There is an unfortunate story that is being told with greater frequency:

a pastor exits ministry. The situations and scenarios vary from former pastor to pastor, but the result is the same. Somewhere along the way sin, disillusionment, unrealistic expectations, micro-managing, immaturity, a failed church plant, burn out, or some other event takes place, and the pastor leaves the post. It is easy to write these exiting pastors off as unfit, unqualified, or simply unable to handle church leadership―and in some instances this may be true. However, how can so many different Bible Colleges, denominations, elders, board members, and ordination committees be endorsing men and women who are then deemed "unfit" just three, five, or ten years down the road? How can the church change the tide and redeem the hurting pastor, and in turn, redeploy these kingdom multipliers?