Use this space to connect with other local pastor search committee members to compare notes, share experiences, and ask questions as you search for a new pastor.
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This new topic is a place where members of Pastor Search Committees can correspond with each other, share resources and best practices, and even share frustrations.
I'm on the search committee for a pastor at my church and we are looking for sample evaluation forms to use when we go to hear a pastor preach. Got any ideas?
I'm on a search committee and we could really use a database of not only pastors available for call, but also churches that are looking to hire a pastor. Does anyone know of such a resource?
I am a member of a search committee and am looking for the names and profiles of candidates graduating Calvin Seminary this year that are going to be eligible for call. Is this posted somewhere?
So, your church is looking for a pastor! Where do you begin? What do you need to know? Who can you talk to? In response to these questions, we are excited to introduce a new process called PastorSearch.
Where can I find the procedures, established or suggested, for inviting a pastor?
Here at Trinity CRC in Anchorage, AK, we just wrapped up a pastor search process. Here are five things we believe helped our search process be a successful and edifying experience for all of us!
In this post, Dirk Nagtegaal, Search Committee Chairperson at Duncan CRC, in Duncan, BC, shares the steps he takes when reaching out to prospective pastors.
Here is a job description we wrote to call a pastor to our ministry setting of two rural churches, working together.
Looking for someone to lead your youth ministry? Check out Hiring a Youth Pastor or Director: What Churches and New Hires Should Know — a new resource by Faith Formation Ministries’ youth ministry catalyzer Ron deVries.
What keeps many people with a disability from being considered for a leadership position? I've included a video that raises awareness about how pastoral search teams can discriminate against leaders with a disability.
Many churches without permanent pastors are coping quite well during the pandemic. Here are four priorities and one virtue exhibited by the churches coping best.
Here is a summary of the three main ways the CRCNA supports search committees.
This article for pastors highlights how the denomination can help them discern their call and connect with ministry opportunities.
The calling process can be lengthy for pastors. Yet, after many interviews and meetings, some pastors realize most of what they know of the church comes from just a handful of members. That’s not enough.
One of the most powerful tools churches have for finding their next pastor is the Church Positions page at network.crcna.org. The key to making the most of this tool is carefully creating an effective post.
More Than A Search Committee is an essential resource that provides step-by-step guidance for churches as they do the work of calling a new pastor.
When the church goes through a transition, such as a pastor leaving, the church merging, or a pastor taking a sabbatical, we bring our (often) mixed emotions about that to God in worship. This list of resources has insight and ideas for worship during church transitions.
CRCNA churches now have a revised Letter of Call to use when inviting a pastor to minister among them.
Is there a better way to communicate our need to hear from individuals and churches on Supporting Women and Ethnic Minority Leaders in the Pastoral Call Process?
How can our church find an interim minister to serve our congregation?
Between the departure of your former pastor and the arrival of your next, what options are available for CRCs looking for interim ministers?
Maitland River Community Church in Wingham, Ontario is seeking a full time pastor.
A Search Committee Chairperson shares the good and bad of leading a pastor search in the CRCNA.