Back to Basics Ministries Inc. has built a retreat area for pastors, ministers, and church leaders on land that we purchased in Parkesburg, Pennsylvania. The purpose of this retreat area is to provide rest, peace, solace, respite, and healing for God’s servants who are working overtime and are being burnt out on the battlefields of life, as they minister to the needs of others, while often neglecting their own needs and the needs of their families. Because of the stringent and difficult demands on church leaders today, the leaders need a place where they can go for rest, healing, renewal, recuperation, etc. Such a place will be the one that my church and I are building on 3 acres of land in southeastern Pennsylvania.

At the time of this writing, we have just completed the construction of the new building and are currently awaiting funds for sewer, water, and electrical hookups, as well as furnishings.

In this wonderful retreat area, we (Back to Basics Ministries Inc.) intend to minister the healing, rest, and strength that church leaders so desperately need. I have written a book entitled WHY EVERY PASTOR/MINISTER NEEDS A RETREAT (by LeRoy H. Carter Jr.). This book is available at Amazon.com; however, I will forward you a copy if you desire to have it. My book describes the formidable obstacles that are confronting pastors and ministers today and why so many are experiencing burnout, quitting the ministry, and are even committing suicide because of the intensity of life’s issues and the demands upon the clergy. This book is full of statistics and descriptions of what is happening to our church leaders, why so many are quitting the ministry each month, why there are so many suicides among clergy today, etc.

In the retreat area, which we will call Jehovah Rapha Ministers’ Retreat, we intend to address the issues that are challenging and confronting our pastors and ministers. In addition, we intend to invite church leaders to our facility to spend a week with us, as we provide them with the rest and renewal that they so badly need. Our goal is to accommodate one leader and his/her spouse at a time for a period of 1 week. Our goal also is not to charge the recipients any money for the week of rest, meals, recreation, etc. Our cadre of volunteers will provide for their meals, local travel, prayer, counseling, etc.

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