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Pastors battle skyrocketing burnout amid
politics, pandemic: 'Wearing on the soul'

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Posted By: Moritz55, 9/8/2022 9:06:41 AM

Bitter divisions over politics and the pandemic have seeped into churches and led to increasing rates of job burnout among pastors, multiple clergy members and those who counsel them told Fox News Digital. "Our faith does not exempt us from anxiety, depression, temptation or COVID, so that's to be expected," said David Ferguson, executive director of the Great Commandment Network, which provides counseling initiatives to help pastors. "But in addition to that, we obviously are in a real divided, polarized, politicized world, where sadly at times pastors feel the pressure to take positions on every imaginable topic."

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Reply 1 - Posted by: Highvoltage 9/8/2022 9:18:22 AM (No. 1271773)
Pastors would do well if they stick to preaching the gospel and the scriptures instead of social issues from the pulpit.
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Reply 2 - Posted by: franq 9/8/2022 9:24:55 AM (No. 1271778)
I wager the burnout is due to not wanting to offend any members of the congregation. A pastor can speak boldly if he wants to. Or pretend that nothing is going on.
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Reply 3 - Posted by: seamusm 9/8/2022 9:37:19 AM (No. 1271793)
Pastors need to lead their folds TO the His light and AWAY from darkness. They cannot afford to pander to other matters and they risk the loss of their own salvation if they try.
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Reply 4 - Posted by: felixcat 9/8/2022 9:39:05 AM (No. 1271796)
Two issues here: Didn't expect much from national church leadership but expected more outrage from local ministers, priests, etc. about the forced closing of churches, temples, etc. because of covid and keep politics out of religion in church.
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Reply 5 - Posted by: starbaby 9/8/2022 9:41:28 AM (No. 1271800)
"For God did not give us a spirit of cowardice but rather of power and love and self-control. So do not be ashamed of your testimony to our Lord, nor of me, a prisoner for his sake; but bear your share of hardship for the gospel with the strength that comes from God." 2 Timothy 1:7-8
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Reply 6 - Posted by: Rather Read 9/8/2022 11:20:31 AM (No. 1271929)
The priests at the church I go to preach on the need to repent, quit sinning and obey the laws of God. That's why I like them.
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Reply 7 - Posted by: danu 9/8/2022 11:52:16 AM (No. 1271967)
They've showed no leadership, stewardship, or even a genteel shepherding and protection of their flocks from the marxist wolves.
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Reply 8 - Posted by: Trump'sCousin 9/8/2022 11:53:10 AM (No. 1271968)
I gotta laugh.... I live in western Assachusetts. I drive by a cogrgational church all the time, chipping paint, lawn not mowed, side walk cracked and full of weeds. The sign stating it's a congressional church, has a sign below it that says... "God is still speaking" Sticking proudly from the sign, on poles... one on each side is... The homosexual flag and on the other the Ukrainian flag. Not an American flag in sight. Apparently God is indeed speaking and the congregation are profoundly deaf. I proudly roll down my window and give them the middle finger each time I pass. Hope lightening strikes and burns down the building with all of them inside. That should get the message across loud and clear! NO SYMPATHY HERE!!! NEXT!!!
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Reply 9 - Posted by: danu 9/8/2022 11:58:34 AM (No. 1271979)
#8--IIRC, it was a small force from western Mass, in a jungle of Loyalists and do-nothings, that sparked the American Revolution. Please, preserve that spark proudly in your heart, enlightened by the Holy Spirit.
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Reply 10 - Posted by: griddog1 9/8/2022 12:50:43 PM (No. 1272065)
Nobody to blame but themselves. Jesus Christ is the head of the church not them. Where in scripture do they get the authority to do what they do? The one man ministry is a figment of their imagination. The Spirit of God is here present with us and He indwells each believer and is with us to lead in the church. Read the scriptures.
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Reply 11 - Posted by: Trump'sCousin 9/8/2022 1:13:12 PM (No. 1272098)
# 9 2 of my ancestors fought in the revolutionary war We live on the road that Henry Knox dragged the cannons from ticonderoga to Boston on Benjamin Franklin's Boston post road runs through my town. I've walked on it. Portraits of ... President Washington President Adams President John Quincy Adams President Coolidge Hang on our walls. My grandfather was President Coolidge's grocer in Northampton ma. He raised the turkey for the white house thanksgiving dinner. I am a cousin of President Trump. The furious spark of liberty will NEVER die in my heart. NEVER. I AM AN AMERICAN!
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Reply 12 - Posted by: bad-hair 9/8/2022 1:16:31 PM (No. 1272104)
Um ... it's supposed to. There's this thing called GOD. Pray more.
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Reply 13 - Posted by: BigGeorgeTX 9/8/2022 5:26:31 PM (No. 1272359)
How about teaching Biblical truth, saving souls, and turning away from virtue signaling by promoting social justice causes that go against God's teachings?
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Reply 14 - Posted by: Faithfully 9/9/2022 4:23:54 PM (No. 1273194)
This could be the Tribulation as spoken about in the Bible. This is no time for Christian ministers to bail out unless they were false prophets pushing "Good Times" theology.
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Reply 15 - Posted by: Faithfully 9/9/2022 4:25:36 PM (No. 1273195)
^ should say Prosperity theology.
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