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- George Barna, Today’s Pastors: A Revealing Look at What Pastors Are Saying About Themselves, Their Peers and the Pressures They Face (Ventura, CA: Regal Books, 1993). All 1992 data from this source.
- U.S. Bureau of the Census, Current Population Reports, Series P20–484. https://www.census.gov/prod/1/pop/p20- 484.pdf (accessed October 2016).
- U.S. Bureau of the Census, “America’s Families and Living Arrangements: 2014). http://www.census.gov/hhes/families/data/cps2014A.html (accessed October 2016). 4. Median 1992 incomes adjusted for inflation. http://www.usinflationcalculator.com/ (accessed October 2016).
- 5. Cynthia Woolever and Deborah Bruce, Leadership That Fits Your Church: What Kind of Pastor for What Kind of Congregation (Atlanta, GA: Chalice Press, 2012), pp. 12–13.
- 6. Steven H. Chapman, Mitchell P. LaPlante and Gail Wilensky, “Life Expectancy and Health Status of the Aged,” Social Security Bulletin, Oct. 1986, vol. 49, no. 10. https://www.ssa.gov/policy/docs/ssb/v49n10/v49n10p24.pdf (accessed December 2016). See also https://www.google.com/publicdata/explore?ds=d5bncppjof8f9_&met_y=sp_dyn_le00_in- &idim=country:USA:CAN:GBR&hl=en&dl=en (accessed December 2016).
- 7. Jackson W. Carroll, “First- and Second-Career Clergy: Some Comparisons and Questions,” Pulpit & Pew, 2002. http:// pulpitandpew.org/first-and-second-career-clergy-some-comparisons-and-questions (accessed December 2016).
- 8. Dave Carpenter, “Many Clergy Ill-Prepared for Retirement,” USA Today, June 5, 2010. http://usatoday30.usatoday. com/news/religion/2010-06-05-clergy-retire_N.htm (accessed December 2016).
- 9. G. Barna, Today’s Pastors, p. 60.
- 10. U.S. Bureau of the Census, “Selected Characteristics of People 15 and Over by Total Money Income, Work Experience, Race, Hispanic Origin and Sex,” PINC-01. http://www.census.gov/data/tables/time-series/demo/income-poverty/ cps-pinc/pinc-01.html (accessed October 2016).
- 11. Barna Group, Church Startups and Money: The Myths and Realities of Church Planters and Finances (Ventura, CA: Barna Group, 2016), p. 25.
- 12. Barna Group, The Porn Phenomenon: The Impact of Pornography in the Digital Age (Ventura, CA: Barna Group, 2016), pp. 80–83.
- 13. Ibid., p. 43. Twelve percent of U.S. women 25 and older report seeking out pornography up to once or twice a month, compared to 47 percent of men.
- 14. E. J. Krumrei Mancuso and S. V. Rouse, “The Development and Validation of the Comprehensive Intellectual Humility Scale,” Journal of Personality Assessment, Nov. 2015, pp. 209–221. doi.org/10.1080/00223891.2015.1068174 (accessed October 2016).
- 15. B. M. DePaulo, K. Charlton, H. Cooper, J. J. Lindsay and L. Muhlenbruck, “The Accuracy-Confidence Correlation in the Detection of Deception,” Personality and Social Psychology Review, Nov. 1997, vol. 1, no. 4, pp. 346–357. doi:10.1207/ s15327957pspr0104_5 (accessed October 2016); S. Sporer, S. Penrod, D. Read and B. Cutler, “Choosing, Confidence and Accuracy: A Meta-Analysis of the Confidence-Accuracy Relation in Eyewitness Identification Studies, Psychological Bulletin, Nov. 1995, vol. 118. doi:10.1037/0033-2909.118.3.315 (accessed October 2016).
- 16. Krumrei Mancuso and Rouse, pp. 209–221.
- 17. E. J. Krumrei Mancuso, “Intellectual Humility and Prosocial Values: Direct and Mediated Effects,” Journal of Positive Psychology, April 2016. doi: 10.1080/17439760.2016.1167938 (accessed October 2016).
- 18. Simon Sinek, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action (New York: Portfolio, 2009).
- 19. Barna Group, Transforming Scotland: The State of Christianity, Faith and the Church in Scotland (Ventura, CA: Barna Group, 2015), p. 55.
- 20. Neil Patel, “90% of Startups Fail: Here’s What You Need to Know About the 10%,” Forbes.com, Jan. 16, 2015. http:// www.forbes.com/sites/neilpatel/2015/01/16/90-of-startups-will-fail-heres-what-you-need-to-know-about-the10/#4d5d7cbe55e1 (accessed November 2016).
- 21. Thom S. Rainer, “Seven Ways Pastors (and Others) Can Develop Thicker Skin,” ThomRainer.com, October 26, 2013. http://thomrainer.com/2013/10/seven-ways-pastors-and-others-can-develop-thicker-skin/ (accessed October 2016).
- 2. Kristen Doerer, “U.S. Has a Lousy Work-Life Balance,” PBS NewsHour, July 3, 2015. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/ updates/u-s-lousy-work-life-balance/ (accessed October 2016).
- 23. G. Barna, Today’s Pastors, pp. 65–67.
- 24. George Barna and David Kinnaman, Gen. Editors, Churchless: Understanding Today’s Unchurched and How to Connect with Them (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2014).
- 25. David Kinnaman and Gabe Lyons, Good Faith: Being a Christian When Society Thinks You’re Irrelevant and Extreme (Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books, 2016).
- 26. To be addressed in Barna’s forthcoming Faith Leaders on Religious Liberty report.
- 27. Dallas Willard, Knowing Christ Today (New York: HarperOne, 2009), p. 198.
- 28. Barna Group, “Religious Beliefs Have Greatest Influence on Voting Decisions,” Research release Oct. 27, 2016. https:// www.barna.com/research/religious-beliefs-have-greatest-influence-on-voting-decisions/ (accessed November 2016).
- 29. See The Bible in America: The Changing Landscape of Bible Perceptions and Engagement (Ventura, CA: Barna, 2016).
- 30. For an overview of the biblical and historic understanding of these ideas, see Theology of Work Project, “Calling & Vocation: Overview,” TheologyOfWork.org. https://www.theologyofwork.org/key-topics/vocation-overview-article (accessed November 2016).
- 31. Kenneth L. Woodward, Getting Religion: Faith, Culture, and Politics from the Age of Eisenhower to the Era of Obama (New York: Convergent Books, 2016), p. 102.
- 32. Stanley McChrystal, Tantum Collins, David Silverman and Chris Fussell, Team of Teams: New Rules of Engagement for a Complex World (New York: Portfolio / Penguin, 2015).
- 33. Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky and Alexander Grashow, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World (Cambridge, MA: Harvard Review Press, 2009).
- 34. George Barna, A Fish Out of Water: 9 Strategies Effective Leaders Use to Get You Back into the Flow (Nashville, TN: Integrity, 2002).
- 35. Kinnaman and Lyons, Good Faith, pp. 43–45.
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