Encouragement for the Weary Pastor
Mon, Apr 20
|Zoom event
Time & Location
Apr 20, 2026, 8:00 PM – 9:00 PM EDT
Zoom event
About the event
"Encouragement for the Weary Pastor: Understanding the Impact of Vicarious Trauma and Why Pastors Need More than Self-Care" (with Rev. Dr. Kayleigh Clark)
April 20, 8:00 PM ET
Burnout is becoming a widely recognized reality of ministry. “Compassion fatigue” is a phrase often used to capture the weight of ministry. We tell ourselves it is all in our heads, that the weight we feel is just the price of serving in ministry. To those of us tempted to “muscle through” the overwhelm and to those believing we do not have what it takes, new research in the area of compassion fatigue has much hope to offer. The truth is: It is not just all in our heads. It is too much for us to carry, and self-care alone is not enough. The hope is that our good and creative God has given us ways to prevent compassion fatigue and increase our…