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Study: Pastors are hanging tough and remaining faithful to their calling

Summary by texanonline.net
BRENTWOOD, Tenn.—The call to pastoral ministry is both a privilege and a weight. Despite frequent strain, data reveals very few pastors step away each year. The 2025 Lifeway Research study, sponsored by Houston’s First Baptist Church and Richard Dockins, an occupational medicine physician concerned about pastoral attrition, surveyed more than 1,500 current Protestant pastors and more than 700 former Protestant pastors. Only around 1 in 100 pasto…
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texanonline.net broke the news in on Tuesday, February 24, 2026.
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