1. PASTORAL FOCUS: In thinking of our church’s pastor and our church’s needs and ministries, what are to be the pastor’s priorities?

1 Effective preaching

2 Disciplining/mentoring/coaching others

3 Developing relationships with the lost and the unchurched

4 Visiting church members

5 Pastoral and counseling ministries

6 Church committee attendance and leadership

7 Church administrative responsibilities

8 Associational, state and national denominational leadership and participation

9 Personal spiritual development and growth

10 Personal prayer, Bible reading, and meditation

11 Working with Youth

12 Working with Senior Adults

13 Teaching a Sunday School Class

14 Community involvement and outreach

15 Visiting the sick and home-bound

16 Other ______

Which three are most important priorities? ______

Which three are least important priorities? ______

2. AGE/EXPERIENCE: Assuming other characteristics are favorable, indicate what you would like in our next pastor.
Check one in each group.

 Age should not be an important factor  Experience is not an important factor

 Under 30  0-5 years experience

 30-39  6-10 years experience

 40-49  11-15 years experience

 50-59  16-20 years experience

 60 up  21 or more years experience

3. EDUCATION: What preference, if any, do you have regarding the formal education beyond high school? Check one.

 Formal education is not be a factor

 Bachelor Degree

 Masters Degree

 D. Min. or Ph.D.

 Other (describe) ______

4. Denominatinal Identification: Which of the following do you wish our new pastor to identify?

 Baptist General Association of Virginia/Virginia Baptist Mission Board

 Baptist World Alliance

 Cooperative Baptist Fellowship

SaddlebackChurch

 Southern Baptist Convention

 Willow Creek Association

5. PERSONAL QUALITIES: Please list characteristics you would especially want us to see in a person serving as our pastor.

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6. NEW MINISTRIES: What new ministries do you feel you would like our church to offer after a new pastor is called?

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7. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT OF YOUR PASTOR?

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It would help your committee to understand and evaluate this survey if you would answer the following:

YOUR AGE BRACKET: (Check one)

 Youth 41-50

 15-20 51-60

 21-30 61-70

 31-40 70 up

INVOLVEMENT: (Check all that apply)

 Sunday School Member

 Church Member

 Regular Visitor

The Pastor Search Committee would certainly like to hear any comments that you would like to make. Please contact the Committee Chair with concerns and additional information.

Also available in the

Virginia Baptist Mission Board’s

Pastoral Transition & Pastor Search Handbook