This is my third article on the subject of pastoral loneliness. I began the series a month ago when I learned of a pastor I knew who had taken his own life, leaving behind him a grieving church and a devastated family. Then, in my last article, I suggested that the professionalization of ministry both contributes to pastoral loneliness and misses the biblical vision of the church as the body of Christ. Now I want to suggest some ways that pastors and other church leaders might experience relationships that ease their loneliness and help them to be better pastors.
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