Numbers Speak
What is killing Pastors?
90%
feel fatigued and worn out every week
70%
say they’re grossly underpaid
40%
report a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month
78%
were forced to resign from their church
80%
will not be in ministry ten years later and only a fraction make it a lifelong
career. On average, seminary trained pastors last only five years in church ministry
100%
of 1,050 Reformed and Evangelical pastors had a colleague who had left
the ministry because of burnout, church conflict, or moral failure
91%
have experienced some form of burnout in ministry and 18% say they are “fried to a crisp right now”
70%
of pastors say they have a lower self-esteem now than when they entered
ministry
50%
feel so discouraged that they would leave their ministry if they could, but
can’t find another job