Department of Counseling, Montclair State University, PO Box 1532, Morristown, NJ, 07962-1532, USA.
Church of God in Christ, Morristown, NJ, USA.
J Relig Health. 2024 Feb;63(1):685-703. doi: 10.1007/s10943-023-01901-9. Epub 2023 Aug 30.
This study sought to identify the occupational stressors Black pastors experience, who serve in Black Church denominations and Black nondenominational churches. A total of 218 pastors completed the survey out of 2786 for a response rate of 10.1%. Black pastors identified their most challenging stressors as member dynamics, financial stress, leading a church to fulfill its mission, and pastor's workload. Black women pastors faced the additional stressor of having their pastoral leadership challenged by male congregants. Black pastors faced more stressors during the COVID-19 pandemic including church closures, transitioning to virtual services, unexpected deaths, and an increased workload with 72.5% of pastors reporting moderate to extreme stress levels. Approximately 77% of pastors acknowledged experiencing from moderate to extreme stress levels during social protests for the deaths of Black people by law enforcement. Black pastors further acknowledged experiencing an additional three to six life stressors outside of their pastoral roles.
这项研究旨在确定在黑人教堂教派和黑人无宗派教堂服务的黑人牧师所经历的职业压力源。共有 218 名牧师完成了这项调查，而共有 2786 名牧师，回应率为 10.1%。黑人牧师认为他们最具挑战性的压力源是成员动态、财务压力、领导教会完成使命和牧师的工作量。黑人女牧师面临着额外的压力，即男性会众对其牧领地位提出质疑。在 COVID-19 大流行期间，黑人牧师面临更多的压力，包括教堂关闭、过渡到虚拟服务、意外死亡以及工作量增加，72.5%的牧师报告说他们处于中度到极度的压力水平。大约 77%的牧师承认，在因执法人员杀害黑人而引发的社会抗议活动中，他们经历了从中度到极度的压力水平。黑人牧师进一步承认，除了牧师的角色之外，他们还经历了另外三到六个生活压力源。
