NDLI: The Process of Forced Termination: Couples in Ministry Share Their Experiences

Content Provider	Springer Nature Link
Author	Tanner, Marcus N.
Copyright Year	2015
Abstract	The stressful nature of ministry work has been well documented by researchers and professionals. However, both have generally failed to examine what is perhaps one of the most detrimental and psychologically traumatic experiences a minister may have associated with ministry work: forced termination. Forced termination should be considered an under-studied area of research and should be distinguished from choosing to leave the ministry or being fired from a ministry post. Forced termination is both the process and result of psychological, emotional, social, and spiritual abuse directed toward paid and non-paid ministry leaders by members of a congregation or denominational leaders, such that there is no other option for the minister but to leave the post. This qualitative study used a grounded theory approach to describe the experience of forced termination of couples where at least one individual is a vocational minister. Twenty-one couples agreed to participate in the study, and 14 were interviewed. The data of four couples are presented as representative of the saturated data from all 14 couples. Four important themes or stages the couples experienced emerged from the study: honeymoon, betrayal, harassment, and leaving the church.
Starting Page	861
Ending Page	873
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00312789
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume Number	64
Issue Number	6
e-ISSN	15736679
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2015-04-16
Publisher Place	New York
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Couples in ministry Clergy health Forced termination Clinical Psychology Religious Studies Cross Cultural Psychology Sociology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Religious Studies Social Psychology Applied Psychology

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