Serving Jesus without Burning Out: Faithful Ministry for the Long Haul

by D. Scott Hildreth

Publisher:

B&H

, 2025

Overview

The health of the church depends on the health of its leaders.

Whether due to emotional exhaustion, poor choices, moral failures, or stress and fatigue, church leaders are experiencing burnout at higher rates than ever before. In Serving Jesus without Burning Out, Steven A. McKinion and D. Scott Hildreth address some of the most problematic issues facing men and women in church leadership today, including a pervasive lack of rest and barriers to community, authenticity, and personal holiness.

To combat these issues, the authors construct a biblical framework of Christian ministry, prodding readers to consider what is driving their work of ministry. Then they recommend the importance of seeking continual spiritual growth and holiness in ministry. Finally, McKinion and Hildreth issue a warning to those who might make ministry an idol, urging Christians to do ministry for Christ and in Christ.

Serving Jesus without Burning Out helps ministers to survive, and even thrive, in the challenges and blessings of Christian ministry.

Key Features

Product Details

• Title: Serving Jesus without Burning Out: Faithful Ministry for the Long Haul
• Author: D. Scott Hildreth
• Publisher: B&H
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Pages: 192
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Resource ID: LLS:SVJWBNTFMFLH
• Resource Type: Monograph
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-09-16T19:54:07Z

About D. Scott Hildreth

D. Scott Hildreth is the Director of the Lewis A. Drummond Center for Great Commission Studies and Assistant Professor of Global Studies at Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Before coming to Southeastern, he and his family served in Western Europe and in Central Asia. Scott has been in some type of Christian ministry for over 30 years and has helped people from all around the world know the hope and joy that can be found in a relationship with Jesus.