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Written by Richard Parker. Youth ministry is a grinding mill of unreal expectations, often combined with a surprising lack of support or resources. When you couple that with a youth pastor who is trying to do too much and trying to be too much — it s a recipe for disaster leading to stress, anxiety, and ultimately burnout. As a youth pastor, you don t have a lot of leverage to fix the church s attitudes toward ministry, but we can improve our own attitudes. Hopefully, the result will be men and women who lower their stress, anxiety, and burnout and stay in youth ministry for many years to come.