Any Edinburgh ministers wanting to learn the importance and value of friendship in the ministry may be interested in signing up for an upcoming 1-day course designed to focus on this very subject.
International speaker Brian Croft is the Senior Minster of Auburndale Baptist Church in Louisville, Kentucky, USA. He is the founder of the ‘Practical Shepherding’ ministry. The need for the ministry is shown by some of the statistics around pastors’ lives and future plans:
Their website reports that:
90% of pastors say they have not received adequate training to meet the demands of ministry.
70% constantly fight depression.
50% of pastors will not be in ministry in 5 years (80% in 10 years).
80% believe their pastoral ministry hurts their families.
70% do not have someone they consider a close friend.
250 pastors leave the ministry every month.
Brian Croft’s outreach is aimed at stemming this tide of unhealthy pastoral living and to help pastors build and keep healthy friendships. He wrote a book published last year that forms the basis of the training. (copies available here: https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/the-church/pastoral/pastoral-friendship/ )
The event is on the 11 th of August at 10am – tickets are available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pastoral-friendship-a-practical-shepherding-conference-with-brian-croft-tickets-580675615397?mc_eid=f9bca8dd2f&mc_cid=2b492a15c3
Their website reports that:
90% of pastors say they have not received adequate training to meet the demands of ministry.
70% constantly fight depression.
50% of pastors will not be in ministry in 5 years (80% in 10 years).
80% believe their pastoral ministry hurts their families.
70% do not have someone they consider a close friend.
250 pastors leave the ministry every month.
Brian Croft’s outreach is aimed at stemming this tide of unhealthy pastoral living and to help pastors build and keep healthy friendships. He wrote a book published last year that forms the basis of the training. (copies available here: https://www.eden.co.uk/christian-books/the-church/pastoral/pastoral-friendship/ )
The event is on the 11 th of August at 10am – tickets are available here:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/pastoral-friendship-a-practical-shepherding-conference-with-brian-croft-tickets-580675615397?mc_eid=f9bca8dd2f&mc_cid=2b492a15c3
