Jimmy Dodd is the founder and president of PastorServe, a ministry that provides care, counseling, and friendship to pastors. His passion is to see pastors thrive. A pastor himself for more than thirty years, Jimmy is now a well-known speaker and is a graduate of Wheaton College and Gordon-Conwell Seminary. Jimmy and his wife, Sally, have five children.

__Every month 1,500 pastors burn out and leave the church. Learn how to beat the odds.__  
  
 The majority of pastors are not truly known—by anyone. They subconsciously isolate themselves from both staff and congregation so their insecurities, doubts, and failures aren't exposed. Yet confiding in the wrong person can be a dead end at best and disastrous at worst.  
  
 Former pastor Jimmy Dodd reveals how those in pastoral ministry can receive ongoing support, accountability, and restoration from relationships with a boss, counselor, trainer, mentor, coach, and good friend. Discover how you can move from surviving to thriving with the six relationships every pastor needs.

Jimmy Dodd addresses six key relationships every pastor needs to invest in to move past insecurities, doubts, and failures. The goal isn't just to survive a current crisis—but to prevent future crisis in both your ministry and personal life through accountability, support, and friendship.

Jimmy Dodd

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Preface

Introduction

Section 1: Survive

  1. What Drives Us Back Stage?

  2. Closing the Front Stage–Back Stage Gap

  3. Created for Community

  4. Embracing Weakness in a Strength-Glorified Culture

  5. Paul’s Thorn and Charlie’s Angels

  6. Leave Me Alone!

Section 2: Thrive

  7. Everyone Needs a Boss

  8. Continuing Education Isn’t Just for Teachers

  9. Hey, Coach! Put Me In!

  10. Counselor: Scrubbing the Wound

  11. Mentor: The View from Above at the Labyrinth of Life

  12. Every Pastor Needs a Friend

Section 3: Gospel Transformation

  13. Where Do We Go from Here?

  14. Gospel Implications

Acknowledgments

Notes

About the Author

About PastorServe

Extras

Every month 1,500 pastors burn out and leave the church. Learn how to beat the odds.  
  
 The majority of pastors are not truly known—by anyone. They subconsciously isolate themselves from both staff and congregation so their insecurities, doubts, and failures aren’t exposed. Yet confiding in the wrong person can be a dead end at best and disastrous at worst.  
  
 Former pastor Jimmy Dodd reveals how those in pastoral ministry can receive ongoing support, accountability, and restoration from relationships with a boss, counselor, trainer, mentor, coach, and good friend. Discover how you can move from surviving to thriving with the six relationships every pastor needs.

\["For Church leaders on the brink of burnout","This book helps you to receive support in pastoral ministry","A valuable way to invest in sustainable ministry"\]

Helping fight the battle against burnout, Survive or Thrive is made to help Church leaders build up a pastoral ministry that is effective and sustainable.

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