I was telling a friend about this book the other day, and one of the things that I really liked most about reading Guy Greenfield’s “The Wounded Minister” is that his experiences were very similar to my own. I mean, yeah, a lot of Pastors and Youth Pastors I’ve spoken with over the years have experienced similar pain, but nobody had ever written about their pain in a book – most seem to be by people who either had never experienced such, or who were trained to help people in pain – sympathizers, when what we need are empathizers. That’s why this book really caught my attention when I began reading this: “Finally! Somebody who understands and KNOWS what I’m talking about, because HE TOO has experienced it!” Understand though, it’s not a book filled with whining and complaining, but of relating and learning to heal.
So if you’ve been bullied, pushed out of position, mistreated by lay leaders, committees, other Pastors, or certain church members, regardless of where you are in the healing process, you really should read this book. He also suggests a model for churches to set into place in order to help prevent it from happening again, either to you or to other leaders.
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