Spoke today by phone with Dale Frimodt. Dale married Marlene Root. Marlene and I worked together here in Colorado as a part of the CCC International University Resource Team before she married Dale. Dale was a staff member with CCC as well and was a part of the "I found it" campaigns. Dale had a burden for pastors and started the Barnabas Ministries in 1977. The Barnabas Ministries is an interdenominational ministry seeking to serve the body of Christ by providing encouragement, counseling and consulting for Christian leaders, including pastors, church leadership and missionaries.
Dale writes, "In today's world, ministers, missionaries and other Christian leaders are all on the front lines of spiritual conflict. Even in the best of times, those in ministry can feel isolated and alone, overwhelmed with the demands of ministry, burned out, and experiencing relational difficulties with family, staff, or those with whom they serve. In America today...
1400 pastors leave the ministry each month,
70% of them say they have no one they can consider a close friend,
and almost a quarter will experience a forced exit some time in their ministry.*"
*Research by Pastor's Institute and Fuller Institute Study 1991
Dale has helped many in Christian leadership address personal problems in their lives, resolve conflicts in their churches, and get refocused for ministry. Dale has chaired a steering committee to offer a Care Givers Forum, which is an annual gathering of people from across the U.S. and elsewhere who are involved in the ministry of caring for professional Christian workers and their families. Find out more about Dale and the forum at their website http://www.caregiversforum.org/
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