Unbiblical pastoral termination in the SBC and a strategy to reduce them

Shelby L Hazzard

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Unbiblical pastoral termination in the SBC and a strategy to reduce them

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Shelby L Hazzard. Unbiblical Pastoral Termination In the Sbc and a Strategy to Reduce Them. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/29a67966-d052-48fe-8e3c-e3ca389e974e?locale=en.

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S. L. Hazzard. Unbiblical pastoral termination in the SBC and a strategy to reduce them. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/29a67966-d052-48fe-8e3c-e3ca389e974e?locale=en

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Shelby L Hazzard. Unbiblical Pastoral Termination In the Sbc and a Strategy to Reduce Them. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/29a67966-d052-48fe-8e3c-e3ca389e974e?locale=en.

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The SBC has tracked the problem of forced termination of ministers since it unanimously accepted the 'Resolution on the Forced Termination of Ministers' at its 1983 national covention in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. The most disturbing facts of the termination data are the reasons cited. Since 1983 the most-reported reasons for termination are not moral failure (lying, stealing, sexual immorality), false teaching, or any other violation of biblical qualifications, but rather nonspecific reasons such as control issues, pastor's leadership style too strong/weak, or decline in membership. Churches are possibly dismissing hundreds of SBC staff members without incorporating biblical procedures.

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