Bishop, do you think the burn out is because people aren't going to God directly and the manifested weight from this has cast the burden onto
Pastors instead of on God where they belong ? I've been wondering about that after reading some
Articles Recently about pastoral burnout as you
Mentioned .. Just curios .. Thanks! Glad to see you among the group
In christ
Michelle
Powemm,
I think that is a big part of it but only one piece of the puzzle. You see Pastors are first and foremost, servants. With that mindset we are happiest when serving. We also tend to take a lot of the load on ourselves. We lead ministries, do house calls, hospitals visitations, weddings, funerals, counseling, conflict resolution and so much more.
Moses was well on his way to burn out in his day. He took on too much and the stress was overwhelming. It was his father in law that finally told him to delegate to other believers some of the weight he was carrying. Pastors are notoriously bad at this. More often than not, no one is really even aware till their pastor ends up in the hospital or dead and sitting in his office curled up and rocking in a corner because the stress has made him snap. If the chance is there for recovery, ever last one of them will tell you that they were serving God and didn't see it coming.
Most sadly don't ever recover enough to return to service but those that do learn to delegate and to say no. The Apostles already knew this lesson which is why they selected men to be deacons to handle much of the work that needed to be done outside the gathering of believers.
People will look to their leaders. Political, social, religious, a boss, any one that looks like they can help with their problem. We don't think much about the fact that there were 50 people ahead of us with the same idea or one hundred behind us. We just need help and pastors help.
So its a combination of factors of which the fool that gets an online ordination is prepared for nor is the faithful seminary student. Some figure it out in time to head off trouble. Seminary has value, do not doubt that. Knowledge doesn't trump experience but both combine make for one powerful servant of God.
In Christ,
Bishop SEH