From Lifeway Research!
Pastors face different ministry struggles, but they share what Paul refers to as the daily pressure on him: a concern for churches.
By Aaron Earls
Not many Protestant pastors in the U.S. have faced the ministry struggles Paul lists in 2 Corinthians 11—beatings, shipwrecks, imprisonments, and more—but they do share what the apostle refers to as the daily pressure on him: a concern for churches.
In Lifeway Research’s 2022 Greatest Needs of Pastors study, more than 200 pastors identified 44 needs they face in ministry. Those needs were divided into seven categories and another 1,000 pastors were surveyed to determine how common each need was in pastoral ministry across the U.S.
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