According to Pastoral Care Inc., 7,000 US churches close their doors each year. A study by Malony and Hunt in The Psychology of Clergy reported 75 percent of pastors experienced periods of major distress, while 33 percent have seriously considered quitting the ministry. This must stop!

My love for the work of my minister led me to pray consistently for him and his family. Further, I formed a small group to pray for all the pastors in my church. This group later became known as the "pit crew." My practical experience and research became a book called Becoming Our Pastors' Pit Crew: Praying for Our Pastors to Finish Victoriously. It is my prayer this book will be published soon.