Your Pastor is an Endangered Species . A book geared to congregations explaining the stresses on a pastoral family and how the church can affirm and support their pastor and family. Lutz, Robert R. and Bruce T. Taylor, Eds. Paulist Press, 1990. Surviving in Ministry, a book written by religious leaders for religious leaders, explores the relationship between stress and spiritual leadership.
Every Pastor Needs a Pastor .
Psychiatrist McBurney examines the pressures and problems encountered by ministers and families in church vocations. Macchia, Stephen A. Becoming a Healthy Church . Baker Books, 1999. Macchia teaches at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He offers marks of a church on the way to health and ways to evaluate congregational wellness.