Doug is married with 5 kids ranging in age from 27 to 14. He serves as the Director of Church Relations for Good News Productions, International (GNPI) working to develop partnership for the mission to reach the 6 billion people around the world who do not know Jesus. Before GNPI, he served in various pastoral roles in churches and as a director of a ministry to the homeless. He has a Bachelor of Biblical Literature and Master of Arts in Christian Ministry, Spiritual Formation concentration (Ozark Christian College).
Author’s note: This is my second article dealing with pastoral burnout. Recent Barna research revealed that 33% of ministers had given serious thought to quitting. My own research for a graduate studies project showed 63% of those surveyed had given or were giving serious thought to quitting the ministry. In the first article, I wrote […]