a Network of Like-Minded Brothers
By Kevin McKay | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Email another pastor in your area and ask them to read this article with you. Maybe it will start a life-giving friendship for both of you.
Discerning the Signs of Pastoral Burnout
By John Henderson | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018Pastoral burnout could be defined as the moment or season when a pastor loses the motivation, hope, energy, joy, and focus required to fulfill his work, and these losses center upon the work itself.
How to Avoid Accumulated Fatigue
By Zack Eswine | 9Marks Journal: Pastoral Burnout: Its Causes & Cures | 07.17.2018When accumulated fatigue takes hold of us, a night of rest, a weekend get-a-way, or a six-week sabbatical likely won’t help.
Confession ≠ Repentance
By Ty Gooch | 07.16.2018How many times have we seen confession happen without genuine and lasting change? Why does genuine transformation still evade us?
4 Reasons You Should Preach through Judges
By Josh Vincent | 07.12.2018Judges is the darkest book in the Old Testament. So why should you preach through it for your people?
3 Reasons You Should Preach through Joshua
By Clift Barnes | 07.05.2018The book of Joshua doesn’t receive the attention it deserves.
