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Are Women Elders Paid Less than Men? A brief report from the North Carolina Statewide Longitudinal Survey of United Methodist Clergy
Our analysis suggests that, while male elders have significantly higher salaries than their female counterparts, these two groups have …
Joshua Gaghan
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David Eagle
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Divine Struggles Among Those Doing God’s Work: A Longitudinal Assessment Predicting Depression and Burnout and the Role of Social Support in United Methodist Clergy
In this study, we examine the role of spiritual struggles among clergy, in the form of “divine struggle” or feelings of alienation from …
Laura Upenieks
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David E Eagle
Expanding the Horizontal Call: A Typology of Social Influence on the Call to Ministry
This research examines the social actors and interactions that facilitate seminary students’ sense of calling. Drawing from 36 …
Erin Johnston
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David Eagle
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Pastoring in a Pandemic: Sources and Types of Social Support Used by United Methodist Clergy in the Early Period of the COVID-19 Pandemic
COVID-19 and its associated restrictions around in-person gatherings fundamentally unsettled routine ways of doing ministry. In this …
Erin F. Johnston
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Jennifer Headley
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David E. Eagle
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The Gap in Mental Health Service Utilization Among United Methodist Clergy with Anxiety and Depressive Symptoms
Clergy are tasked with multiple interpersonal administrative, organizational, and religious responsibilities, such as preaching, …
Blen Biru
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Jia Yao
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James Plunket
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Celia F. Hybels
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Eunsoo Timothy Kim
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David E. Eagle
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Jessica Y. Choi
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
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Reproducing inequality in a formally anti-racist organization: the case of racialized career pathways in the United Methodist Church
Victor Ray argues organizations are racial structures that legitimate the unequal distribution of resources and stratify the agency of …
David E. Eagle
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Collin W. Mueller
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Seminary students and physical health: beliefs, behaviors, and barriers
As an occupational group, clergy exhibit numerous physical health problems. Given the physical health problems faced by clergy, …
Erin F. Johnston
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David E. Eagle
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Amy L. Corneli
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Brian Perry
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
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Age differences in trajectories of depressive, anxiety, and burnout symptoms in a population with a high likelihood of persistent occupational distress
Objectives:Work in occupations with higher levels of occupational stress can bring mental health costs. Many older adults worldwide are …
Celia F. Hybels
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Dan G. Blazer
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David E. Eagle
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
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The Selah study protocol of three interventions to manage stress among clergy: a preference-based randomized waitlist-control trial
Introduction:Like many helping professionals in emotional labor occupations, clergy experience high rates of mental and physical …
Logan C. Tice
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David E. Eagle
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Joshua A. Rash
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Jessie S. Larkins
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Sofia M. Labrecque
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Alyssa Platt
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Jia Yao
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Rae Jean Proeschold-Bell
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The financial impacts of COVID-19 on United Methodist Churches in North Carolina: a qualitative study of pastors’ perspectives and strategies.
Background: In the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic, churches in the United States were forced to stop meeting in person and move to …
David Eagle
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Erin Johnston
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Jennifer Headley
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Anna Holleman
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