Why Pastors Fail: 21 Solutions to Help You Avoid the Pain of Ministry Failure

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Why do pastors fail — and could it happen to you? Use the tools in this resource to defend and build your ministry! 

You can avoid the pain of failure, flameout and falling short of your calling! Strengthen your life and ministry with practical, biblical and modern tools — collected from the mistakes of others!

Money, sex, power...we’ve all heard the stories about successful pastors who have failed.

Some fail out of ministry in very public ways and make headlines that cause us to cringe. Other failures are more private, but the results and the devastation in their families and churches are the same. Sometimes we only know their names, but other times it happens too close to home.

Ministry is full of landmines and pastors are always under spiritual attack. Every day, danger lurks around the corner. All pastors are human and like all humans, we share a proclivity for failure.

Adding to the challenge, we’re also prime targets for the devil, who does NOT want us to succeed in fulfilling our calling. As pastors, if we do fall, we will experience the pain of falling short of our calling because of mistakes and poor decisions — the pain of failing ourselves, our ministries and those we love.

Don’t get caught unprepared. You can equip yourself with the tools and knowledge to avoid the mistakes of those who have come before you. Ignorance is not bliss. Ignorance can lead to failure.

In this very personal and heartbreaking, yet hopeful and imminently practical resource, pastor and coach Nelson Searcy identifies the top 7 reasons pastors fail. Most could readily identify a few of these (money...sex...power) but others lie hidden below the surface, and yet are equally dangerous.

In his signature “no holds barred approach,” Nelson not only identifies the issues but challenges each of us to build defenses against each threat by:

• Revealing to you the visible AND hidden landmines that the world, the flesh and the devil place in your path to keep you from succeeding.
• Discussing our own proclivity to sin and how you can stand strong in Christ.
• Equipping you with the 21 tools you need to avoid these minefields and keep moving forward in ministry.

Nelson has committed his life to helping pastors succeed — and NOT fail. Nelson Searcy has personally coached over 4000 senior pastors. He’s worked up close and in the trenches with not only the pastors in his ever-growing church but also with thousands of pastors in the U.S.A. and around the world. However, after witnessing a few pastors make serious and stupid mistakes, he began to research the topic of why pastors fail. It then became clear to him that part of helping pastors succeed is helping them to "not fail."

In this powerful resource, Nelson Searcy reminds pastors that your enemy, the devil, is clever and relentless, but ultimately consistent in his choice of weapons. The reasons for failure revealed in this resource are deeper than just the surface issues you might expect.

In this resource, you’ll go beyond the obvious reasons why pastors might fail and leave (or be asked to leave) their churches, but also explore the hidden reasons pastors might fail...reasons that others may not notice. Some pastors fail but are able to continue to stay on staff at their churches. They appear fine from the outside but miss out of the fruit of the gospel and the fulfillment of their callings.

Major sin can lead to failure, true. But major complacency can also lead to failure. This resource gives you the tools to combat both.

You will discover:

• What failure really means for pastors (not the definition the rest of the world knows)
• The 6 barriers to finishing well
• The top two failures for pastors in the area of money (hint: greed is the center of all issues)
• Seven ways to avoid sexual landmines that could torpedo your life and ministry
• The four “subtle” sins that can slowly erode your life and ministry
• The single best way to circumvent sexual failure (it’s not what you think!)
• Five simple ways to nurture a “growth mindset” — and how this stops you from stumbling
• A 4-step approach to avoiding money failures
• How ___________ is behind all sin — and what you can do about it!
• The best way to start your day to succeed in spiritual battle
• How your health matters in your war against failure — you can fail because you don’t _______________
• Eight areas for self-evaluation — and where you need to challenge yourself
• The pull in ministry to be average — and how to fight it with every ounce of your being
• And much more!

Remember, part of learning how to succeed is learning how not to fail! A big part of Nelson’s goal in equipping you is to not only help you have a good offense, but also a good defense. Through these 21 solutions to the 7 most common reasons for failure, you’ll gain new resolve to stand strong in your faith and fight against the enemy with a slate of newly revealed (biblical and modern) tools.

Join Nelson and other Renegade Pastors in a new commitment to a lifetime of fruitful ministry!

Includes:

• Three Hours of Training broken down into easy-to-manage segments on MP3 files. You can transfer these to your phone or another MP3 player, to iTunes, or listen to them online.
• Complete Transcript of the three-hour training that you can save onto your computer or tablet and read in more depth after going through the audio training.
• Student Guide with Fill-in-the-Blank Notes in a convenient PDF format that you can print and use to follow along, or simply view on your computer or tablet for easy reference.
• Complete Leader’s Guide so that you can take this workshop and train other pastors and key leaders on your team. You’ll have everything you need to lead this workshop in your church!

BONUS SEMINAR: Fasting for Spiritual Breakthrough ($49.95 Value!)

Fasting is one of our most powerful spiritual activities, so why is it so rarely practiced? Learn the misconceptions of fasting and how to do it effectively with Nelson Searcy. Includes the primary purpose of fasting, guidelines for beginning a fast, and the nuts and bolts of fasting. 

Special Bonus: Includes a Guide to Nine Biblical Fasts from Dr. Elmer Towns ($29.95 value)

BONUS SEMINAR: Debt-Free Pastor, Free Yourself to Lead Your Church ($49.95 Value!)

Dealing with debt can be a major drain on your energy. Nelson and Kelley Searcy discovered that when planting a new church in Manhattan, one of the most expensive places to live in the world. As they considered the task of starting a church and looked at their personal finances, they were surprised to learn that they were thousands of dollars in debt. But God had a plan for them to live debt-free, and they realized that for Him to bless their church, they needed to honor God with their finances. In this resource, you will learn a step-by-step approach to eliminating debt, and how to prioritize your personal finances so God can bless your church finances (note: the two are linked). 

BONUS Audio: Nelson's Top 10 Health and Wellness Tips ($49.95 Value!)

Join Nelson for an 82-minute talk, recorded live at a Renegade Pastors Conference, on the “little BIG things” that will exponentially impact your health and wellness. Any one of these little things will help change direction — and discover what it means to be a healthy renegade pastor! 

BONUS Audio: Building Emotional Health: Renegade Pastor Interview with "Replenish" author Lance Witt

In this resource, Nelson Searcy interviews Lance Witt, pastor and author of Replenish: Leading from a Healthy Soul. Here he discusses the urgent need for "soul care" in the private lives of leaders. He talks about how to prioritize matters of the soul and develop healthy spiritual practices. Lance is committed to the church and passionately believes in the transformational power of Jesus through the local church. He has served for over 25 years as a local church pastor, 20 years as a senior pastor and as an executive pastor at Saddleback Church and has helped develop and lead the 40 Days of Purpose and 40 Days of Community campaigns. 

BONUS E-book: How to Face Criticism ($23.95 Value!)

There are two types of church leaders: those who are dealing with criticism right now and those who will. Facing criticism is a fact of life for pastors, so the question isn't, "Will it come?" The question for us is, "How will I respond?"

In this e-book, Nelson Searcy shares time-tested insights for handling criticism in a healthy and God-honoring manner.

If you have any questions you can email [email protected] or call 561.921.8488.