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.
2 comments:
Thank you so much for posting this Adam. You're right, we can all relate to him and history and to the fact that God is good and faithful and when we surrender all of our "stuff" to him, he will work it out for us.
It sounds so familiar:) I do think that things happen for a reason...good and bad. I am so sorry that you had to go through what you did but I never had any doubt that you were to be in ministry.
I related to what his wife said about not trusting. I know that I am meant to do more than I am right now but I still can't let down some of those walls that I built. Luckily, the people in my house church have some insight into what I went through. I hope you are able to trust and get close to people at your church now.
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