Call Process Booklet

Interim Pastor
• Pray always.
• Lead the congregation through the interim tasks.
• Communicate with synod staff, especially submitting the quarterly reports.
• Regularly remind the congregation that interims are not available for the regular call.
• Refrain from influencing the interview process.
• Participate in quarterly interim pastor meetings.
Transition Team or Call Committee
• Pray for wisdom and the guidance of the Holy Spirit through your work.
• Work closely with the interim pastor on the interim tasks, especially as they relate to
the developing the MSP.
• Seek to engage a wide cross section of the congregation and community for the
purpose of creating an accurate picture of the congregation.
• Inform the Congregation President and your synod staff contact when the MSP is
complete for review.
• Participate in the MSP review meeting with synod staff, the Call Committee, the
Congregation Council and other interested members.
Call Committee
• Pray for wisdom and the guidance of the Holy Spirit through your work.
• Participate in the MSP review meeting with synod staff, the transition team, the
Congregation Council and other interested members.
• Participate in the Call Committee orientation with synod staff.
• Commit to the Call Committee Covenant.
• Utilize the spiritual resources provided in this document to help you to remember
that you are not hiring an employee, but calling a pastor.
• When in doubt call your synod staff contact person.
• Recommend a candidate to the Congregation Council.
• Explain to the congregation why you sense that this is the one that God has in mind
for you at the congregational meeting to vote on the candidate.
Meetings
• The synod staff contact person meets with the transition team, Call Committee,
Congregation Council, and other interested members to review the MSP and offer
suggestions for improving the document.
• At the same meeting the Call Committee stays longer to receive their orientation to
preparing for interviewing potential candidates.
• Congregation Council meeting or congregational meeting to adopt the MSP.
• Congregational meeting to vote on the recommended candidate.
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