Grace Church Congregational Survey Senior Pastor

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Grace Church Congregational Survey Senior Pastor Search You are invited by the Pastor Search Committee and Elder Board to respond to the following questions regarding desired characteristics, qualifications, and responsibilities of our new senior pastor. Results from this survey will help shape the profile of the man that, with God’s help, we will be seeking to be the senior pastor at Grace Church. We appreciate your support as we, together, continue the search for our senior pastor. _____________________________________________________________________________________ So that we can thoroughly analyze the responses, please indicate your demographics: Gender _____ Male _____ Female Age

_____ <20 _____ 20-29 _____ 30-39 _____ 40-49 _____ 50-59 _____ 60-69 _____>69

Years attending Grace: _____<1 _____1-10 _____ 11-20 _____21-30 _____ 31-40 _____ >40 _____________________________________________________________________________________ Please give prayerful consideration to your responses on the following ten survey items. On items 1-5, please select your one preferred choice. 1.

What is the minimum number of years of pastoral experience our next pastor should have? ______ under 5 years _____ 15-20 years ______ 5 – 10 years _____ more than 20 years ______ 10-15 years _____ no preference

2.

What is the minimum age of our next pastor should be? _____ 20 – 30 years old _____ 50 – 60 years old _____ 30 – 40 years old _____ at least 60 years old _____ 40 – 50 years old _____ no preference

3.

What is the minimum level of education that our next pastor should have? _____ undergraduate degree _____ doctoral degree _____ master’s degree _____ no preference

4.

How important is it that our next pastor is married? _____ requirement _____ not important _____ highly desirable (very important) _____ no preference _____ desirable (important)

5.

How important is it that our next pastor have a child or children? _____ requirement _____ not important _____ highly desirable (very important) _____ no preference _____ desirable (important)

6.

If you have other comments regarding desired characteristics and qualifications of our next pastor, please indicate these on the lines below. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

7.

Please consider the following major areas of senior pastor responsibilities. Rank each of the five areas listed below on a scale of 1-5 in order of importance to you with 1 being most important and 5 being least important. Each responsibility has examples not meant to be all-inclusive. _____ Administration (e.g. general oversight of budget, supervision of staff, facilities, etc.) _____ Evangelism (e.g. local, national, international outreach, missions work) _____ Leadership (e.g. strategic planning, vision casting, future programmatic emphasis) _____ Preaching/teaching (e.g. Sunday sermons, Bible studies) _____ Shepherding (e.g. counseling, visitations, mentoring)

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If there are other responsibilities/duties not listed in the list above which you feel are of critical importance, please describe these below. ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

9.

Describe 2-3 of the most important current strengths of Grace Church that we should strive to maintain? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

10.

What would you suggest are the top 2-3 major areas in which Grace Church should strategically target for improvements? ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________________________

Thank you for taking time to thoughtfully and prayerfully complete this survey!