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How can the church triumphant produce such negative statistics for pastors?
Evangelical. Culture. Hurts. Pastors.
Statistics abound about just how much stress evangelical pastors labor under. [A group called Soul Shepherding](http://archive.vn/x13LV) brings us some eye-opening statistics:
> 75% of pastors report being “extremely stressed” or “highly stressed”
90% work between 55 to 75 hours per week
90% feel fatigued and worn out every week
70% say they’re grossly underpaid
40% report a serious conflict with a parishioner at least once a month.
78% were forced to resign from their church (63% at least twice), most commonly because of church conflict
80% will not be in ministry ten years later and only a fraction make it a lifelong career
On average, seminary trained pastors last only five years in church ministry
100% of 1,050 Reformed and Evangelical pastors had a colleague who had left the ministry because of burnout, church conflict, or moral failure
91% have experienced some form of burnout in ministry and 18% say they are “fried to a crisp right now”
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