It’s not easy being a pastor these days. Any of us plying our trade in the modern Presbyterian Church know this. When I graduated seminary more than 20 years ago, pastor burnout was such a problem that the denomination received a grant from the Lilly Foundation to create a pilot program called “Excellence from the Start” to stem the tide. When I think about ministry in 2001 compared to today, it seems almost comical that burnout was an...
How can we care for ruling elders?
In the PC(USA), there’s a lot of focus on pastor burnout — and rightly so. But lay leaders are also facing exhaustion, and we need to care for them, writes Phillip Blackburn.
