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Searching for the Called
Introduction
Welcome (2:15)
Your congregation's readiness for Searching for the Called
Essentials in Searching for the Called (2:46)
The language of hospitality
Glossary of terms
Elements of each stage
Timeline ranges for your pastor search
Questions worth reflecting on throughout the process
A word about searching for a pastor during a pandemic (4:32)
Preparing for the pastor search
Scriptural grounding (2:27)
Overview (0:47)
Waiting on readiness: identifying the right time to start a pastor search (stage 1) (2:24)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:11)
Interim ministry information
Exercising intentionality in what your church asks of its remaining staff
Deep dive resources
Assessment: is your church ready for stage 2?
Befriending the past and anticipating the future: answering key questions about identity and direction (stage 2) (2:56)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (0:56)
Tips for creating an effective congregational survey
Ways of examining and celebrating your congregation's past
Congregational self-study guide
Why consider a part-time or multi-vocational pastor?
Pandemic-related questions your church needs to answer before the pastor search
Deep dive resources
Assessment: is your church ready for stage 3?
Does your church need more help with the pre-search stages?
Developing the pastor search team
Scriptural grounding (2:08)
Overview (0:37)
Gelling as a pastor search team during a pandemic
Gathering the open-hearted: selecting pastor search team members (stage 3) (1:33)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (0:40)
Pastor search team composition checklist
Pastor search team leader tasks and desired qualities
Deep dive resource
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 4?
Growing in trust: becoming a pastor search team (stage 4) (2:23)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (0:51)
Building a high-functioning pastor search team
Exercises for building trust within a pastor search team
Assessments for helping pastor search team members get to know each other
Pastor search team covenant checklist
Deep dive resources
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 5?
Creating space for the Spirit to move: grounding the search process in God (stage 5) (1:32)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:05)
Definition of discernment
Discernment outline
Tools for discernment
Criteria for discerning, "Is this God speaking?"
Worshipful work meeting outline
Deep dive resources
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 6?
Does your church need more help with the pastor search team development stages?
Designing the pastor search process and core documents
Scriptural grounding (2:11)
Overview (1:09)
Preparing for blessing: discovering and setting the process for calling a pastor (stage 6) (2:35)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:27)
Involvement of other staff in a senior pastor search
Things to consider when the associate pastor is interested in the open senior pastor position
Pastoral candidate communications content
Sample candidate communications tracking spreadsheet
Ways to bring the congregation along during the pastor search
Information to report to the congregation throughout the pastor search
Deep dive resource
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 7?
Crafting the welcome: collating information and crafting key pastor search documents (stage 7) (2:54)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:04)
Ways to broaden your pastor search team's imagination about a good fit minister
Gauging your church's readiness for a woman in the pulpit
Does your pastor need a Doctor of Ministry degree?
Considering co-pastors
Information to include in a congregational profile/community snapshot
Pastoral compensation considerations
Other resources for pastor job description and compensation information
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 8?
Extending the welcome: inviting potential pastoral candidates to explore your open position (stage 8) (2:15)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:06)
Possible ponds for finding pastoral candidates
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 9?
Does your pastor search team need more help with the designing the search process and core documents stages?
Engaging with pastoral candidates
Scriptural grounding (1:58)
Overview (0:52)
Engaging with pastoral candidates in the midst of pandemic (4:21)
Imagining new possibilities: discerning whom to interview (stage 9) (2:06)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:44)
Reading the resume of someone who has never served as a solo or senior pastor
Digging deeper on resume gaps
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 10?
Opening to one another: conducting initial interviews with pastoral candidates (stage 10) (2:08)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (2:30)
Technology options in interviews with pastoral candidates
Interview planning worksheet
Crafting a good interview question
Sample interview questions
The math of a great-fit call from a pastoral candidate's perspective
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 11?
Deepening the dialogue: interacting in person with pastoral candidates (stage 11) (2:45)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:57)
Site visit considerations: going to the pastoral candidate
Site visit considerations: pastoral candidate comes to a neutral location
Site visit considerations: pastoral candidate comes to search team
Doing due diligence with pastoral candidates
Assessment: is your pastor search team ready for stage 12?
Sharing the excitement: presenting the pastoral candidate of choice (stage 12) (3:11)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:56)
Considerations regarding the presentation of multiple pastoral candidates to your congregation/leaders
Assessment: is our pastor search team ready for stage 13?
Does your pastor search team need more help with the candidate engagement stages?
Covenanting with your new minister
Scriptural grounding (0:52)
Overview (0:45)
Co-creating the partnership: extending a call to the pastoral candidate of choice (stage 13) (3:02)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (4:03)
Minister-ministry setting covenant checklist
Assessment: are your pastor search team and church ready for stage 14?
Embracing the new: resourcing the new pastor for a fast start (stage 14) (2:39)
Key reflection questions
Best practices
Candidate perspective (1:54)
Setting a realistic start date for your new pastor
Ideas for welcoming the new pastor
Information to give the new pastor
Budgeting for an installation service for the new pastor
Helping your new pastor avoid burnout
Consider transitioning your pastor search team to a pastoral relations team
Deep dive resources
Assessment: are your pastor search team and church ready to celebrate the end of the process?
Does your church need more help with the covenanting stages?
Don't forget to celebrate! (1:02)
Additional resources
Troubleshooting
Hacks for small churches
Gauging your church's readiness for a woman in the pulpit
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