Michael G. McBride
Michael G. McBride, Ph. D., who himself has served in the ministry, is a family mental health counselor in Sequim, Washington.
Articles by Michael G. McBride
Managing ministerial stress
March 1989
Every pastor experiences the pain of vocational stress during his or her ministry. The nature of the calling and the position the pastor occupies between parishioners and prelates make it unavoidable. But while no simple, clear-cut solutions…
Vocational stress in Adventist ministers
February 1989
In 1956 Samuel Blizzard conducted what has become a classic study of role strain within the American Protestant parish ministry.1 In this study, 690 clergymen were asked to rate six roles the minister fills (preacher, pastor, priest,…
The vocational stress of ministry
January 1989
In recent years in North America an increasing number of individuals have been leaving the ministry. Why? The issue is extremely complex. Such decisions are never the result of just one influence. There are, however, priorities among the…