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1500 pastors per month resign |
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Every month, 224 staff leaders resign |
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90% work more than 46 hours per week, and many often more than 60 |
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80% believe that pastoral ministry is effecting their family negatively |
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50% feel unable to meet the demands of the job |
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40% report having a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month |
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70% have a lower self image after they've pastored than before they started |
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50% of those who go into full time service drop out in 5 years |
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94% of clergy families feel the pressures of the pastor's ministry |
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*Dr. Archibald Hart, Fuller Seminary, 1991 |
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