The exodus of Baptist pastors

Description

The goal of the research was to explore the ongoing problem of Baptist Pastors leaving the ministry and to attempt to discover the impact of this problem upon Baptist Churches by means of
"focus group" interviews. The dissertation links the problem with a Baptist ecclesiology and seeks to understand the Baptist belief in the autonomy of the Local Church and the praxis of accreditation for pastoral ministry, plus the existence of so-called "subterranean Pastors" which has contributed toward pastoral termination. / Practical theology / M.Th. (Practical Theology)

Links & Downloads

1. Pierce, Stephen Brian (1998) The exodus of Baptist pastors, University of South Africa, Pretoria, <http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15781>
2. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/15781

Tags

Forced termination

Pastoral disqualification

Baptist principles

Autonomy

Accreditation for ministry

Accountability

Mentoring

Lay leadership

Subterranean pastors

Baptist structures

Baptist leadership

Baptist church praxis

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Baptists

Pastoral theology -- Baptists

Church officers

Church controversies -- Baptists

Church and social problems -- Baptists

Baptists -- Relation

Additional Fields

Identifer	oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:unisa/oai:uir.unisa.ac.za:10500/15781
Date	11 1900
Creators	Pierce, Stephen Brian
Contributors	Dreyer, J. S.
Source Sets	South African National ETD Portal
Language	English
Detected Language	English
Type	Dissertation
Format	1 online resource (vii, 98 leaves)