Candidate Application Form

Name

First NameLast Name

Email

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Address

Street Address

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CityState / Province

Postal / Zip Code

Date of Birth

Home Telephone Number

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Work Telephone Number

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Please submit current family photo.

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Name and Address of the Church that ordained you:

Date of Ordination:

Name, address and phone number of contact person in the congregation:

What is your marital status:

Provide your wife's name:

Provide your wife's date of birth:

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Please provide the names, ages, and marital status of each child:

Briefly describe yours and your family's general health:

List any educational background which you feel would help to qualify you for the position of pastor. List schools, colleges, and seminaries, dates of attendance, degrees achieved, cities and states and phone numbers for each school, etc.

List Christian service experience to include youth ministry, bus ministry, senior citizen ministry, Awana, etc. (exclude pastorates). Include dates of service, church names, locations, contact information, and any additional information you feel would be helpful such as size of church, etc:

List the churches you have previously pastored, giving the number of years you pastored there and your accomplishments. Include size of church where you began and size when you left, how many were saved and baptized, and any additions as far as facilities. Include contact information for the chairman of the deacons, address, etc.

Lists as many references as you feel necessary to assist the pulpit committee in making its selection. Please include past/present employees of church related ministries you have supervised. Also, list present/former chairmen of deacon and trustee boards of churches you have been affiliated with. List any pastors who have knowledge of your qualifications for pastoring an independent Baptist Church. (Be sure to include addresses and phone numbers)

Write a brief testimony of salvation and call into ministry.

How long have you been preaching?

How long have you been a pastor?

Describe your belief on how a church is to be organized and service carried out: Officers - secretary, treasurer, trustees, ushers, LifeGroup teachers Assistants - their job descriptions Deacon's - their job description

What do you believe about missions?

What kind of mission program did you have in previous church?

How do you believe missions is to be financed?

Do you expect missionaries to fill out a questionnaire?

How would you carry out the soul winning program of the church?

Describe how the church finances would be handled?

Have you ever led any church into a large indebtedness and if so, what was the reason?

Without giving a financial disclosure statement, what is the current status of your personal/family finances, especially in relationship to assets and liabilities (include current debt, bankruptcies, pattern of delinquent payments)

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List any civic associations, secret societies, or boards you currently serve on or are a member of:

List your belief about a Christian school, under the church ministry:

List any experience you have had with Christian education:

What college or university would you recommend that graduating high school seniors attend? Why?

What do you perceive your wife's role in the church and your ministry to be?

What outside interests to you have besides pastoring?

Are you away from church preaching revivals, conferences, mission trips, etc? If so, what would you expect as our pastor?

Please review our statement of faith as found on our website, and state any differences in your Christian beliefs:

Briefly explain your assessment of your spiritual life (or abilities of ministry).

In terms of your spiritual ministry, who is/has been the most influential person in your life (the lord Jesus excepted)? Why?

At any given time in the church's history there are theological and practical issues that have the potential of being either divisive or constructive. Please give your personal feelings about these issues below:

The possibility of remarriage after divorce.

The Christian and alcohol.

The role of women in ministry.

Divorced and/or remarried people in ministry.

The right to life vs. the right to abort.

Mutual submissions in marriage vs. husband authority/wife submissions perspective.

Discuss your attitude towards the use of Charismatic gifts in your congregation.

The responsibility of the music ministry and music minister in the church and church service.

Discuss your beliefs and thoughts on various forms of music: Southern Gospel, Classic Christian, Contemporary Christian

Discuss your thoughts on uses of various versions of Bibles and commentaries in the church

Describe your willingness/unwillingness to work and fellowship with others who do not share your views on these issues.

List what you feel to be your weak and strong points of ministry:

What are your top three ministry priorities?

What would be your top priority for the first year at our church?

Discuss your position on working with existing staff vs. bringing in your own team.

Discuss your philosophy on cooperating with other local churches and para-church organizations.

Please write on question (and answer it) that you think should be included here to help us know you better.