Confirming The Pastoral Call : A Guide to Matching Candidates and Conggregationsby Joseph L. Umidi, Kregel Publication Read Free or Download Free Confirming The Pastoral Call : A Guide to Matching Candidates and Conggregations by Joseph L. Umidi, Kregel Publication After the "honeymoon" period, congregations and pastors (or staff members) often wonder what teha saw in one another. The disillusioned new leader wishes there had been more candor about the problems. The search comittee wishes they had asked more probin 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 patnership. With humor and insight boorn of experience, Joseph Umidi tells candidates how to approach a selection process by:
- clarifying personal vision for minitry
- connecting heart to hearth with decision makers
- asking the right people the right questions Search committee members learn the finer points of:
- analyzin 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 prefeverence survey.
