Serving Jesus without Burning Out Faithful Ministry for the Long Haul

The health of the church depends on the health of its leaders.

Whether due to emotional exhaustion, poor choices, moral failures, or stress and fatigue, church leaders are experiencing burnout at higher rates than ever before. In Serving Jesus without Burning Out, Steven A. McKinion and D. Scott Hildreth address some of the most problematic issues facing men and women in church leadership today, including a pervasive lack of rest and barriers to community, authenticity, and personal holiness.

To combat these issues, the authors construct a biblical framework of Christian ministry, prodding readers to consider what is driving their work of ministry. Then they recommend the importance of seeking continual spiritual growth and holiness in ministry. Finally, McKinion and Hildreth issue a warning to those who might make ministry an idol, urging Christians to do ministry for Christ and in Christ.

Serving Jesus without Burning Out helps ministers to survive, and even thrive, in the challenges and blessings of Christian ministry.

D. Scott Hildreth (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is associate professor of missiology at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Steven A. McKinion (PhD, University of Aberdeen) is professor of theology and patristic studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
Preface
Introduction

Chapter 1 A Biblical Model of Ministry
Chapter 2 The Sustaining Power of Your Call
Chapter 3 Being God’s Servant Where You Are, as You Are
Chapter 4 Lifelong Growth for Lifelong Ministry
Chapter 5 God’s Not the Only One with a Plan for Your Life
Chapter 6 Workaholics Don’t Die Winners; They Die Empty
Chapter 7 Ministry in Community
Chapter 8 The People Are the Ministry

Eight-Week Challenge
General Index
Scripture Index

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