Empathy Fatigue

Pastors are consistently engaged with members of their congregations, assisting them with a variety of struggles pertaining to life. Pastors gather an understanding of the struggle, share the feelings related to it, and give empathetic support to those in need. Good shepherds empathize with their flock.

Add this to the emotional drains of church administration, staff oversight, and family life, and anyone can see how realistic empathy fatigue is for pastors.A fatigued pastor is a pastor who is not running at an optimum level, which results in a decline in efficiency and effectiveness personally and pastorally.

Just like a car needs regular fill ups with gasoline to keep moving down the road, so pastors need to engage in a variety of emotional ‘fill ups’ to stay on the ministry path. Are you running on empty, pastor? If you are in need of a ‘fill up’, click here; we can help you.