The Duke Clergy Health Initiative is a $12 million, seven-year program intended to improve the health and well-being of United Methodist clergy in North Carolina.

Taking Charge of Our Health

Pastors discuss the importance of prioritizing their well-being.

Noteworthy

  • A Theology of Food

    Research professor Norman Wirzba addressed questions about the connection of theology to food and food production on an episode of Duke’s “Office Hours.”

  • Spirited Life

    Through October 31, 2010 the Clergy Health Initiative is enrolling clergy in Spirited Life, its multi-year health and wellness program and behavioral health study.

  • Soul Care and the Roots of Clergy Burnout

    The Huffington Post comments on the Divinity School’s Clergy Heath Initiative and discusses causes of clergy burnout.

  • Clergy Members Suffer From Burnout, Poor Health

    Robin Swift, director of health programs with the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School, talks with NPR about clergy burnout and related health issues.

  • Taking a Break from the Lord’s Work

    The New York Times writes about obesity, hypertension, and depression among clergy and the Divinity School’s Clergy Health Initiative, which studies such problems.

  • The Simple Salve

    In a reflection for the Clergy Health Initiative, Thriving Rural Communities director Jeremy Troxler reminds us that sometimes the salves for our sicknesses are surprisingly simple.

  • Connecting the Mind, Body, and Spirit: Reflections on Health

    This booklet of reflections follows the lectionary for ten weeks beginning in July 2010.

  • Body and soul

    United Methodist clergy in North Carolina have significantly higher rates of chronic disease than other state residents, according to new research by the Clergy Health Initiative at Duke Divinity School.

  • Bishop Gwinn laments the amount of stress pastors feel

    During his State of the Church address at the 2010 Annual Conference, Bishop Gwinn of the North Carolina Conference discussed the importance of reducing clergy stress, citing the Clergy Health Initiative’s research into the pressures affecting pastors.

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