The vast majority of Southern Baptist churches and pastors are shining lights in a very dark world, lifting high the mighty name of Jesus. One of the strong points of community testimony for many churches is the witness of a people and a pastor who are linked at the heart for kingdom purposes. What is a pastor to do, however, when he finds himself being forced out by a church or terminated as a result of church controversy?

Commenting on Christ's messages to the churches in NavBook=jer&NavGo=29&NavCurrentChapter=29">Revelation 2-3, John Stott stated, "these then are the marks of the ideal church - love, suffering, holiness, sound doctrine, genuineness, evangelism, and humility. They are what Christ desires to find in His churches as He walks among them."