Some troubling facts from a 2010 survey: 1,500 pastors leave the ministry each month in the USA because of unique pressures associated with the job. 80 percent of seminary and Bible school graduates entering the ministry will leave the ministry within the first five years. 70 percent felt God called them to pastoral ministry, but after three years of ministry only 50 percent still felt called. 80 percent of pastors and 84 percent of their spouses feel unqualified and discouraged in their roles. 80 percent of pastors' spouses wish the pastor would choose another profession. The majority of pastors' spouses said the most destructive event in their marriage and family was the day the pastor entered the ministry