The Christian Post
By Leonardo Blair, Senior Features Reporter
As American pastors have grown increasingly discontent with their profession, more than half have seriously considered leaving pastoral ministry since 2020 for various reasons, a new study from the Hartford Institute for Religion Research suggests.
In “I’m Exhausted All the Time — Exploring the Factors Contributing to Growing Clergy Discontentment,” released Thursday as part of the institute’s larger project “Exploring the Pandemic Impact on Congregations,” researchers surveyed a nationally representative group of 1,700 religious leaders in the fall of 2023 then compared the findings to responses provided by clergy and their congregations in earlier EPIC surveys.
“The further we are from the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, the more we observe larger percentages of clergy pondering alternatives to their present congregation, vocation, or both,” the research team led by Scott Thumma, professor of Sociology of Religion at Hartford International University for Religion and Peace and director of the Hartford Institute for Religion Research, stated in the report. More Here
Barna Research: Just 4% of Americans have a Biblical Worldview and just 37% of Pastors have a Biblical Worldview. America needs a come to Jesus meeting. America is failing at this point.
