How to stave off burnout and create a personal, current, and practical philosophy of ministry.

Is There Still a Reason You’re Following Jesus? Here's how to work it out.

Have you noticed it recently? The shift away from ‘the church’. We sure have.

We have noticed again and again, and heard similar things from our pastor friends, that their people (and even they themselves) have all of a sudden found themselves questioning the way the local church has been operating. And more than that, they’ve been questioning their part in it all. Many are asking if they have given too much, been taken advantage of, or even worse. For some, there’s a sense that they have been manipulated into serving their pastor’s vision. We have so many friends who have been on staff at their church, walked away from that and then are left wondering if any of it was good or “of God.” Were all the years of giving their all worth it?

Surely ministry is not meant to be this way? Not meant to leave you feeling this way? And to answer those questions, I suggest that, while church leadership should be held to a higher standard, it may also be true that some of the hurt and pain could have been avoided with a stronger sense of understanding and commitment to a personal philosophy of ministry.