Factors Influencing UMC Clergy Leadership Effectiveness

Physical health
Emotional well-being
Personal commitment to growth
Pastoral Experience and maturity in ministry
Age
Energy
Work/life/family balance
Call to ministry
Self-determination
Experience of “home” church (church clergy “grew up” in)
Aging parents
Feel unappreciated
Using vacation time/renewal leave
Need for more opportunities to take sabbatical (perceives it’s easy for DS’s but challenging for pastors).
Setting and maintaining personal boundaries.
Time management.
The ability and freedom to specialize and focus.
Lack of self-confidence

“Confidence and courage to risk failure, rejection, opposition, etc.”

“I think what has affected me the most has been personal attacks and secretive attempts to undermine my ministry.” (NOTE: this was stated by multiple people in various ways)