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Pastor Search Committees

Don’t Swing Too Far on the Pendulum

Tuesday, February 17th, 2009

Part 8 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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I’m going to wrap up this series today, at least for now. As always, I reserve the right to come back to this subject in the future.
So far, I’ve suggested that pastor search committees should:
1. Seek first the kingdom […]

You Can’t Have It All

Wednesday, February 11th, 2009

Part 7 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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To this point, my Advice for Pastor Search Committees includes the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
5. Represent your church accurately.
6. Get the true […]

Get The True “Downside” on Candidates

Tuesday, February 10th, 2009

Part 6 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
5. Represent your church accurately.
Once again, […]

Represent Your Church Accurately

Monday, February 9th, 2009

Part 5 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in my series, Advice for Pastor Search Committees, I’ve suggested the following:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
3. Be open to God’s surprises.
4. Exercise endurance and beware of exhaustion.
Today I want to address an […]

Nurturing Openness and Avoiding Exhaustion

Friday, February 6th, 2009

Part 4 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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So far in this series I’ve served two morsels of advice for pastor search committees:
1. Seek first the kingdom of God.
2. Pray without ceasing.
Today I’ll add two more morsels to the list.
3. Be open to God’s surprises
Most search committee […]

Pray Without Ceasing

Thursday, February 5th, 2009

Part 3 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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Today I continue to offer some advice for pastor search committees. And today, like yesterday, my counsel is a brief quotation from Scripture. Yesterday I urged pastor search committees to “Seek first the kingdom fo God” (Matt 6:33). Today’s […]

Seek First the Kingdom of God

Wednesday, February 4th, 2009

Part 2 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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In my last post I began a series for pastor search committees. Today I begin offering some bits of advice for those who are charged with seeking a new pastor for their church.
My first word of counsel will sound […]

Advice for Pastor Search Committees: An Introduction

Tuesday, February 3rd, 2009

Part 1 of series: Advice for Pastor Search Committees
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For some odd reason, these days I seem to have several friends who are serving on church committees charged with seeking a new pastor. They have asked me, not only for suggestions of potential pastoral candidates, but also for […]