Why Pastors Get Fired

This TOP TEN LIST that was in Leadership (Spring 2008, pp 12) grabbed my attention.

Here are the TOP TEN REASONS pastors get fired in the Southern Baptist denomination.

TEN:  conflict with other staff

NINE:  sexual misconduct

EIGHT:  administrative incompetence

SEVEN:  weak leadership style

SIX:  decline in attendance

FIVE:  conflict pre-dating the pastor'sarrival

FOUR:  too-strong leadership style

THREE:  poor people skills

TWO:  church's resistance to change

ONE:  control issues  (the top reason every year since this survery was first started in 1996!)

Here is a short article with a few suggestions about how to leave if/when you've been fired.

Brian Rice