Second, It’s important that when you give an individual gift, the gift isn’t about you. They usually are wary of receiving gifts, but this is the perfect opportunity to bulldoze their misplaced sense of guilt and say: “No, we insist!” 4 Critical Rules for Pastor Appreciationįirst, don’t be sheepish about giving them gifts. Here are guidelines for how you and your church can excel this October in showing your pastor that he/she is appreciated, loved, and respected in your church. Sometimes, all it takes to keep pastoral burnout at bay is for a church to crush Pastor Appreciation Month. Travis Collins writes in his book For Ministers about to Start.or about to Give Up that 75% of pastors experience “severe stress causing anguish, worry, bewilderment, anger, depression, fear and alienation” during their ministry. Most of them don’t go to seminary to become rich.
What do pastors receive for their hard work?Īccording to, the average pastor’s salary is $48,828 per year.Īnd yet, the average pastor goes into $60,000 of debt to receive a seminary education. Your pastor is probably underpaid, overextended, suffering from shift work syndrome, and hasn’t had regular working hours his entire career. Pastor Appreciation Day, also known as Clergy Appreciation Day, is the second Sunday of October.
