In recognition that many pastors worldwide are not able to care for themselves physically and mentally, due to their devotion to their congregation, a programme has been put in motion to reverse the negative pastoral trend.From left: Reverend Dr Gregory Moss, Reverend Dr Kenneth Hammond, Reverend Samuel Tolbert and Reverend Brenda Harewood.This is according to Director and Regional Liaison of the Lott Carey Baptist Foreign Mission Convention, Reverend Brenda Harewood.She said that Lot Carey is the oldest African-American Foreign Mission Convention. The 111-year-old venture,NFL Jerseys Cheap, she said, was started by a group of Baptist ministers who were concerned that most of the conventions to which they are affiliated were not doing enough foreign missions. As a result, they came together primarily to do just that, Reverend Harewood said.The name “Lott Carey” was chosen in honour of a foreign slave who bought his freedom from Virginia, in the United States,Cheap Jerseys, and was among the first missionaries to visit Africa.The notion of engaging a programme to address the wellbeing of pastors came into being following a survey which was conducted by an entity called the Lilly Endowment Incorporation.The survey, the Reverend noted, discovered that pastors were not taking good care of themselves.“It found that they were working too hard, that they were so involved in ministry that they were neglecting themselves and families. Ultimately, unhealthy pastors resulted in unhealthy congregations.”The entity decided to afford the Lott Carey Mission a grant of US$1M to help pastors re-examine their call to ministry,Wholesale Jerseys Free Shipping, and define ways in which they can participate in ministries in a healthy way, Reverend Harewood said.The Lilly Endowment Incorporation had previously afforded Lott Carey a grant of $2M to aid its mission.And according to Reverend Harewood, the programme,Cheap Jerseys, which is being dubbed the “Lott Carey Pastoral Excellence Programme,” will be conducted through a series of international mergers, with Guyana being one of the countries.“When pastors participate in this programme, they make a three-year commitment that they will journey and learn from pastors in the international context,Cheap Jerseys From China, which we believe will help them to improve their ministries.”Over the next seven days, United States-based pastors the likes of Reverend Dr Gregory Moss and Reverends Dr Kenneth Hammond and Samuel Tolbert will meet with pastors from a variety of denominations from across the country.Through sessions of discussions, local pastors will get a better understanding of how they can do their ministry and still address their own individual needs without conflict.“They will learn to build network of relationships, so that they could support themselves. Pastors burn themselves out, and a lot of them leave ministries frustrated and tired.”For this reason, the programme will entail a series of didactical sessions,Cheap NFL Jerseys Wholesale, lectures and conversations which will detail ways in which pastors could seek help for themselves.The programme, which commenced last Friday, is being hosted by the Guyana Missionary Baptist Church in Campbellville, Georgetown. This church is a partner of Lott Carey.At a press conference held at the Campbellville church, the three renowned reverends (Reverend Dr Gregory Moss, Reverend Dr Kenneth Hammond and Reverend Samuel Tolbert) who will lead the programme disclosed their expectations of the programme.