Conflict management adds another level of demand that affects not only a pastor’s time but drains his emotions. Administration requires countless meetings with deacons, committees, staff, and other obligations. Pastoral care takes them to hospitals, funeral homes, counseling appointments, and home visits. Too, it’s not like preaching is all they have to do. Add funeral and wedding sermons and the occasional revival meeting and, before long, preachers can reach burnout if they do not learn how to manage their time. Sunday morning, Sunday evening, and Wednesday night roll around all too regularly. While some larger churches have staff ministers who can help carry the preaching load, most pastors preach around 150 times a year. Finding time to do everything required in ministry remains one of the primary problems for pastors. And in many years of local church ministry, I have said it often myself. “I just don’t have the time!” I’ve heard that exact phrase countless times through the years of working with pastors in denominational service and as a seminary professor.
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