Here is a testimony by a pastor named Blake. I don't personally know Blake, but we do have a couple of things in common:
1) I was the youth pastor at my home church for six and a half years. Blake was the youth pastor at my home church a few years after me.
2) I was deeply hurt by some things that took place at my home church. Blake was also deeply hurt by the church as well.
I have heard things have gotten better, but this church is known for eating up youth ministers and spitting them back out alive, but barely. In fact, in the ten years since I've been there, that church has gone through I think seven youth ministers.
Blake's testimony hit home with me. I'm sure that everyone can find some similarities with their own stories.
God's Restoration in Ministry Burnout from Anne Jackson on Vimeo.
