Joy Banishes Burnout: How Pastors Finish Well

Statistics of servants of God who do not end well can be very discouraging. Dr. J. Robert Clinton conducted a now-famous study of how leaders in Scripture finished their tenures. Of those about whom he was able to get sufficient data, Clinton determined that about one in three finished well. Commenting on the contemporary scene, he suggested that the ratio is probably even worse. But if what the Bible says about God’s keeping power is true (Philippians 1:6; 2 Timothy 1:12), it does not have to b