Feeling compassion for Piper and his family.
Feeling compassion for anyone with a family and the “Title” pastor.

Seems “Pastor/Reverend/Leader” is a very dangerous “position.”

This info is from a sites helping “Burned Out Pastors.”

http://pastoralcareinc.com/WhyPastoralCare/Statistics.php

95% of pastors do not regularly pray with their spouses.

80% believe pastoral ministry has negatively affected their families.

…………….Many pastor’s children do not attend church now
…………….because of what the church has done to their parents.

80% of pastors’ spouses wish their spouse would choose a different profession.

70% of pastors constantly fight depression.

70% do not have someone they consider a close friend.

33% state that being in the ministry is an outright hazard to their family.

33% confess inappropriate sexual behavior with someone in the church.

http://www.pastorcare.org/PastorCare/Healing___Health.html

• 77% say they do “not” have a good marriage.
• 38% are divorced or seriously considering divorce.

Think there might be a problem with “Pastor/Reverend/Leader?”