Black male pastors are at risk for overlooking self-care and for experiencing mental health crisis while striving to address the complex ministry situations of black churches and communities that historically were traumatized and oppressed. Burdens are typically borne in silence out of fear of appearing weak or lacking in faith.
This study calls for pastors and congregations together to reexamine their understandings of discipleship, followership, authenticity, and success, and to recognize a pastor’s humanity and vulnerability, thereby enabling him to lay aside an unhealthy superman persona imposed internally and externally, and allow for healthy conversations about well-being.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:bu.edu/oai:open.bu.edu:2144/46298 |
| Date | 02 June 2023 |
| Creators | Armstrong Jr., Ovester |
| Contributors | Westerfield-Tucker, Karen |
| Source Sets | Boston University |
| Language | en_US |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis/Dissertation |
| Rights | Attribution-NoDerivatives 4.0 International, http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nd/4.0/ |
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