Focus On The Family Clergy Appreciation Resources Will Make Pastor Appreciation Month A Success

Meet A Pastor Appreciation Champion

H.B. London Jr. is the vice president of Pastoral Ministries for Focus on the Family and the author of numerous books on and for pastors.

I knew him as my father's pastor when he pastored Pasadena First Church of the Nazarene.

HB (as he is often called) served as a Nazarene senior pastor for over 30 years in several churches in Oregon and California. He leads the Pastoral Ministries Department of Focus on the Family.

Because of his great concern for hurting pastors (often referred to as wounded shepherds), HB has become an international "pastor to pastors".

As an author and pastor appreciation champion, Dr. London's insights are so accurate that some pastors feel as if he can read their minds and hearts. The simple truth is that he shares out of his own pastoral experiences.

In the role of Champion for Pastor Appreciation, HB states the following on the Focus On The Family Clergy Appreciation Resource website

Pastors and their families live under incredible pressures.

• Their lives are played out in a fishbowl, with the entire congregation and community watching their every move.
• They are expected to have ideal families, to be perfect people, to always be available, to never be down and to have all the answers we need to keep our own lives stable and moving forward.

Those are unrealistic expectations to place on anyone, yet most of us are disappointed when a pastor becomes overwhelmed, seems depressed, lets us down or completely burns out.

Use These Pastor Appreciation Resources To Prompt Creative Pastor Appreciation Month Ideas

The good news is that churches offering pastor appreciation can make a difference! Pastor Appreciation Month is one way to counter the negative erosion in the lives of our spiritual leaders with the positive affirmation they need.

Check out Focus On The Family for your pastor appreciation resources to make your pastor appreciation month a great success.