"It's not sustainable." If this isn't a word. https://twitter.com/NatePyle79/status/1293186197569671175

Pastors, please get the help you need. Don't lose your souls, hearts, or relationships trying to carry the demands of a congregation or the weight of the world.

Having spent the majority of my adult life in church ministry, I have so many things to say about this. But I will share this.

Last fall, my husband & I made the heartbreaking decision to step away from leading the church we love. But we had no choice: It had become unsustainable.

Obedience meant surrendering to God-given limits, and the weight of ministry & gap btwn demands of a few influential leaders & our ability to please them made continuing impossible.

I haven't shared this publicly yet because I honestly didn't know what to say. Only this far out do we have enough distance to understand what happened.

TLDR: We found ourselves facing the choice between the health of our souls & souls of our children & continued conflict & unnecessary power struggles. We believed & still do that God was calling us away.

Since then, He has been what he always is: Faithful.

All our needs are met. Our hearts are healing, but there's still a grief & loss. We still don't know what the next season holds.

The hardest part is knowing that our experience is both completely unavoidable & completely common. I know there is someone reading this thread facing this same thing or passing through it.

So friend, get the help you need. Care for your soul & the souls of your family. And above all else, entrust yourself to God. His yoke is easy & His burden is light. He will provide rest for your soul.