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# Why pastors leave
- URL: https://www.dashhouse.com/2005111why-pastors-leave-html/
- Published: 2005-11-01T11:33:35.000Z
- Updated: 2022-08-15T15:34:08.000Z
- Author: Darryl Dash
- Tags: Blog, Dying Church, #DashHouseCom, #wp

*This post is from the defunct blog “Dying Church”*

59% of pastors believe the average pastor in their denomination does not stay at any one church long enough.

One out of every ten ministers has been fired or asked to leave a church at some point in his career.

Why Pastors change churches:

27% – Desire to serve in a different region or type of community  
 20% – Promotion to a higher position  
 16% – Wanting to move to a larger church  
 15% – Being transferred by the denomination  
 15% – Leaving to plant a new church  
 12% – Feeling God’s call to a different church  
 11% – Getting better pay and/or benefits

\*From Facts and Trends September/October 2005 issue.