HELPS FOR HURTING MINISTERS

Help & Intervention
LeaderCare Helpline & Contact Info
LeaderCare
Offices to Help Hurting Ministers, listed by Baptist State Convention
LeaderCare is There for You
LeaderCare Retreats
Caregiving Ministries for Ministers
Troubled With...
BP: 'Wounded Heroes' tell of crisis & redemption

General Resources
Focus on the Family: The Parsonage
Christianity Today: The Pastor
Search Pastors.com for articles

Stories and Testimonies
Broken Pastor, Broken Church, Joe Mckeever
CT: When one member stonewalls growth
CT: A Casualty in My Own War

Criticism
LifeWay: 5 Ways to Respond to a Critic without being Controlled
Receiving criticism with confidence
Pastors.com: Dealing with criticism

Encouraging Words
In Time of Trouble Say, Andrew Murray
Prayer Confessions for Hard Times
Where is Jesus When You Need Him?
Trials of the Spirit [MS Word]
The Wilderness is a Bad Place [MS Word]
God and Grace in the Wilderness [MS Word]
Wilderness Work [MS Word]
The Wilderness is a Place of Preparation [MS Word]
The Wilderness is a Place to Praise [MS Word]
Coming Out of the Wilderness [MS Word]
CT: Finding True North
BP: Bouncing Back from Failure, Rick Warren
How to overcome dark valleys, Rick Warren
How to worship when you are wounded, Rick Warren

Crisis Management
The Five Stages of Crisis Management, Jack Welch

Ministers' Spiritual Struggles & Growth
Leadership: Beating the Pastoral Blues
Leadership: How to minister at a healthy pace, John Ortberg
Three steps for diagnosing spiritual health, by Steve Gladen
Don Whitney: The Ruin of Every Minister and How to Avoid It
CT: The Gift of Rebuke - How I learned to take (and give) correction
4 Types of Friends Every Pastor Needs
CT: The Art of Self Leadership - Your toughest management challenge
Leadership Journal: Why Am I Angrier than I Used to Be?
LifeWay: Guarding Heart & Home
The Sin of Murmuring
Trials of the Spirit [MS Word]

In PowerPoint
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Nehemiah on Leadership: Series in PowerPoint
Journey Out of Bitterness
When It's Not That Easy: Anger
When It's Not That Easy: I've Suffered a Serious Blow
When It's Not That Easy: I Feel Like an Outcast
When It's Not That Easy: I Feel Overwhelmed & Depressed
When It's Not That Easy: Becoming a Church That Heals
Clay Pots, Great Glory

Beating Burnout & Discouragement
LJ: Time in the Back of the Boat
LifeWay: Making a Day Off a Priority
CT: A Good Day Off
CT: What's a "Significant" Ministry?
5 Guidelines for a Successful Sabbatical
Low or No-cost Retreats for Ministers
5 Ways to Recharge Your Emotional Batteries
4 Ways to Stay Fresh in Your Ministry
How to Tell if You are Depressed

Someone's Trying to Run You Off
Biblical Insights into Enemies
CT: My Worst Year in Ministry - six strategies for facing the worst
CT: Broken Pastor, Broken Church
CT: 7 Steps to Better Conversations with Tough Talkers
SBCLife: "The Dirty Little Secret" - a lack of harmony between pastor & church

Forced Termination
When your 'new job' is finding a job, by Larry Burkett
BP: Forced termination, depression
LifeWay: Reasons for Terminations

Finding Your Next Church
10 Factors to Consider Before Leaving Your Church
Preparing a Ministry Resume That Gets Attention by Guy Futral
Should You Accept a Call to a Transitioning Community?
Pastors.com: How to start well as a new pastor
How to Develop Relationships in Your New Church
Set Yourself Up for Success in Your New Church
5 Principles for Good Relationships With Your Church Family

Interim/Transitional Pastoral Ministry
LifeWay: The Ministry of the Transitional Pastor

Personal & Professional Development
Steps for Getting a Mentor
Five things I've learned since leaving the pulpit, by Mark Galli

Ministers' Family Life
CT: Marriage Makeover - How a bad ministry marriage went good
Being in ministry doesn't exempt your marriage from difficulty, by Rick Warren
LifeWay: Guarding Heart & Home
LifeWay: Peace in the Parsonage
LifeWay: 10 Questions a Pastor Should Ask His Wife Every Year
LifeWay: 7 Proven Ways to Bless Your Wife

Ministers' Wives
LifeWay: Ministers' Wives - Battling Bitterness
LifeWay: Ministers' Wives - 3 Keys to a Healthy Ministry Mindset
LifeWay: Ministers' Wives - Ways to Enjoy God-Given Friendships
LifeWay: A Peace of My Mind - Encouragement for Ministers' Wives
LifeWay: Ministers' Wives - Sharing the Journey
HelpMeet
Married to a Pastor
LeaderCare: Ministers' Wives Helps for You
When the pastor's spouse doesn't meet church's expectations.
Minister's wives: reshape the glass slippers

PK's - Preacher's Kids
BP: PK stands for preacher's kid
BP: Be Kind to PK's
BP: PK's pain & joy in a fishbowl
CT: Preacher's Kid, Everybody's Kid
Generation Next

When Sin Preys on the Pastorium
CT: One Pastor's Struggle with Internet Pornography
CT: Pornography - Helps & Resources (scroll down)
Pure Intimacy
XXX Church

Conflict Resolution
Peacemaker Ministries
Resources for Resolving Conflict
Managing Conflict: Leadership Journal
Managing Church Conflict, or How to Have a Holy Fight!, By Steve Pettit
Fellowship: protecting your church, by Rick Warren
Resolving Conflict In Your Church, by Rick Warren
Handling Conflict on Your Worship Team, by Tog Goodson
BP: Types of difficult people
LifeWay: Dealing with Difficult People
BP: Conflict a certainty, not always bad
BP: Conflict needn't cripple churches
BP: Mediation gains popularity to save churches in conflict
BP: Study ways to turn conflict into victory

Staff Relationships
Five things every pastor should know about his minister of music
Clear boundaries build healthy church teams, by Dan Chaverin

Compensation Resources
Minister's Tax Resources, Annuity Board, SBC
The Personnel Committee & the Budget Process
Compensation Study, Annuity Board, SBC
BP: Church budget planning helps, Annuity Board resource
How Much Is a Pastor Worth?

Administrative / Church Growth Resources
Administration: Leadership Journal
Outreach & Church Growth Index, BSP
Vision/Direction: Leadership Journal
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