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We live in a hurried world and constantly search for time savers. Today, TWW presents a time saver for pastoral search committees all over the world. We know how much time and effort goes into reading resumes of pastoral candidates. This is followed by phone conversations and visits to the candidate’s current church. Then there is the candidate visit in which people quiz him in order to figure out if he is a good fit. The process can take months. Here is one way to save time in that exhaustive search if you have a candidate who is a recent graduate of SBTS.
This week, Al Mohler announced big changes in faculty retention at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, the flagship seminary of the SBC. Some might view the changes in a negative light. However, time saving experts should hail the changes. Al Mohler has clarified, front and center, the carefully honed belief structure of the seminary and the internalized gospel © playbook will be part and parcel of the graduates of this seminary.
In a post written for Southern News (a publication of SBTS so they should have gotten this right) Southern Seminary Trustees Update Faculty Hiring Policies, ‘Unify’ Faculty, we are told what is in the future of SBTS.
For the sake of brevity, I will focus on a few items. We urge you to read the full article.
* In order to continue to “attract and retain a first-class academic faculty,
* All actions of the board were unanimous.
* Under new employment policies, all elected faculty will serve under a “simple academic instructional contract” rather than a tenure-based contract.
* we have returned to making the election of faculty by the board of trustees the most important issue,
* (Tenure) no longer ensures academic quality, but actually is a major impediment to it.”
* Tenure is a “ticking fiscal time-bomb”
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