ReviewInternational journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being2023
The Cinderella of positive psychology: spiritual well-being as an emerging dimension of flourishing in pastoral work.
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- From Inner Healing to Outer Harmony: Spiritually Oriented Counselling as a Pathway to Sustainable Well-Being in the Indian Context.Journal of religion and health · 2026Article
- The Impact of Spiritual Well-Being on Multidimensional Perfectionism in University Students: A Nationwide Survey.European journal of investigation in health, psychology and education · 2025Article
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Abstract
purposeThe invaluable, yet challenging role of pastors in the community signifies the need to understand and care for their well-being. Well-being, conceptualized in the multidimensional construct of flourishing, does not explicitly include spiritual well-being, yet, it is the foundation of pastors' well-being. In this article we aim to describe pastors' spiritual well-being and in so doing, highlight its fundamental importance in pastors' flourishing in the ministry.
methodsPositioned in the interpretive pragmatic paradigm, data were gathered and analysed from three focus groups with 18 pastors in the Dutch Reformed Church and the Uniting Reformed Church of South Africa. Interactive qualitative analysis was applied, and results were conceptually refined through narrative synthesis.
resultsFour themes were constructed to describe pastors' spiritual well-being namely: i) an altruistic calling; ii) discipleship iii) seasons of the ministry; and iv) ethics.
conclusionThe findings highlight the importance and essence of the spiritual aspects predominant to pastors' well-being. Attending to spiritual well-being will enhance their resilience and constructive coping and is integral to their way of flourishing at work. This proposes an extension of the flourishing framework to include spiritual well-being as an explicitly conceptualized sub-dimension for application to the study's Christian pastoral context.
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