It seems like another Duggar got caught in the middle of a new controversy. Reports say Jill Duggar and husband Derick Dillard's mission work in Central America has been rejected by the Southern Baptist Convetion (SBC).
Inquisitr reports that the Dillards were not granted recognition by SBC and the International Mission Board (IMB) because they did not meet the qualifications.
According to the report, it would be impossible for the Dillards to be recognized as certified missionaries and get funding from the SBC and IMB because these organizations require a bachelor's degree from one of their accredited universities. Aspiring missionaries should also have completed at least 20 to 30 hours of designated courses like theology, biblical studies, church history, evangelism, and preaching, among others.
A spouse of a missionary, meanwhile, must complete at least 12 college credit hours comprising three hours each of new testament survey, old testament survey, biblical or systematic theology, as well as elective courses in general ministry.
The couple, who runs the Dillard Family Ministries, does not meet any of these requirements. Derick has an undergraduate degree in accounting, and Jill has never been to college. It could mean that the couple's funds came entirely out of their pockets, or from the generous donations that they got from their fundraising efforts for their ministry.
But since the Dillards have been travelling to Central America and back to the US for the past three months, their donors are now wary about how they spend the donations. Some of them are even asking for refunds.
The donors are now questioning what the couple has actually been doing in Central America. Another report claims that the couple signed up as volunteers with S.O.S Ministries in El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala for a month. However, it cannot be considered as a missionary work since Jill and the rest of her family has been joining the S.O.S. Ministries missions annually since 2006.
Despite the allegations of spending the donation money for their mission work for their personal trips, Jill and Derick are holding a farewell partyand fundraiser for the third time for their next trip to Central America.
At the moment, the Jill and Derick and the rest of the Duggar family members are mum about the latest controversy that hounds the family.
