Matching Pastoral Candidates and Churches: A Guide for Search Committees and Candidates

By Joseph Umidi

After the "honeymoon" period, congregations and pastors (or staff members) often wonder what they saw in one another. The disillusioned new leader wishes there had been more candor about the problems. The search committee wishes they had asked more probing questions. If only there had been a practical way to confirm God's call of person to position. If only there was a strategy to maximize joyful, long-term partnership. With humor and insight born of experience, Joseph Umidi tells candidates how to approach a selection process by, clarifying their personal vision for ministry, connecting heart to heart with decision makers, asking the right people the right questions, Search committee members learn the finer points of, analyzing a church's readiness for change, determining what is most needed now judging a candidate's strength in meeting the need, Eleven appendixes provide model documents that will help the decision-making process for the church and the candidate: a search committee covenant, forms to evaluate the church's core values and areas of need, reference questionnaires, and a ministry preference survey. This book was previously released with the title Confirming the Pastoral Call. Book jacket.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0825446805
• ISBN13: 9780825446801
• Release Date: October 2020
• Publisher: Kregel Publications
• Length: 154 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.2" x 5.4" x 8.4"