Prayers for Search Committee

[bighomer]

Imho great advice from Steve, Dale and your brother. I will continue to pray for your church family. p.s. read Deuteronomy 31:6.

[Reverand]

Amen to what has been said and prayed!
Use those 105 resume's as a starting point, and through prayer and the power of the Holy Spirit, God will continue to lead you to the right man, whether he is in that stack or not.
I like your brother's advice. As well, I hope that there are one or two women in your committee. God has granted many women of wisdom the ability to read body language as much as words (women's intuition!), and often they may see things that we men miss. Listen to how they "feel" about a candidate.
When you get closer, research the 'short list' candidates on all their Social Media accounts, and talk to others who know them. (We always followed their references, then asked those people to name someone else as a character reference. You find out a lot that way!).

Above all else, PRAY!
James 1:5 "If any of you lacks wisdom, let him ask God, who gives generously to all without reproach, and it will be given him."

[dlr110]

UPDATE: Our search has had to be suspended for an undetermined time, because of current illnesses in the church.

[dlr110]

We have resumed our work now. We are down to 10 Candidates who have answered and returned our initial set of questions. We have this coming week to read and prayerfully considered each candidate. I believe we will narrow this down to 3 to 5 and then conduct interviews. From that we will invite some to come and speak during a church service. At that point hopefully the Holy Spirit has shown us the man to call as our pastor.

God Bless

[Steve Warden]

Thanks for the update, David.
I pray God will find favor with you, your church and your new pastor!

[Colonel26]

We have resumed our work now. We are down to 10 Candidates who have answered and returned our initial set of questions. We have this coming week to read and prayerfully considered each candidate. I believe we will narrow this down to 3 to 5 and then conduct interviews. From that we will invite some to come and speak during a church service. At that point hopefully the Holy Spirit has shown us the man to call as our pastor.

God Bless

“And I will give you pastors according to mine heart, which shall feed you with knowledge and understanding.”
‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭3:15‬ ‭KJV‬‬

[dlr110]

UPDATE: Last night our committee selected 4 individuals as our finalists in our search for a new Pastor. It was simply amazing how the Holy Spirit that lead us all to these 4 men. We plan now to view some videos of their preaching, then face to face interviews, or via video calls. I believe we will invite at least two to come and speak at our church and by that time, or maybe before, I believe God will reveal the right man for our church.

Thank you for your prayers and support.
David R

[Meridian_Mike]

That sounds great David!
When God is in charge, the right pastor will be presented to the Church.
Keep in prayer and trust God for the answer!

[Ripster]

UPDATE: Last night our committee selected 4 individuals as our finalists in our search for a new Pastor. It was simply amazing how the Holy Spirit that lead us all to these 4 men. We plan now to view some videos of their preaching, then face to face interviews, or via video calls. I believe we will invite at least two to come and speak at our church and by that time, or maybe before, I believe God will reveal the right man for our church.

Thank you for your prayers and support.
David R

David, we went thru a similar situation at our church in town. Glad to read that you are gaining ground. We went thru a similar process, and when we heard Pastor Travis ,the church knew ,he was our Pastor and made it happen. Thanks for sharing with us ,and stay safe .
Sincerely JP

[Colonel26]

Wonderful news David!

[Steve Warden]

Great to hear!!

[orvet]

Continued blessings in your search David. It looks like it is narrowing down. I pray the Holy Spirit will give your board wisdom to see God's heart in the matter of who is to be selected.

[dlr110]

UPDATE: Praise the Lord we are down to our final candidate. His background check came back with no "red flags" and all of his references gave him glowing reports about his ministry, his love for God and his desire to see souls won for Christ. Now the trustees have to get a financial package together and we will meet with him one more time. One very good thing is he is local, as a matter of fact he lives closer to the church than I do.

Satan really tried to put up some road blocks in our process. Two of us with the COVID virus and another member loosing her husband to the virus. One other resign for personal reasons. Prayer and God's faithfulness got us through it all and brought us to this point and He alone deserves all the honor, glory and praise.

To all of you that have prayed for our church and our committee, thank you and may God richly bless each one of you.

[Quick Steel]

Congratulations David. A big, important decision. May the Lord continue to bless your community and your new pastor.

[WillyCamaro]

Congrats David, and amen to what you've said. Now matter what satin throws at us, God is always at work, and He will have the glory and honor, always.

[Colonel26]

UPDATE: Praise the Lord we are down to our final candidate. His background check came back with no "red flags" and all of his references gave him glowing reports about his ministry, his love for God and his desire to see souls won for Christ. Now the trustees have to get a financial package together and we will meet with him one more time. One very good thing is he is local, as a matter of fact he lives closer to the church than I do.

Satan really tried to put up some road blocks in our process. Two of us with the COVID virus and another member loosing her husband to the virus. One other resign for personal reasons. Prayer and God's faithfulness got us through it all and brought us to this point and He alone deserves all the honor, glory and praise.

To all of you that have prayed for our church and our committee, thank you and may God richly bless each one of you.

Wonderful news!!!! And good on ya for doing a background check too. Far too many churches don’t.

We do background checks on all our youth workers and pastors are background checked every 4 years. I think it’s a wonderful thing!