{"id":1056,"date":"2013-11-24T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2013-11-24T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/brace-yourself-for-the-next-clergy-suicide.html"},"modified":"2013-11-24T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2013-11-24T09:07:00","slug":"brace-yourself-for-the-next-clergy-suicide","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/rhetoricraceandreligion\/2013\/11\/brace-yourself-for-the-next-clergy-suicide.html","title":{"rendered":"Brace Yourself For The Next Clergy Suicide"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

While many of us in the \u201cChurch World\u201d were still processing the recent headlines regarding a pastor\u2019s suicide in Georgia, two days after his funeral, we were once again taken back by the news of another pastors\u2019 suicide.<\/span><\/span>

<\/span><\/span>Both clergy and non-clergy were shocked to hear of theses occurrences, but the news of these suicides isn\u2019t what\u2019s shocking.\u00a0 What is shocking is that we are only just now beginning this conversation. The unfortunate truth is that we have been down this road before; and sadly, we are destined to travel this road again. While this may sound a bit cynical, it is not. Suicide among clergy is very real, and it is not new!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n


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In 2009, journalist Greg Warner wrote an article in USA Today entitled,\u00a0\u201cSuicide: When pastors\u2019 silent suffering turns tragic.\u201d<\/i><\/a>\u00a0In it, he wrote, \u201cPastors suffer in silence, unwilling or unable to seek help or even talk about it. Sometimes they leave the ministry. Occasionally the result is the unthinkable. Experts say clergy suicide is a rare outcome to a common problem.\u201d<\/span><\/div>\n
While statistics may suggest that clergy suicide is uncommon, when it happens, it is an extraordinary event. It gains the attention of the masses and makes media headlines, but all too soon, our momentary infatuation with the suicide event fades as the next days\u2019 headlines take center stage\u2014until the next time.<\/span><\/div>\n
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While many of us in the \u201cChurch World\u201d were still processing the recent headlines regarding a pastor\u2019s suicide in Georgia, two days after his funeral, we were once again taken back by the news of another pastors\u2019 suicide.Both clergy and non-clergy were shocked to hear of theses occurrences, but the news of these suicides isn\u2019t […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1056","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nBrace Yourself For The Next Clergy Suicide<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"While many of us in the \u201cChurch World\u201d were still processing the recent headlines regarding a pastor\u2019s suicide in Georgia, two days after his funeral, we\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, 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