Pastor, have you ever doubted your call to ministry? Have you ever wondered if it’s time to look for greener ministry pastures? What about your devotional life? Have you ever struggled with that? What about those nasty critics in your congregation, or those members who become dear friends and then abruptly leave for another church? Or a salary that doesn’t cover your family’s expenses? Has your wife ever heard those slanderous whispers about your pitiful leadership? Are you pastoring a church that’s so dysfunctional, you’d never join it? No doubt, if you’ve been in ministry very long, you’ve faced those issues or similar things that have made you wonder if you’ll always labor in local church ministry.

If you’ve ever struggled with at least thoughts of doing something else with your life, then our new book will encourage you: Faithful Endurance: The Joy of Shepherding People for a Lifetime (Crossway/TGC). Collin Hansen and I invited a number of veteran pastors to answer difficult dilemmas like those above, anxiety-producing quandaries that all pastors eventually face, dilemmas that threaten to move you out of ministry for good. Each issue is presented through a brief epistle from a young pastor to a veteran pastor and the advice that comes forth will, by God’s grace, put steel in your backbone for the long haul as you shepherd God’s people.

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