Archibald Hart of the Fuller Institute of Church Growth reports that 90 percent of pastors work more than forty-six hours per week, and many work sixty hours. Nine out of ten feel inadequately trained to handle the demands of the ministry.2 Another survey found that 80 percent of the clergy feel the church has negatively impacted their families, and 33 percent say the ministry is an outright hazard to their families.3 Pastors are no different from many men in that they too often struggle with
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