Each month 1500 pastors a month leave because of moral reasons, burnout or contention in the church.
85% of pastors and 84% of spouses feel like they are unprepared for their position in ministry.
90% said their seminary or bible school did a fair to poor job of preparing them for ministry.
50% are so discouraged that they would leave the ministry if they could but have no other way of living.
70% of pastors do not have a close friend or a confidant or a mentor.
80% spend less than 15 minutes a day in prayer.
95% do not regularly pray with their spouse.
70% say the only time they are studying the word is preparing for their own sermons.
80% of pastor’s spouses feel their spouse is overworked.
40% say that they had had an extramarital affair since beginning their ministry.
50% of pastor marriages will end in divorse.
80% of Pastor’s Kids ended up having to seek profession help for depression.
Pretty scary stats. Maybe that should say something about the intimacy (or more importantly, the lack of) between a pastor and the congregation.
