Leader Care Resources

Please find following, resources to encourage self awareness and personal care for those in ministry.


Focus on the Family provides an excellent website with great resources for clergy care.  


Have you been working too hard? Are you overwhelmed by the tasks before you?

Pastor Tommy Nelson describes this scenario and how it led him down the path to depression.  In a radio interview on May 16-18, 2011 with Dr. James Dobson, Pastor Nelson talks about his own ministry journey. The Lord, his family, and his doctor helped bring him the relief he needed. It's a practical message of encouragement and hope.

Rev. Tommy Nelson, has served as pastor of the Denton Bible Church of Denton, Texas, since 1977. He is also a national platform speaker for the Fellowship of Athletes, Campus Crusade for Christ and other national ministry organizations. Tommy graduated from the University of North Texas, and then received his Master of Arts in Biblical Studies degree from Dallas Theological Seminary.

Depression - Encouragement for the Journey




(This podcast has been approved for download by Family Talk with Dr. James Dobson (Lindsay) on June 16, 2011 at 2:17 PM EST)


Dr. Jack Hayford is known around the world and in numerous denominations as "a Pastor to Pastors".  Pastor Jack deeply cares for the well-being and the spiritual development of ministry leaders in God's Kingdom, both professional clergy and laity and he has invested his life for this purpose.

The Alberta/NWT District has received permission from Jack Hayford Ministries to provide two excellent teachings from Pastor Jack which relate to practical spiritual care of a leader in ministry.  These teachings deal with areas of a leader's life that need to be guarded to prevent certain pitfalls.  To access these messages, please click on the link below...

http://www.jackhayford.com/mp3downloads/

Note:    To Stream the audio, click the title of the message. To download the message to your hard drive, Right-click (pc) or Control-click (mac) the title of the message. Each file is large so please be patient as it may take some time to load.  

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