Consider your pastor, for one. Thousands of spiritual leaders are barely hanging on from day to day. Surveys indicate that 80 percent of pastors and 84 percent of their spouses are discouraged or are dealing with depression. We don t want to overstate the case, but spiritual leaders are struggling as much as doctors. More than 40 percent of pastors and 47 percent of their spouses report that they are suffering from burnout, frantic schedules and unrealistic expectations.
Financial burdens are common, as well.
These and other problems often lead to serious marital conflict and family dysfunction, and social pressure keeps many couples from getting the counseling services they need. Doctors have a special understanding of many of these pressures and are especially well-suited, along with their spouses, to minister to ministers and their families. Scripture teaches that we re to take great care of our spiritual leaders. I believe doctors have a special understanding of many of these pressures and are especially well-suited, along with their spouses, to minister to ministers and their families. They keep watch over you as men who must give an account.