Pastors

“I just would love to explore for a few minutes some of the joys of ministry, because I think it’s easy, amid the hardships, to lose sight of the joys.” - TGC

“Here is what, as a pastor, I want our church members to know. 1. It is an incredible privilege to be entrusted with this job….2. I love the local church and hope you do too…” - Lifeway

“In the period between graduating high school and becoming a senior pastor, a third of pastors (34%) say they spent five years or less working in a non-ministry job, including 13% who have less than a year of secular work experience.” - The Baptist Paper

“The pastor study posed six exclusive questions and 11 questions modified from the Harvard wellness project. Of those shared across the two studies, the average pastor score was higher on all but one question.” - Lifeway

“The King James Bible Study Project is a phone survey completed this year in which I and volunteers called 100 KJV-Only pastors and asked them twenty questions.” - Mark Ward

Survey results at https://kjbstudyproject.com/

“Gift #1: Pray for Your Pastor…. Gift #2: Enlist Others to Pray for Your Pastor ” - Thom Rainer

“An article published recently by the Religion News Service… addresses a matter of great consequence and relevance in the Christian Church. Unfortunately, the article offered an answer that was terribly incomplete.” - Mark Snoeberger

“I’m posting it this year in September so you and your church can consider ways to show your gratitude to your pastor during next month’s Pastor Appreciation Month” - Chuck Lawless

“This year, when churches follow the Bless Your Pastor Easy as 1-2-3 program, the NAE will send their senior pastor access to free and discounted retreat and vacation opportunities across the country” - NAE