dc.contributor.advisor | Richardson, Brian C. | |
dc.contributor.author | May, Gary | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2012-02-03T20:20:30Z | |
dc.date.available | 2012-02-03T20:20:30Z | |
dc.date.created | | |
dc.date.issued | 2010-05 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net.ezproxy.sbts.edu/10392/3807 | |
dc.description | This restricted item is available to students and faculty of the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary through the URI below. | |
dc.description.abstract | The purpose of this study was to explore the relationship between
presuccession contextual and performance variables, successor origin, and postsuccession
performance.
Old and New Testament Scriptures give certain latitude to churches concerning
the methods used in selecting a new pastor. The need for leadership is established and
encouraged. The leadership of the Holy Spirit is expected. Inside, outside, and relay
successions were all identified in Scripture and used by biblical leaders in various
circumstances. The use of all three identified methods of leader succession in churches
and other biblical forms of organizational leadership is consistent with methods used in
secular organizations as well.
The researcher gathered statistical data on 3563 churches cooperating with the
Southern Baptist Convention. Each of these churches called a new pastor in the year
2003 and performance data were analyzed for the 5 years preceding the succession and
the 5 years following the succession providing a la-year longitudinal analysis. The
contextual variables of exit initiation, organizational size, and exit methods of the
outgoing pastor were also considered. In addition, the perfonnance of churches using the
intentional interim process were analyzed and compared to perfonnance of churches that
did not use an intentional interim.
Key words: Pastor, Leader Succession, Leaders, Intentional Interim, Succession
Planning, Transitional Pastor. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Baptists--Clergy. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Clergy--Appointment, call, and election. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Clergy--Relocation. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Interim clergy--Baptists. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Executive succession. | en_US |
dc.subject.lcsh | Pastoral search committees. | en_US |
dc.title | An Analysis of Selected Variables that Influence Postsuccession Performance in Southern Baptist Churches | en_US |