Caring for Our Shepherds
Understanding and Coping with Burnout as a Pastor
- 144 pages
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
Caring for Our Shepherds
Understanding and Coping with Burnout as a Pastor
About this book
Pastors play a fundamental role in churches across the globe, yet more and more are finding themselves struggling with the stress of ministry life and experiencing burnout. The consequences of pastoral burnout can be severe and impact not only individuals' physical, mental, and emotional well-being, but spillover to their families and congregations as well. Despite this increasingly common problem, the subject of pastors and their unique experiences has not been well studied. Caring for our Shepherds is written to pastors and for pastors. In this book, researchers on pastoral burnout, Thomas V. Frederick, Yvonne Thai, and Scott Dunbar answer the questions: what is pastoral or ministry burnout, how can it be guarded against, and how can we help those experiencing it? The reader will not only develop a deeper understanding for the demands of ministry, but also be provided with specific practical and spiritual frameworks to cope with those demands in ways that promote a positive and healthy mindset. Caring for our Shepherds is an excellent resource not only for those in ministry, but to those who desire to pour back into those who serve in the church.
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Table of contents
- Title Page
- Foreword
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- Chapter 2: Overview of Burnout
- Chapter 3: Emotional Labor and Burnout
- Chapter 4: Work and Family Balance
- Chapter 5: Pastoral Burnout
- Chapter 6: Excursus on Christian Spirituality
- Chapter 7: Christian Mindfulness Approaches to Managing Burnout in the Pastorate
- Chapter 8: Christian Spiritual Practices for Managing Burnout in the Pastorate
- Chapter 9: Developing a Plan to Manage Your Burnout
- References