Ep 067: Beyond Burnout: Growing a Healthy Soul, with Ian Borkent

The Church Lobby

Ian Borkent is a pastor in the Netherlands who walked through a season of ministry burnout and now helps pastors address this issue in their own lives through the ministry of Grow a Healthy Soul.

In this episode we’ll talk about the causes of pastoral burnout, how to avoid it, and how to recruit church members to the task of helping pastors by employing the five-fold ministry gifts.

Also, I’ll be sharing some of content of my new book, De-Sizing the Church: How Church Growth Became a Science, Then an Obsession, and What's Next (coming April 2, 2024) and how our obsession with bigness is a major contributing factor to pastoral burnout, church scandals, and more.

Links From This Episode

• Alan Hirsch APEST test
• The Church as Movement (book)
• Grow a Healthy Soul

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Helping Your Pastor Lead Beyond Burnout

Karl Vaters talks with Ian Borkent about how congregation members have a calling to help their pastor, including what pastors can do to let congregation members know they need their help.

They also talk about Bunjee Cord Leadership, plus the importance of simply asking for help, and working through the discomfort of not doing everything.

Link:

How to Lead and Still Have a Life: The 8 Principles of Less is More Leadership, by H. Dale Burke.

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