How Many Hours Must a Pastor Work to Satisfy the Congregation?

Is your pastor secretly drowning in expectations? Thom Rainer performed an experiment to reveal the crushing reality many church leaders face: Rainer asked twelve deacons to estimate the minimum time he should spend on various pastoral duties each week, and the total came to a whopping 114 hours—or, 16+ hours every day! This article invites the church to reconsider what’s actually humanly possible.

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