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“Ministry isn’t what you do, it’s who you are.”
Most pastors nod at that. It’s a lie — one that renames exhaustion as calling and distance from your family as the cost of ministry.
If the leaders you raise inherit your anxiety, that’s not multiplication. It’s contamination.
Wrapped another cohort last week. Honestly one of the best groups we've had. Good food, good laughs, and the kind of honest conversation pastors don't get enough of. Grateful for these people.
Nobody planned for attendance to become the measure of ministry.
It just happened. One budget cycle at a time. One board meeting where someone asked, "But what does this do for growth?" And nobody had a good enough answer.
So growth won. The scoreboard appeared. And everything organized around it.
Sound familiar? March Madness did the same thing. New article today.
Pastors are reading Ministry Cancer: Dying to serve. Here’s what they’re saying. Available now on Amazon a.co/d/0iZiXQ9o
Ministry Cancer: Dying to Serve by our founder @timothyeldred hit #1 in Christian Leadership on Amazon. Link below.
It's here.
@timothyeldred Ministry Cancer: Dying to Serve is available on Amazon today.
A pastor's story of how close he came to losing everything — and the five toxic patterns hiding inside ministry that almost killed him.
It might be the most uncomfortable thing you read this year.
amazon.com/dp/B0GL9KWC2N
We're killing ourselves and calling it faithfulness.
91% of pastors have experienced burnout.
18% have contemplated self-harm in the past year.
These aren't just statistics. These are our brothers and sisters.
Maybe it's you.
If your church can't function without you sacrificing your health, your marriage, and your sanity—that's not God's design.
That's dysfunction.
It's time we stopped pretending this is normal.
The system is broken. But there's another way to lead—one that doesn't require self-destruction as the price of faithfulness.
Read the full article:
theauthenticpastor.com/blog/…
