The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele cover image

The Pastor's Heart with Dominic Steele

From stress and burnout to surviving and thriving with Valerie Ling

Mar 11, 2019
30:37

What are the issues facing church leaders in regards to stress, thriving, surviving and burnout?

Psychologist Valerie Ling, from the Centre For Effective Living, counsels and trains ministry workers on these issues. 

There are important issues for those in solo ministry, serving as team members and as team leaders. 

Valerie says she sees person after person suffering from burnout, and yet it is so preventable. 

How can we move beyond surviving to sustainable leadership, clarity of purpose, intentional living, a sense of self, supportive relationships, and mismatch areas in ministry? 


Further reading:

Thriving and burnout https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uHSdK4d5FjbIri9hFVYlplqVcKlIQ5D7/view?usp=sharing

Spiritual Foundations https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uD6GwViQfejhxKEmyAIW4YLEC1iwxppx/view?usp=sharing

Clarity of purpose https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1u83cZ2vymdr0V3NACxcxRge9sbrDarBi/view?usp=sharing

Sense of Self https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uAtGIbpCswyXvvj7571oGt3Rfmel1C3S/view?usp=sharing

Integration https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1uC2OWR1ltmiw2flQIwPnpJSgNHvBseyn/view?usp=sharing

Supportive relationships https://drive.google.com/a/villagechurch.sydney/file/d/1u1Rg9QOkSnragNYsEXBXTCOtVAkcHcM6/view?usp=sharing


The Church Co
http://www.thechurchco.com is an excellent website and app platform built specifically for churches. 

Support the show

--
Become a regular financial supporter of The Pastor's Heart via Patreon.

Get the Snipd
podcast app

Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
App store bannerPlay store banner

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode

Save any
moment

Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways

Share
& Export

Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more

AI-powered
podcast player

Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features

Discover
highlights

Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode