In Preaching Articles: "burnout" showing 1-15 of 15

The Best Way To Avoid Ministry Burnout That You Keep Forgetting

By Eric Bryant on Jun 4, 2018

Eric Bryant reminds leaders of a familiar story that holds a secret for avoiding ministry burnout.

Scripture: Exodus 18:1-27

Tags: Preaching

Some Thoughts About The Recent Exit Of Two Megachurch Pastors

By Carey Nieuwhof on Oct 3, 2016

Pastors aren’t fake; the struggle is real.

Scripture: 1 Corinthians 15:1-58

Tags: pressure, pastoral leadership, avoiding burnout, praying for pastors

No More Email: A Productivity Experiment That’s Paying Off

By Carey Nieuwhof on Aug 1, 2017

How are your email habits affecting your effectiveness?

Tags: stress, Communication, effective, productivity, email, Pastoral Ministry, avoiding burnout, church leadership  (view more)  (view less)

The Battle Against Burnout

By Peter Walters on Oct 29, 2016

I think we don’t take seriously enough the fact that taking care of our bodies is a spiritual issue.

Scripture: Exodus 20:8, Leviticus 25:4, Mark 6:31, 1 Kings 19:4-6, 1 Corinthians 6:19-20, Proverbs 23:2, 1 Corinthians 6:12  (view more)  (view less)

Tags: Body Temple, Rest, Commandments Sabbath, Pastoral Character

Understanding Your Capacity

By Steve Smith on Jan 20, 2017

If we do not understand our own limits in this life, we will never be content, satisfied or happy!

Tags: recovery, Rest, soul care, avoiding burnout, Capacity  (view more)  (view less)

Pit Stops Required- Part 1

By Lance Witt on Jan 9, 2017

Many pastors and ministry leaders soar through life at breakneck speed. They give every outward appearance of being on course, cruising on autopilot.

Scripture: Proverbs 14:18

Tags: Prudence, Time of Reflection, New Year's Reflection, avoiding burnout

Epidemic: Another Pastor Burned Out And Quit Last Sunday

By Sermoncentral on Sep 28, 2016

It never gets easier. No matter how many times you hear about it. And we're hearing about it a lot more lately. In epidemic numbers.

Tags: Pastoral Character, success in ministry, avoiding burnout, praying for pastors

5 Things That Are Not A Badge Of Honor In Leadership

By Carey Nieuwhof on Jun 23, 2017

There are some things I wore as badges of honor as a young leader I no longer wear as badges of honor today. What breaks my heart is I see many leaders falling into the same patterns I did.

Tags: Ministry, leadership, pastoral leadership, avoiding burnout

Death To Dancing Bears

By Lance Witt on May 8, 2017

“Sometimes as a worship pastor,” he said, “I feel like a dancing bear. It’s my job to get up and perform for the crowd, and as long as the performance is good, everyone is happy. Except me. Something is missing and I don’t know what to do.”

Tags: Ministry, burnout, pastoral leadership, Lost Focus, People Over Programs, e  (view more)  (view less)

3 Big Problems With Running A Church Like A Business

By Karl Vaters on Oct 5, 2017

"We’re always decrying the rise of the consumer culture within the church. But how should we expect people to act when pastors act like CEOs marketing Jesus as a product?"

Tags: Jesus is Lord, pastoral leadership, church and business, Pastoral Ministry, avoiding burnout, church ministry, Lord Of The Church, shallow church  (view more)  (view less)

The Affair You Are Most Likely To Have As A Leader

By Carey Nieuwhof on Jan 6, 2017

Obviously, some leaders have emotional or sexual affairs with people to whom they are not married. As heartbreaking, future-altering and faith-shattering as those affairs can be, there’s another kind of affair you’re actually far more likely to have.

Tags: leadership, Healthy Church, avoiding burnout, workaholic

Doing Ministry Without Losing Your Soul Part 3

By Lance Witt on Oct 23, 2017

When pastoring is your job, it adds complexity to simply loving Jesus. To live and lead from a healthy soul, we must learn the art of separating our own personal pursuit of loving Jesus from our “ministry” of leading in the church.

Scripture: Deuteronomy 30:19-20

Tags: time with God, pastoral leadership, Pastoral Ministry, soul care, avoiding burnout, Putting Christ First, Sincerity with God, church leadership  (view more)  (view less)

Doing Ministry Without Losing Your Soul Part 1

By Lance Witt on Oct 9, 2017

"There is nothing worse than trying to inspire people to be passionate about God when you have little or no passion yourself. There is nothing more empty feeling than trying to connect people to God when you feel disconnected from God."

Tags: pastoral leadership, Pastoral Ministry, soul care, avoiding burnout, church ministry, Growing in Faith, Christ's Love for Us, Healthy Ministry  (view more)  (view less)

5 Pastoral Emergencies That Aren’t Emergencies

By Carey Nieuwhof on Oct 18, 2017

"If you’ve been in ministry for any length of time, you know the challenge of trying to move the mission forward and handle the pastoral needs of a congregation at the same time. One of the most perplexing problems pastors and church leaders face is how to handle ‘pastoral emergencies’—the crises that come up in the lives of people that they look to you to help solve."

Tags: resolving conflict, Time Management, crisis response, conflict management, pastoral leadership, questions, Pastoral Ministry, avoiding burnout  (view more)  (view less)

5 Ways Ministry Leaders Start The Journey To Failure

By Ron Edmondson on Jul 5, 2017

One of the hardest things I do in ministry is interact with those who are no longer in ministry, but wish they were. They’ve been derailed. They messed up and either they got caught or the guilt got the best of them and they confessed. Watching this process over the years there appear to be some common reasons failure occurs. It doesn’t start at the failure. It starts months – and, perhaps years – prior. My hope is if we expose some of them we can catch a few people before it is too late.

Tags: leadership, pastoral leadership, avoiding trouble, avoiding burnout, church ministry, Leadership Failure, Exposing Blindspots, e  (view more)  (view less)