Overcoming the Burnout Epidemic
Coming February 2009
Format: Hardcover, Printed
List Price: $16.99 (USD)

ISBN: 0310287553, ISBN-13: 9780310287551
Features: Discussion/Study Questions included
Ages: Adult
Book & Bible Cover Size: Medium
Page Count: 192
Paper Edge Description: Plain
Size: 5.6 wide x 8.3 high x 0.7 deep in. | 142 wide x 211 high x deep 17 mm
Weight: 0.655 lb | 296 gms
Available: February 2009

Synopsis:
Mad Church Disease is a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving resource for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in churches. The book draws on research and interviews with leaders from across the United States, providing statistics, stories, and hope for healing.

Anne Jackson
Anne Jackson serves on staff at Cross Point Church in Nashville, Tennessee. Her articles have been published in a variety of print and online magazines, and her blog, FlowerDust.net, is ranked as one of the top blogs in Christian Leadership with hundreds of thousands of pageviews a month. She is an advocate for Compassion International, a down-to-earth communicator, and an all around dreamer. Anne has an unwavering passion to see the Church grow, thrive, and fulfill its purpose. Her book Mad Church Disease (Zondervan) releases in February 2009.

Author Website:
http://www.madchurchdisease.com
http://www.annejackson.org

Endorsements for Mad Church Disease:

Anne Jackson has taken the problem by the jugular and brings remedy. Infused with a lively and informative style, Mad Church Disease is a life-saving resource for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in church culture. — Wayne Cordeiro, DD, Senior Pastor, New Hope Christian Fellowship, Honolulu, Hawaii, and author of The Divine Mentor

This oft-ignored disease of the church is compromising the overall health of the American church. We’ve all had a touch of it—some have succumbed to it. This book hits the nail on the head clearly and does so with hope. Every minister should read Mad Church Disease—not just once, but from time to time. — Bob Roberts, Jr., Senior Pastor, NorthWood Church, Keller, Texas, and author of The Multiplying Church

Every Christian leader intends to “finish our race well.” Yet far too many of us end up escaping into sin or becoming numb, embittered, and angry. Mad Church Disease offers all of us the hope that we can actually make it to the end of the race, loving God and others with greater passion and being filled with audacious joy. Anne Jackson writes with raw honesty and hard-earned wisdom from her own story of burnout. — Nancy Beach, teaching pastor, Willow Creek Community Church, South Barrington, Illinois

Product Details for Mad Church Disease

Mad Church Disease is a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving resource for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in churches. The book draws on research and interviews with leaders from across the United States, providing statistics, stories, and hope for healing.

Description: 
Growing up the daughter of a pastor, Anne Jackson experienced firsthand the conflict, stress, and struggle church leaders often face.
 
She vowed her life in ministry would be different.
 
Yet, years later, as a church leader, she was hospitalized because stress began wreaking havoc on her body.
 
After being released from the hospital, an associate pastor asked her, "Does working at this church interfere with your communion with Christ?"
 
The question was paramount in turning her life around.
 
Thinking she wasn’t alone, Anne developed a website that allowed church leaders to share their struggles.
 
Within a few days, she was flooded with over a thousand responses from people pouring out their stories of burnout.
 
Using anecdotal parallels between Mad Cow Disease and leadership trends in the church, she writes not only to help us realize what church leaders are facing, but also to provide practical and positive treatment plans.
 
Mad Church Disease is a lively, informative, and potentially life-saving resource for anyone in ministry—vocational or volunteer—who would like to understand, prevent, or treat the epidemic of burnout in church culture.