The Fight For Joy When You Are Depressed

In The Trenches Church Planting Podcast

Depression and anxiety are very real issues for many church planters and ministry leaders. And many who are in ministry suffer silently and never talk about it with someone else. In this episode, Jared and Logan discuss the reasons behind why pastors and ministry leaders are reluctant to get help for depression and anxiety. Then, they talk about the cause behind the growing number of ministry leaders who are depressed and what we can do about it.

Resources for depression - Books

• Gentle & Lowly - Dane Ortlund
• Deserted by God? Sinclair Ferguson
• Spurgeon’s Sorrows - Zack Eswine
• Spiritual Depression - Martyn Lloyd-Jones
• When the Darkness Will Not Life - John Piper, FREE on www.desringgod.org

Other resources

• Heartsong Counselling, a Christian counselling ministry https://www.heartsongcounseling.org/
• CCEF, https://www.ccef.org/ (Christian Counselling and Education Foundation)

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