Top pressure points pastors named during the pandemic
Percent of U.S. Protestant pastors, 2020 (in percent)
Key finding
Highest: Maintaining unity and dealing with conflict or complaints (27%). Lowest: Personally exhausted, stressed and isolated (12%).
- Maintaining unity and dealing with conflict or complaints: 27%
- Caring for members when not physically together: 17%
- Concern for congregants' health: 13%
Source: Lifeway Research, Is Pastoring Sustainable These Days? · Article published 2020-08-20.
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Highest: Maintaining unity and dealing with conflict or complaints (27%). Lowest: Personally exhausted, stressed and isolated (12%). Maintaining unity and dealing with conflict or complaints: 27%. Caring for members when not physically together: 17%. Concern for congregants' health: 13%.
Who published this data?
Lifeway Research, 2020. Source: Lifeway Research, Is Pastoring Sustainable These Days? (https://research.lifeway.com/2020/08/20/is-pastoring-sustainable-these-days/).
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