Exploring Uniting Reformed Church of South Africa African pastors’ well-being, calling and healing: An interactive qualitative analysis

Rudolph, E.C.; Landman, Christina

doi:10.4102/hts.v75i4.5539

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“…Through reflective self-awareness pastors continuously assess how they need to cure or care for the human soul (Louw, 2017 ) in being authentic and transparent on an intra- and interpersonal level and constantly ask whether they live their values in life. Hence, ethics in this study demonstrates ethical professionalism or conduct that is reflective of the beliefs fundamental to their calling and discipleship (Rudolph, 2019 ).…”

Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“… **The word “affinities” means themes, as explained earlier in the article. Source: Rudolph ( 2019 , p. 158). …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…In terms of coping and well-being, spiritual resources have the most significant impact on professionals in the ministry (Darling et al, 2004 ). Specifically, spiritual well-being lies at the core of pastors’ overall well-being (Rudolph, 2019 ) and remains an imperative topic for well-being research in the pastoral context (Kansiewicz et al, 2022 ; Louw, 2018 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Some have noted that pastors’ high burnout levels and ill-being are unavoidable (Grant & Niemandt, 2015 ; Muse, 2007 ) and higher than the average in most professions (Hessel, 2015 ). This unique psychological and spiritual burden (Rudolph & Landman, 2019 ) signifies caring for pastors’ spiritual well-being as a vital endeavour to support these helping professionals cope and thrive in their work (Louw, 2017 , 2018 ). Pastors’ resilience is attributed to spiritual well-being, emphasizing the need to study and cultivate their spiritual well-being in a context specific manner (Adams et al, 2017 ; Meeden, 2022 ).…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…This article stems from a broader study on coaching pastors for sustained well-being. The aim of this paper is to describe pastors’ spiritual well-being, which emerged from the broader study’s findings, as fundamental to pastors’ overall well-being (Rudolph, 2019 ). Whilst the emotional, psychological, and social dimensions of flourishing were evident in the pastors’ well-being experiences, phenomena relevant to conceptualizing spiritual well-being were palpable in the data.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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The Cinderella of positive psychology: spiritual well-being as an emerging dimension of flourishing in pastoral work

Rudolph

Barnard

2023

International Journal of Qualitative Studies on Health and Well

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Purpose The invaluable, yet challenging role of pastors in the community signifies the need to understand and care for their well-being. Well-being, conceptualized in the multidimensional construct of flourishing, does not explicitly include spiritual well-being, yet, it is the foundation of pastors’ well-being. In this article we aim to describe pastors’ spiritual well-being and in so doing, highlight its fundamental importance in pastors’ flourishing in the ministry. Methods Positioned in the interpretive pragmatic paradigm, data were gathered and analysed from three focus groups with 18 pastors in the Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church of South Africa. Interactive qualitative analysis was applied, and results were conceptually refined through narrative synthesis. Results Four themes were constructed to describe pastors’ spiritual well-being namely: i) an altruistic calling; ii) discipleship iii) seasons of the ministry; and iv) ethics. Conclusion The findings highlight the importance and essence of the spiritual aspects predominant to pastors’ well-being. Attending to spiritual well-being will enhance their resilience and constructive coping and is integral to their way of flourishing at work. This proposes an extension of the flourishing framework to include spiritual well-being as an explicitly conceptualized sub-dimension for application to the study’s Christian pastoral context.

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Section: Discussionmentioning

confidence: 92%

“… **The word “affinities” means themes, as explained earlier in the article. Source: Rudolph ( 2019 , p. 158). …”

Section: Resultsmentioning

confidence: 99%