There are some common struggles most young pastors seem to face.
Several years ago, I spent a couple of hours with a group of young pastors. It was a cross representation of church planters and pastors of established churches. There were healthy churches and unhealthy churches. Churches represented were growing, plateauing, and declining. It was a sharp group of people, mostly new in their positions. Yet, I expected to see all these churches would be growing soon.
We talked about a lot of issues, but one of our longer discussions was when I asked them what their greatest struggle in ministry was at the current time. There were some incredible consistencies—actually more than I anticipated. Very different churches and very different pastors—very similar struggles.
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