A Preach Well Church: How Churches Can Stop Burning Out Pastors
Ebook
Thirty-eight percent of pastors have given serious thought to leaving full-time ministry in the last year. Between the COVID-19 pandemic and the unpredictable, never-done work of the ministry, is it any wonder that many pastors have contemplated resigning? Add to this church members' unrealistic expectations and a knack for criticism, and we see the toll this has taken on pastors and in one area in particular: preaching. Empty preachers are filling pulpits. Is there anything church members can do to help their pastors with burnout and the essential stress of preaching week-in, week-out? After extensive research on the subject, ninety-seven pastors were asked: What can your church members do to help you preach well? Each chapter in this book is a commitment--a clear, concrete action--developed from the study that church members can take to help their pastors preach well. Each chapter also includes a section entitled "A Word to Pastors" that offers encouragement to those in ministry to help reduce their stress and become better preachers.
“After thirty-five years in ministry, I can say without hesitation that I’ve never seen pastors in crisis like I’m observing right now. I’m thankful that pastor Josh Taylor has written this book. It’s helpful in ways that bring the biblical and the practical together, both for the pastor and his family as well as the congregation itself. I hope you will benefit from the insights Taylor shares in these pages.”
—Clayton King, pastor and overseer, Newspring Church
“In A Preach Well Church, pastor Josh Taylor blends transparent testimony and careful research to expose challenges that confront pastors and lead to ministerial burnout. Taylor shares from his personal experience in ministry as well as survey responses from other pastors. While painting an accurate picture of the obstacles, Taylor avoids defeatist hopelessness by offering practical tips for churches and pastors.”
— Kristopher K. Barnett, associate dean, Clamp Divinity School, Anderson University
“The ministry of the Word is an intersection of heaven and earth, for God places the treasures of his glory in jars of clay. Sadly, churches often expect heaven on earth from their ministers. In this much-needed book, Josh Taylor draws from a wealth of research to offer seven practical ways to support preachers in the work of ministry ‘that they may do it with joy, and not with grief: for that is unprofitable for you’ (Heb 13:17).”
—Joel R. Beeke, president, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary
- Title: A Preach Well Church: How Churches Can Stop Burning Out Pastors
- Author: Josh Taylor
- Publisher: Wipf and Stock
- Print Publication Date: 2023
- Logos Release Date: 2023
- Language: English
- Resources: 1
- Format: Digital › Ebook
- ISBNs: 9781666768190, 9781666768176, 1666768170, 9781666768183, 1666768189, 1666768197
- Resource ID: LLS:9781666768190
- Resource Type: Monograph
- Metadata Last Updated: 2023-06-13T09:58:53Z
Josh Taylor is an ordained minister and pastors Mt. Carmel Baptist Church in Demorest, Georgia. He holds degrees in pastoral ministry from Toccoa Falls College and in Christian apologetics from Biola University, and a DMin in biblical preaching from Anderson University in South Carolina. He is married to Mandy, and they have two kids: Scottlynn and Haddon. He writes and speaks at preachwell.com where you can find free resources, articles, and more.