Last Call: A New Practice of Receiving a Pastor in the Baptist Church Based Upon a Biblical Paradigm that Challenges the Call System

Harold Eugene Vann II

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Last Call: A New Practice of Receiving a Pastor in the Baptist Church Based Upon a Biblical Paradigm that Challenges the Call System

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Harold Eugene Vann II. Last Call: A New Practice of Receiving a Pastor In the Baptist Church Based Upon a Biblical Paradigm That Challenges the Call System. Claremont School of Theology. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f128514c-53f1-4be7-8e75-1ec549df0f80.

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H. E. V. Ii. Last Call: A New Practice of Receiving a Pastor in the Baptist Church Based Upon a Biblical Paradigm that Challenges the Call System. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f128514c-53f1-4be7-8e75-1ec549df0f80

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Harold Eugene Vann II. Last Call: A New Practice of Receiving a Pastor In the Baptist Church Based Upon a Biblical Paradigm That Challenges the Call System. Claremont School of Theology. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/f128514c-53f1-4be7-8e75-1ec549df0f80.

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Harold Eugene Vann II

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Abstract

Baptist polity operationalizes the call system, a process that congregational churches use to select, elect and deselect pastors. An aspect of that polity is autonomy that declares each local Baptist church is a self-governing entity. In this context, lay authority has the potential to be misused and the laity can deselect a pastor at their will. This project, a case study is the presentation of a church to show how the call system works from candidacy to deselection. This study calls for an additional layer of pastoral oversight and recommends that pastors lead Baptist laity in securing pastors. The problem addressed by this project is imbalance in power and authority held by Baptist laity and manifested in the call system. Finally, a new plan is presented for receiving a pastor that is led by a Board of Pastors, which restores balance, and is built on a theological/biblical paradigm that indicates that God gives and sends pastors that are received by a congregation.

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