Call Process Booklet
Call Process Booklet EDITED - Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
Call Process Booklet EDITED - Northwest Synod of Wisconsin
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The Church at Large<br />
• In what ways to you participate in the synod?<br />
• What is your commitment level to the general mission support to the ELCA and<br />
other agencies of the church?<br />
• What are your views on ecumenical involvement locally? globally?<br />
Personal Life and the Pastor’s Family<br />
• How is your spiritual life nurtured?<br />
• What spiritual disciplines do you practice?<br />
• Tell us about your devotional life.<br />
• How do you care for yourself physically, emotionally, and socially.<br />
• What are your views on involvement of your family in the congregation? in the<br />
community? in employment?<br />
• Tell us about your priorities regarding family and personal friends?<br />
• What are your specific hobbies and special interests?<br />
• What books have you read recently that have made an impression on you?<br />
Practical Arrangements<br />
• (Introduce your salary range and benefits proposal.) Do you feel it will meet your<br />
needs?<br />
• Are our expectations for living arrangements (parsonage or housing allowance)<br />
satisfactory?<br />
Questions That May Be Asked of You as a Committee<br />
• What is the focus of your congregation? Describe your mission.<br />
• What is the role of staff and what is the role of the laity in your congregation?<br />
• How many people are involved in leadership roles? How are lay people involved in<br />
worship?<br />
• In your opinion, how are decisions made in your congregation?<br />
• What long and short-term goals has the congregation adopted?<br />
• When was the last time an in-depth self study was conducted?<br />
• What is the congregation’s commitment to the support of and partnership with the<br />
synod and the wider church?<br />
• How does the congregation respond to change and how are changes made?<br />
• What part should family members of staff play in the congregation?<br />
• What would you display on a highway billboard regarding your congregation?<br />
• Why did the previous pastor leave?<br />
• Are there skeletons in the closet that I should know about in considering the call<br />
here?<br />
Page 70<br />
Walking together † for the sake of mission † in God’s world<br />
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