Duke Clergy Health Collaborative

To care for clergy is to understand clergy—especially the stressors they face in their calling.

Read our recent newsletter to learn about these common sources of stress and how our new resource, Bear One Another's Burdens, helps congregational leaders identify easy ways to lighten the load.

What every congregational leader needs to know about clergy stress—and 18 easy ways to lighten their load | Clergy Health Collaborative To care for clergy is to understand clergy—especially the stressors they face in their calling. Our new resource helps congregational leaders identify easy ways to lighte

In a recent interview, Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, Director of Clergy Health Collaborative, shares insights from extensive research on mental health, stress management, and the importance of positive emotions within clergy and their families.

These insights include strategies that work for every clergy and one that matters the most for married clergy. Check out the interview!

Strategies That Work for Every Clergy and One That Matters Most for Married Clergy Dr Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell, PhD, is a Professor of Global Health at Duke University and Director of the Duke Clergy Health Initiative, for which she has bee...

In April’s newsletter, we explore recent findings from the Seminary to Early Ministry Study (SEM): those with the most devout childhoods actually suffered significantly more when facing religious and spiritual struggles—or internal conflicts, doubts, or tensions regarding their belief system. What might be going on?

Learn more via the link.

https://clergyhealth.duke.edu/blog-post/devout-childhood-can-make-spiritual-struggles-harder-seminarians/