Worship Leader Shares Deep Concerns About Pastors Mental Health, Especially During Pandemic
By Richard Hunt\nThere is often an expectation of divine perfection in pastors, but Cody Barnhart emphasizes ministers are very much human. He agrees that pastors need people they can share struggles with, confidentially. \u201cMost pastors absolutely need those people to open up to and I think most pastors don\u2019t have them. I think many pastors, especially the ones I know, I\u2019ve talked to personally, are afraid that they may lose their jobs or be perceived as weak leaders if they share something that is kind of too far for people to feel comfortable with, especially if it\u2019s about some of these bigger issues\u201d like suicide and depression, \u201cintrusive mental health struggles.\u201d