Many spiritual leaders suffer from burnout, depression, and loneliness and studies show
that" the phenomenon of clergy burnout is pervasive, affecting veteran and new clergy alike …

Burnout has an important impact upon the professional satisfaction of clergy. Identifying
protective behaviors that may prevent against burnout is important for the long-term …

Because little is known about secondary stress in clergy who counsel church members, the
effects of burnout and vicarious traumatization in 35 members of the clergy were examined …

In this article, I review the literature on burnout and resilience among clergy. The existing
research shows that the factors related to clergy burnout include the quality of interpersonal …

Concern about the current and future state of pastoral leadership is being raised both within
and without ecclesiastical circles. While there are various reasons put forth to explain what …

Pressures generated by increasing secularization and decreasing vocations to ordained
ministry are resulting across denominations in a growing number of clergy serving more …

Catholic priests are faced with innumerable demands, unrealistic expectations, and few
tangible results. Moreover, in today's society, there are fewer priests, even greater demands …

" I AM FEELING bullied by some of the people in my church," a clergy friend told me
recently." They criticize everything I do, so I do more and more just to please them. Nothing I …

The purpose of the current phenomenological research was to explore the burnout
experiences of Assemblies of God clergy in the United States in order to identify the …

Abstract Conservative doctrine (anonymous, 1994) suggested that priests, pastors, or
ministers providing spiritual support to church communities are individuals that surpass all …