1.) A collaboration for clergy health and wellness The physical and mental health of Clergy in North America
has reached a crisis point.
2.)
3.) Hundreds of Pastors Leave Their Ministry Each Month
4.) STRESS AND BURNOUT IN MINISTRY
5.) Study shows greater commitment to clergy health needed.
6.) DEAR CHURCH! WE QUIT! Marriage and Ministry Depression by Dr. Paddy Ducklow
7.) Disabilities and Clergy. by John M. Crowe
8.) Mental Health Needs of Clergy by John M. Crowe
9.) A Cyberspace view of Church Health with Responses from National and International Leaders. by John M. Crowe
10.)
American Baptists focus on clergy health
11.) "Which Way to Clergy Health?"
12.) Lutherans Ask How Healthy Are Our Pastors?
"Mental health problems including chemical dependency are
the leading cause of disability in the ELCA health plan, accounting for one-third of the 300 rostered [ministers on disability],"
she said. Despite studies suggesting a stable rate of depression in the general population, the ELCA health plan shows more
clinic visits and prescriptions to treat depression.
13.) Ministerial Health and Wellness,
2002 Evangelical Lutheran Church
14.) Weight and exercise top health concerns A recent elective survey found that unhealthy weight and
cholesterol and blood pressure levels are the top medical-risk factors facing ELCA pastors, lay and rostered leaders, seminarians,
and their families.
15.) The
pastor's well-being often reflects a church's health and happiness. by Tony Headley (no longer online)
16.) Southern Baptists address depression in "Clergy Wounded Heroes "
17.) The Face of Depression. by Rev. Susan. Gregg-Schroeder
