Choosing a New Pastor: The Complete Handbook

How do we find and contact pastoral candidates? What background information do we need to know about pastoral candidates? What do we need to consider when developing a salary and benefit package for a new pastor? Each year several thousand churches face questions like these as they search for new pastors. To help make the process easier to help avoid costly mistakes Dr. Henry Virkler has organized a comprehensive step-by-step plan to guide search committees through the intricacies of selection procedures in Choosing a New Pastor. Dr. Virkler employs a transdenominational approach as he: -identifies twenty-one mistakes that pastor nominating committees make and suggests alternative steps to take; -steers churches through the phases of transition from saying good-bye to the old pastor to orienting the new one; -proposes guidelines for conflict resolution when pastor and congregation disagree; -plus it includes sample information forms interview forms and letters. This complete guide to pastoral selection will successfully guide you through the process both efficiently and effectively. Henry A. Virkler has been training Christian counselors for more than thirty years: fifteen years at the Psychological Studies Institute in Atlanta five years at Liberty University in Lynchburg Virginia and since 1996 at Palm Beach Atlantic University in West Palm Beach Florida. His other books include Hermeneutics: Principles and Processes of Biblical Interpretation Speaking the Truth in Love: A Christian Approach to Assertiveness Broken Promises: Healing and Preventing Affairs in Christian Marriages and Choosing a New Pastor.