The Pain of Pastoring

Many pastors work up to seventy hours a week. No one experiences betrayal more than Pastors. No one loves with warm broken hearts more than pastors. No one bears the pain associated with pastoring more than their spouse. These sacrifices often time come at the peril of their families and personal lives. Many Pastors in America are bi-vocational. Meaning they have to juggle the struggles and stresses of ministry while at the same time balancing fulltime jobs. Because of this, many are depressed and feel hopeless while helping others. Some feel inadequate and demotivated. Many succumb to unhealthy habits.

There is an undeniable pleasure, but a daunting pain that comes with the profession and call to the pastorate. In ministry for over twenty years and pastoring over a decade, Pastor Rich paints the grim reality that many parishioners would never know. Every pastor, who is part of the fraternal order in ministry, will understand, feel, and applaud the fact that their parishioners will finally know their pain. Allow Pastor Rich to take you behind the scenes of what many Pastors across the world experience. Be enlightened to The Pain of Pastoring!