Quick—raise your hand if you know a pastor or other church staff leader who has been fired.
We all know clergy who have been terminated from their positions. It doesn’t always happen the same way. Sometimes it’s an outright firing, while other times it’s a forced resignation. Sometimes it’s indeed time for the church leader to move on due to incompetence or sin, while other times the church is vindictive and unChristlike. Some terminated clergy quickly … [Read More]
What Are You Willing To Be Fired Over?
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 12: Church Discipline: One Essential of a Healthy Church, Part C
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence is a series of articles by faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary that seeks to offer some definitions of what constitutes a GCR, why we believe the SBC is in need of such a movement, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life. The series will address biblical, theological, historical and practical issues related to a GCR with the hope that God will use our finite … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 11: Church Discipline: One Essential of a Healthy Church, Part B
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence is a series of articles by faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary that seeks to offer some definitions of what constitutes a GCR, why we believe the SBC is in need of such a movement, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life. The series will address biblical, theological, historical and practical issues related to a GCR with the hope that God will use our finite … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence, Part 10: Church Discipline: One Essential of a Healthy Church, Part A
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence is a series of articles by faculty of Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary that seeks to offer some definitions of what constitutes a GCR, why we believe the SBC is in need of such a movement, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life. The series will address biblical, theological, historical and practical issues related to a GCR with the hope that God will use our finite … [Read More]
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Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence (Part 7): The United States in Great Commission Perspective
Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence (Part 7):
The United States in Great Commission Perspective
Note: This post is one in a series entitled, “Contours of a Great Commission Resurgence,” wherein we hope to give some definition of what constitutes a GCR, why the SBC needs a GCR, and what such a movement might look like in SBC life.
In the first five installments of the “Contours” series, Danny Akin, David Nelson, and Ken Keathley have written about … [Read More]
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