“Reverend Joe Westlake left the church when his ‘term’ was up. In those days, and in many Baptist Churches still, the pastor has a ‘term’ of time where he is called by the Church to Minister. In is a patently defeatist method. What happens in reality is that the Church knows that if things don’t ‘work out’ with the pastor, there is no need for real conflict, they just don’t ‘recall’ them. The Pastor knows that if he is not enjoying the ministry, or seeing results, they can just move on with no embarrassment.”
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