When Pastors Head for the Exits

Why are so many pastors considering leaving the ministry? Is it the pandemic? Is it ...

Published January 22, 2022

Why are so many pastors considering leaving the ministry? Is it the pandemic? Is it the political and racial polarization? Is it something else? Join David and Curtis as they delve into the growing crisis of pastoral burnout, including a very personal story from Curtis about his own journey to becoming a “former senior pastor”.

Show Notes:

–Barna Group – 38% of U.S. Pastors Have Thought About Quitting Full-Time Ministry in the Past Year

–Michelle Boorstein – The first Christmas as a layperson: Burned out by the pandemic, many clergy quit in the past year

–Kate Shellnutt – The Pastors Aren’t All Right: 38% Consider Leaving Ministry

–Barna Group – The Mental & Emotional Health of Pastors and Their Congregants Amid COVID-19

–Wendy Wang and Alysse Elhage – Here’s Who Stopped Going to Church During the Pandemic

–The French Press – The Crisis of Christian Celebrity

–Cass Sunstein – The Law of Group Polarization

David French

David French is a columnist for the New York Times. He’s a former senior editor of The Dispatch. He’s the author most recently of Divided We Fall: America's Secession Threat and How to Restore Our Nation.

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