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https://churchanswers.com/wp-content/uploads/2025/08/Happy-older-married-couple-talking.png1200628There’s a two-decade-old, still quoted statistic that 50 percent of pastors’ marriages end in divorce. A 2017 Barna report said 10 percent of Protestant pastors have been divorced, but did not break out the percentage of those divorces that happened while in, or as a result of, the pastorate. Given more recent research that church-attending couples have lower divorce rates than the general population, it’s likely that pastoral divorce rates—if they ever were as high as 50%—have likely declined substantially. If there is any marriage situation that has more strain inflicted on it than a pastor’s marriage, I’ve yet to hear of it. The burdens pastors carry on behalf of their flock, the expectations placed upon them, and the sheer mental, physical, and spiritual exhaustion have cracked or shattered the foundations of too many pastoral marriages. It’s a strategic area for Satan’s attacks. So, how can a pastor’s marriage last, and last with joy? Here are a few thoughts.