2001
Edward Daniel Smith
The Afterpastor: Leadership Characteristics of Successful Afterpastors
This thesis explores the leadership qualities needed by a clergyperson who serves as an afterpastor. Through narrative it tells the stories of five congregations victimized by clergy sexual misconduct and the leadership characteristics displayed by the pastors who have led them to recovery. The thesis makes use of the Biblical image of the shepherd as seen in Ezekiel 34 and John 10 to help understand from a theological point of view the leadership skills needed by traumatized congregations.