How to Stay Healthy While Pastoring an Unhealthy Church

A healthy church is a great place of healing. But an unhealthy church causes problems for everyone who touches it – including the pastor who’s called to help turn it around. More people get sick in hospitals than anywhere else. Because that’s where the sick people are. Health care professionals know this, so they have stringent protocols to keep themselves from contracting the diseases they’re trying to cure. Churches are the same.

https://www.flickr.com/photos/kleuske/7992368297healthy church is a great place of healing.

But an unhealthy church causes problems for everyone who touches it – including the pastor who’s called to help turn it around.

So how does a pastor keep spiritually and emotionally healthy while living, worshiping and leading in an unhealthy environment?

Turning an unhealthy church around is one of the hardest tasks any pastor will ever be called to do. Don’t attempt it without observing these nine principles to protect yourself and your family:

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