Clergymen, Clergywomen, and Their Spouses: Stress in Professional Religious Families

Specifying Intrusive Demands and Their Outcomes in Congregational Ministry: A Report on the Ministry Demands Inventory

“…Professional articles that directly address pastoral family dynamics and/or the interaction of family and career stress are still relatively few in number and recent in origin (e.g., Blanton 1992;Frame and Shehan 1994;Kieren andMunro 1988, 1989;Lee 1988Lee , 1995Morris andBlanton 1994a, 1994b;Noller 1984;Richmond, Rayburn, and Rogers 1985). The literature, however, is expanding.…”

Understanding stress and quality of life for clergy and clergy spouses

“…Warner and Carter (1984) found that pastors and their wives experienced significantly more loneliness and diminished marital adjustment in comparison with non pastoral males and females. Furthermore, researchers found that ministers scored high in occupational and vocational stress, but low in overall personal resources (Rayburn, Richmond, & Rogers, 1986;Richmond, Rayburn, & Rogers, 1985). Thus, they concluded that being clergy combined with being married is 'risky business' for all spouses and particularly for nonclergy spouses.…”

Demand, Support, and Perception in Family‐Related Stress Among Protestant Clergy

“…In one study (Barna, 1993), nearly half of the respondents agreed that pastoring had been difficult on their families, and this was one important reason reported by clergy for leaving the ministry (Jud, Mills, & Burch, 1970). Studies dealing directly with the interaction of family and career stress in these families are few (e.g., Blanton, 1992; Frame & Shehan, 1994; Kieren & Munro, 1988, 1989; Richmond, Rayburn, & Rogers, 1985).…”