Why SonScape?

For over 23 years, SonScape has been helping those in vocational ministry to address their hurts and struggles while finding deeper intimacy with God and each other.

Too often, we fail to recognize how close our ministers and their families are to burnout.  Studies and articles reflect the hard truth about American pastoral ministry:

• The average tenure in ministry has declined from 21 years in 1990 to 12 years today.

• 94% of pastors say they feel pressure to have a perfect family.

• 90% feel inadequately trained to cope with the demands of ministry.

• 80% of pastors say ministry has a negative impact on their own families.

• 70% say their self-esteem was higher before they began ministry.

• 40% consider quitting every Monday morning.

• 25% of clergy marriages end in divorce.

Pressures like these drive 1,600 shepherds out of the ministry every month.  That's 19,000 pastors each year - not including the missionaries and specialized ministers who add the pressures of crossing cultures and raising funds to the mix.

SonScape can point a minister toward help when burnout is a breath away and can take their side when hope is running dry.