Pastors Are Experiencing Burnout [Video]

posted on January 20, 2020

CBS This Morning, last month did a segment about how pastors are experiencing burnout and taking sabbaticals. The video talks with one specific pastor who has done this very thing, Howard John Wesley. But this is something pastors and priests have been doing for a while, yet it is still not popular among the masses.

Click through to see the video and share in the comments what experiences or stories have you heard of pastor burnout or sabbaticals?

Here is the description form the YouTube video:

There’s been a boom in mega churches with thousands of members over the past two decades, but that massive growth has come with a cost. A survey of pastors shows the demands of the job are creating greater stress, and some pastors are feeling overwhelmed or even burned out.

About Jeremy Smith

Jeremy Smith is a licensed professional clinical counselor, supervisor, and Co-occurring program coordinator at an Ohio community mental health center for seven years. Before this, he worked in Colorado as a Co-Occurring counselor for three years as well as helped create an inpatient treatment center specifically for those who struggle with opioid dependency. Before clinical counseling, Jeremy was a staff person for Youth for Christ for 8 years in Ohio's Campus Life and in Colorado with YFCMilitary at the Air Force Academy. He has his Masters in Clinical Mental Health from Denver Seminary and Masters in Family Ministry from Winebrenner Theological Seminary. In his free time, he helps at his church with their mental health ministry, spends time with his wife and three children, and loves to write for his website ChurchAndMentalHealth.com.

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