If you are a church without a pastor, check out The Shepherding Initiative, a support resource for churches in transition.
Below are two questionnaires that can aid a church in its search for a pastor. The Church Questionnaire guides a search committee through a series of questions that would provide potential candidates with helpful information about the church.
Church Questionnaire
This form is a fillable form. You can fill it out using Adobe Reader, the print it or save it to your computer. Email the form along with the name of your church’s association to anna@nafwb.org.
The Pastoral Questionnaire gets detailed information on the history of a pastoral candidate as well as his ministry experience and philosophies.
+ Church / Pastor Search Podcasts
Addressing the Pastor Shortage (NAFWB Moderator Tim York)
The Pastor/Church Marriage (NAFWB Moderator Tim York)
Does the Pastor Placement Program Work? (Pastor Barry Long)