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  • Senior Pastors Recommendation

    Senior Pastors Recommendation

  • This form assumes that the potential planter/s you are recommending have read, reflected on, and prayed through our Early Discernment Questionnaire, and that you have discussed their answers with them. 


    You will need to score the candidate/s for each of the seven areas touched on by the questionnaire, and provide some comment/reasoning for each, before providing your final summatory thoughts to finish. 


    Where you are recommending a couple, please provide a seperate score for each individual. Where there are noteworthy differences between them in a specific regard, any comments you can offer on how you think this will play out in their dynamic would be appreciated. 


    There are four pages to complete in total, and you don’t have to complete it in one sitting.

    At any point, you may choose to select Save at the bottom of the page and Jotform will email you a link that you can click on to carry on where you left off. 

     

  • Personal Details

  • Full name/s of those you’re recommending to church plant

  • Seven Key areas

  • ONE. Vision and calling
    We’re looking for a clear sense of God’s call on their life, not just to leadership in general, but church leadership specifically. This will have been seen and called out by others, particularly leaders. We also want to see a developing sense of vision for what God is calling them into, as well as an ability to align their lifestyle and decision-making with vision in a consistent way.

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  • TWO. Communication
    We’re looking for an ability to communicate clearly and with relational and emotional intelligence, in a variety of settings, both those that require pastoral sensitivity and conflict management on the one hand, and those that require vision-casting and teaching on the other.

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  • THREE. Gathering and Evangelism
    We’re looking for an ability to gather people, specifically to spiritual environments that centre on Jesus, and for a clear track record of prioritising engagement with those who don’t know Him.

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  • FOUR. Spiritual and Emotional Capacity
    We’re looking for spiritual maturity. This should be reflected in a robust array of rhythms and relationships that underpin a commitment to personal discipleship, as well as a proven ability to weather difficult life circumstances with resilience and a commitment to finding Jesus in the midst of adversity. We’re looking for a high degree of self awareness, and a track record of choosing to allow difficult circumstances and relational dynamics to shape and refine them.

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  • FIVE. Leadership and Multiplication
    We’re looking for a commitment to identifying potential in others, investing in them, and releasing leadership to them. We are wanting practical, not theoretical examples, of growing things beyond reliance on them, specifically in Chirstian ministry settings. 

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  • SIX. Are they Vineyard?

    We are wanting to know how closely they align with the various values, emphases and relationships that make us who we are as a movement. Important (though not exhaustive) considerations are their relationship with:
    Kingdom Theology
    The ministry of the Holy Spirit
    Vineyard values (including commitment to relational leadership, how connected are they?)
    Worship
    Compassion

    How confident are you based on this list and other elements you may consider to be important, that they are Vineyard?

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  • SEVEN. Planting vs. Succession

    How confident are you that they are definitely a church planter, rather than a candidate for church succession?

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  • Final Questions

    By submitting this form you are indicating your blessing, at this stage, for the candidate/s to engage with the Multiply church planting process.


    You are also confirming that you do not know a reason that the candidate/s should be prevented from planting, and that should the discernment process lead to a green light, as far as you can see at the moment, you would bless this decision.

  • Based on your own discernment, how confident are you that they are church planters (even if there is work to be done to prepare)?

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  • Please note that once submitted, a team member from the Multiply team will follow up this recommendation with a phone or zoom call.

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