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Sabbaticals – seven good reasons (7)
7. Sabbaticals protect ministry families
This will not apply to you if you're minister is single, but let's assume for a moment he's not. Do you know the pressure ministry puts on ministry families? It's greatly underestimated. Now is not the time to rehearse why is this. Trust me. It's true. Sabbaticals allow a minister to rediscover his family if they are lost – and, at least, spend good time with them. Families need this kind of break as much as a minister. Let him pick the kids up from school. Let him read bedtime stories. Let him date his wife and even cook her a meal. Let them take an extended holiday. A happy home will be a happy ministry.