one intense job

Sometimes life in ministry is hard. And life being married to a minister can be hard. Yesterday I asked someone in ministry if he was taking care of himself. He told me how he is working out and eating and sleeping well. Good. Great. But I wanted to know if he was taking care of himself emotionally. And here is why I asked that question:

# 80 percent of pastors say they have insufficient time with spouse and that ministry has a negative effect on their family.
# 40 percent report a serious conflict with a parishioner once a month.
# 33 percent say that being in ministry is an outright hazard to their family.
# 75 percent report they’ve had a significant stress-related crisis at least once in their ministry.
# 58 percent of pastors indicate that their spouse needs to work either part time or full time to supplement the family income.
# 56 percent of pastors’ wives say they have no close friends.
# 45 percent of pastors’ wives say the greatest danger to them and family is physical, emotional, mental and spiritual burnout.
# 21 percent of pastors’ wives want more privacy.
# Pastors who work fewer than 50 hours a week are 35 percent more likely to be terminated.
# 40 percent of pastors considered leaving the pastorate in the past three months.
(Source: "Pastors At Greater Risk" by H.B London Jr. and Neil Wiseman, Regal Books, 2003 *Thanks to Sermonator and Floatingaxhead.com for making me aware of the above stats!)

What do you think of the above stats??