It Only Hurts on Monday: Why Pastors Quit and What You Can Do about It (ALABAMA)

why pastors quit and what you can do about it

Plot

Pastors are quitting! Some leave for what they hope will be breener pastures in another church. Some drop out of ministry altogether. Why? The pressures of ministry are such that many pastors spend their days off simply trying to recover. When a fellow pastor was asked how things were going in his ministry, his wry answer was, "It only hurts on Monday." Evidence suggests that pastors are moving or dropping out an an increasing rate. The Barna Research Group found that the average pastorate twenty years ago was about seven years in length but had dropped by 1993 to about four years. The authors have researched over 60 ex-pastors and their churches to discover some of the causes of this crisis in pastoral leadership. --Back Cover.