Myths about Clergy Burnout
When I interviewed Jerry Moen, pastor of the Nazarene church in McMinnville, Oregon, for a chapter in the book, Best Practices of Growing Churches: Profiles and Conversations with Ministry Leaders, he talked about a burnout experience early in his ministry. After graduating from college in 1980 he served in a series of youth ministry assignments until 1992, when, discouraged and exhausted, he quit due to what he remembered as 'some kind of burnout or meltdown.'