Church Profile Form

  • Thank you for taking the time to complete this form. This is an incredibly important document that will help us get to know your congregation and will assist in appointment-making. We encourage you to pray before filling out this form, and that multiple people be consulted if possible.

     

    For churches in a charge, please fill out this form for each church within the church.

     

    It is advised that you save your progress as you move through the profile form.

     

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  • Church Profile Form

    For use by the Northeast Annual Conference Appointive Cabinet

  • Pastoral Support

  • Are you needing a pastor appointed to your church/charge?*
  • What does your pastor currently receive regarding travel:*
  • Housing Options*

  • If a parsonage is provided, indicate the number of each of the following:
  • Have there been any major renovations?*
  • Is the parsonage handicap accessible?*

  • Membership/Attendance Trends

    Try your best to answer these questions as accurately as possible.
  • Rows
  • How would you describe the attendance projection of your church?*

  • Ministries of the Church

  • Consultation Questions

  • Church Priorities in Pastoral Leadership

    How important are each of these skillsets within the life of the church at this time?
  • Leadership & Vision-Casting - Serving as the leader of the leaders in the congregation, the person who articulates the vision and focuses the work of the whole congregation on that vision.*
  • Planning & Leading Worship - Planning and conducting worship services, preparing computer information for services, and working with others who lead and participate in worship.*
  • Community Leader - Serving as a volunteer leader in the community to help make the community stronger and our world a better place (Kiwanis, Rotary, Optimus, town/city/county boards, etc.)*
  • Staff Supervision - Overseeing the staff of the church, setting priorities, and directing the ministry leaders of the church.*
  • Teaching - Planning and teaching short-term classes, teachingBible studies, teaching confirmation classes, teaching training classes on leadership, evangelism, etc.*
  • Discipleship - Helping others to identify their own special call to service, and enabling them to respond, by developing and following a discipline of Bible and other devotional study, participating in programs of continuing education and service to the Kingdom through their giftedness.*
  • Prophetic Ministry - Speaking the truth of scripture into the culture and community and seeking to lead the community in making a Kingdom difference in the world.*
  • Personal & Spiritual Growth - Developing and following a discipline of Bible Study and other devotional study, participating in programs of personal development and education, in order to lead more effectively.*
  • Office Management - Keeping accurate records, collecting data, and filling out needed reports*
  • Administration - Serving as the executive of the congregation, working with the committees on planning and implementation of programs*
  • Communication - Handling the correspondence of the church, channeling communications, getting information into bulletins, newsletters, onto the internet, etc.*
  • Counseling & Spiritual Direction - Meeting with individuals on a one-on-one basis to work through personal and spiritual problems, helping them to put together a spiritual plan, meeting with couples planning to be married, or those who are dealing with the issues of life.*
  • Evangelism - Calling on the unchurched, nominally churched, de-churched, and people in the community, calling on prospective new members, and generally bearing witness to the Good News in hopes that individuals will accept the Gospel Message.*
  • Preaching - Planning for, preparing, writing, and delivering sermons.*
  • Visitation - Calling on those associated with the church family in their homes or at their places of work in a systematic program to meet each member where they are most comfortable.*
  • Financial Planning & Fundraising - Helping to plan the financial program of the church, creating and executing a plan to provide funding for the church and/or any special project or general ministry need.*

  • Financial Overview

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