Dr. Sarah Farmer and Dr. Angela Gorrell on Burnout in Youth Ministry

Dr. Sarah Farmer and Dr. Angela Gorrell deliver a lecture entitled, "Burnout in the Gap: Youth Ministry in the Midst of Adversity."

This lecture was delivered on June 8, 2016 at Yale Divinity School as part of YMI's annual Summer Symposium. (Why Youth Ministry? A Beacon of Joy in the Midst of Suffering)

Sarah Farmer is Assistant Professor in the Theology and Ministry Department at Indiana Wesleyan University. A former associate research scholar at Yale Divinity School and Director the Adolescent Faith and Flourishing Program at Yale Center for Faith and Culture, Sarah received her M.Div. and Ph.D from Emory University, where she taught as an adjunct faculty and co-directed a Certificate in Theological Studies Program at a Women’s Prison. Sarah teaches in the areas of psychosocial identity and faith formation, community building, congregational studies, social change and transformative pedagogy.

Angela Gorrell is assistant professor of practical theology at Truett Theological Seminary, Baylor University. She previously served as an Associate Research Scholar at the Yale Center for Faith and Culture.