Call Process Booklet

Exit Interview of the Pastor by the Congregation Council
Plan a special meeting with your pastor who has resigned, including appropriate leaders of the
congregation and the church staff. Make it informal and open with the understanding that it is a
learning and growing experience for everyone. This is an opportunity to celebrate strengths and
identify where the kingdom is growing and mission done. Where there has been conflict or
struggle, analyze and explore it, but avoid blaming or other destructive behavior. In all cases, this is
another way for pastor and congregation to “end well.”
Pastor’s Name:________________________________
Congregation:________________________________
Interview Date: ________________________________
1. What is your assessment of congregation when you arrived?
How has your assessment changed, if at all?
2. How has the congregation changed during your tenure?
3. Your greatest accomplishments:
Your greatest satisfactions:
4. How has mission in witness and service, in love of neighbor, been furthered in Christ’s name?
5. What frustrations did you experience?
What blocked your effectiveness?
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