For denominations and the pastors they serve
Pastor burnout is a systems problem.
Most pastors who leave were not failed by their faith. They were failed by the system around them. We help denominations measure what is happening, find the root causes, and change the systems that drive pastors out.
PhD, Industrial-Organizational Psychology
An organizational psychologist with clinical training
Research with more than 1,000 pastors
Within denominations, over the last decade
22 measures across 4 domains
Measured by the Pastor Well-Being Checkup
Trusted by denominations internationally
From first measurement to lasting change
How we work with denominations
Measure. Mobilize. Maintain.
Stabilizing a struggling pastor is not the same as improving the system that wore them down. Our process starts with data and ends with change your leaders own.
Measure
Your pastors take the Checkup. Each one gets private personal results, and leadership gets an aggregate picture of what is really happening.
Mobilize
We walk your leaders through the findings and build a guiding team to act on the root causes the data reveals.
Maintain
Regular re-checks show whether the changes are working, so improvement lasts after the urgency fades.
The Pastor Well-Being Checkup
Advice built on data, not hunches
The Checkup measures what research shows drives pastors to thrive or to leave, so every recommendation we make starts from evidence.
- 22 measures across four domains: well-being outcomes, personal resources, the systems around pastors, and life at home
- Private personal results for every pastor. Coming soon: a free Pastor Well-Being app where pastors keep their results
- An aggregate view for leadership, with individual results kept private
Your Checkup
Private personal results
- 01OutcomesHow you are doing
- 02Personal resourcesWhat sustains you
- 03Systemic driversWhat leaders can change
- 04Life domainsLife beyond the pulpit
The free Pastor Well-Being app, where pastors keep their results and see change over time.
Meet Dr. Ian Mudge
A pastor's kid who made pastors his life's work
Dr. Ian Mudge is an organizational psychologist with clinical training who grew up in a pastor's home and has spent the last decade helping denominations support their pastors. His research with more than 1,000 pastors shapes everything Pastor Well-Being does.
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