Searching for the Called is geared toward a multi-denominational audience, and so it employs key terms that are more general. Here are explanations of umbrella terms you will see often throughout this guide.

• Pastor search team. Search committees, call committees, pastor nominating committees, and the like.
• Judicatory. Mid-level associations such as state conventions, conferences, synods, dioceses, presbyteries, and regions to which a congregation is connected for the sharing of resources.
• Judicatory leader. The point person in your judicatory, whether a state coordinator, regional minister, conference minister, executive/general presbyter, or bishop.
• Minister/pastor. An ordained clergyperson who serves either as a solo/senior minister or as a staff minister.