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How Pastoring Almost Destroyed Me: The Silent Battles Behind the Pulpit
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 180
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.38 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
What happens when the calling you love begins to cost you more than you ever imagined?
Pastoral ministry can be one of life's greatest privileges. But behind the sermons, Sunday services, counseling sessions, conferences, expectations, and public victories, many pastors are fighting battles few people ever see.
Dr. Seth Amoah-Boateng knows that battle personally.
There was a time when ministry was consuming more than his schedule. It was draining his joy, reshaping his relationship with God, and quietly eroding the man behind the title.
He was still preaching.
Still serving.
Still showing up.
But somewhere along the way, the work of God had begun to crowd out simple communion with God.
How Pastoring Almost Destroyed Me is his candid account of what happened next-and the difficult lessons he learned on the journey back to spiritual, emotional, and ministerial health.
With unusual vulnerability and biblical conviction, Dr. Amoah-Boateng confronts realities many Christian leaders experience but rarely discuss openly: exhaustion, loneliness, criticism, people-pleasing, unhealthy expectations, ministry idolatry, neglected relationships, spiritual dryness, disappointment, and the dangerous temptation to measure faithfulness by visible success.
But this is not merely a book about burnout.
It is a book about finding your way back.
Back to healthy boundaries.
Back to honest relationships.
Back to a healthier understanding of ministry.
Back to the God you loved before serving Him became your occupation.
Through ten deeply personal chapters, readers will discover what happens when ministry becomes too closely tied to identity, why even sincere pastors can become emotionally and spiritually depleted, how hidden wounds affect leadership, what must change before a breaking point becomes destruction, and how to build a healthier way of serving God without losing yourself in the process.
Whether you are a pastor, minister, church leader, ministry worker, spouse or family member of a pastor, or simply someone who loves a Christian leader carrying more than they say, these pages offer something increasingly rare:
permission to tell the truth.
Because the Church does not merely need gifted leaders.
It needs whole ones.
And sometimes healing begins when the shepherd remembers that he, too, is still a sheep in need of the Shepherd.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR Dr. Seth Amoah-Boateng is the Senior Pastor of Victory Faith Chapel International and the Founder of SAB Ministries. He holds a Bachelors in Mathematics and Statistics, a Masters in Biblical Theology, and dual doctoral degrees in Divinity and Ministry - an academic foundation that informs both the depth and precision of his theological work. A visionary leader, apostolic prophet, and sought-after conference speaker, Dr. Seth has dedicated his life to serving the Body of Christ through a ministry marked by spiritual reformation, strategic leadership, and the empowerment of believers to walk in their divine calling. He strategically unites the offices of the apostolic and prophetic to equip individuals through transformative teachings and leadership training, raising up kingdom ambassadors who carry lasting impact in their spheres of influence. Beyond the pulpit, Dr. Seth is a devoted humanitarian whose compassion has moved him to invest in the lives of orphaned children across Africa, providing support, resources, and a tangible expression of the love of Christ to the most vulnerable. His flagship initiative, the Christ Invasion Crusade, represents the full expression of his apostolic mandate - integrating revival, soul-winning, leadership empowerment, and humanitarian aid into a unified movement that continues to expand across nations.Also from
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