Practicing Sabbath, taking sabbaticals, is one way that we push back against that malformation,” she observed.Ī previous report from Barna found more than half of all pastors had considered resigning from their jobs in 2022 compared to a year earlier, citing stress and loneliness. “Sabbaticals are not about vacation, but about counter-formation and all the ways that our culture is malforming us in a way that undermines the image of God and Christ in us.
Ministry leaders who participated in Barna’s Summer Sabbatical webinar such as Resilient Pastor faculty member Sharon Hodde Miller noted that pastors who take time to rest, replenish themselves and are more mindful of their overall health, tended to fare better on the measures.
Those who considered their physical health ‘below average’ tripled from 7% to 21% while the proportion who believed they had ‘excellent’ mental and emotional health plummeted from 39% to 11%. Those who ranked themselves as ‘excellent’ in the friendship category have halved from 34% to 17%. In 2015 just 10% of pastors ranked themselves ‘below average’ when it comes to having true friends. That’s especially the case when it comes to having true friends according to a new report from Barna Research for its Resilient Pastor study American pastors have suffered a significant decline in their physical, mental and emotional health over the past seven years.
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