Dont Blow Up Your Ministry, Michael MacKenzie
Dont Blow Up Your Ministry, Michael MacKenzie
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Don't Blow Up Your Ministry
Defuse the Underlying Issues That Take Pastors Down

Author: Michael MacKenzie, Marshall Shelley

Narrator: Jim Denison

Unabridged: 5 hr 40 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 11/09/2021


Synopsis

There's a ticking time bomb in your ministry. Is it you?

The pressures of pastoring are endless, leading many to burnout and depression, sexual misconduct, or substance abuse. But moral failures can be averted and shipwrecked ministries can be repaired. Counselor Michael MacKenzie, a longtime expert in helping pastors at risk, deals with the issues beneath the issues, such as shame, fear, and pain. If we don't address our own weakness and brokenness, we will hurt ourselves and those around us.

With vivid examples of both self-destructive patterns and reconstructive grace, MacKenzie shows how to lay the groundwork for restored identity and service. God can use those exact areas of vulnerability as a catalyst to you becoming the pastor and person he intends you to be.

Defuse the bomb before it goes off. Find hope for healing and recovery.

About Michael MacKenzie

Michael MacKenzie is a licensed professional counselor, ordained pastor, and hospital chaplain. He has served for ten years as the clinical director of Marble Retreat, a Colorado retreat center that specializes in ministering to pastors and ministry leaders in crisis. He studied marriage and family counseling at Denver Seminary and has a DMin in pastor care from Lincoln Christian University. Michael and his wife, Kari, have two sons and live in Florida.


Reviews

Goodreads review by Andrea

Don’t Blow up Your Ministry is very well written. It is an insightful book into the struggles faced by pastors and missionaries. It was helpful in pointing out the different pitfalls, struggles, and pains of life and gave sound advice in how to navigate life’s many challenges. I found myself having......more

As someone who spent many years very involved in churches from being a layperson leader to being on staff of a very large megachurch, I can say without any doubt that every pastor needs to read this book! Mike MacKenzie has spent his entire career working with struggling pastors who either blew up th......more

Goodreads review by Lisa

This book addresses the most profound concerns and salient issues of an underserved population-Pastors and Christian leaders! Dr. MacKenzie’s rich experience working with this niche group sheds preventive insight. As our world and culture have become more complex, it’s incredible to me that Don’t Bl......more

Goodreads review by Kari

Every ministry leader and seminary student should read this book. This book gives practical insights while also offering hope. The stories in the book remind you that you are not alone. It is very readable, while also packed with wisdom that could save your life and ministry.......more

Goodreads review by Sam

Don’t Blow Up Your Ministry, Michael MacKenzie In situations of conflict, remember: Don’t get caught up in the immediate. Don’t take the bait for conflict. See the pattern and how it’s revealing something about this person’s pain. Second, I pray God will help me see them as He does. Third, I remember......more