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Job Advertisement

This template will help the Search Committee craft an ad that focuses on the strengths of your congregation, your community and why someone would want to live and work there. The emphasis is on "selling" a candidate on the idea of applying rather than simply listing the job's duties and responsibilities.

Congregation Survey

This document provides a sample survey that can be used to gather input from the congregation on the qualifications, qualities and skills that they think are important in the next minister.

Candidate Questionnaire

This document provides a "shell" for your candidate questionnaire along with dozens of potential questions to choose from. We recommend that you select the top 10-15 questions that would help you best filter your candidate pool and identify the candidates that you really need to advance into the Selection Phase.

Congregation Information Packet

This template gives the Search Committee a basic shell that they can use to create their own information packet for potential job applicants. The document provides a number of pre-scripted statements that the Committee simply needs to update with the appropriate statistics and information.

Testimonials

Minister Match connected me with a church, had the details for every aspect of the process already taken care of, and communicated well. It was a very easy process, and now I am a youth minister in Miami, Florida! I was very impressed with the ...

Sam Wilson - Youth Minister, Sunset Church of Christ

I think that because of the format that was there and the process that we followed, it made us stand out to our quality group of finalists who had other lines in the water looking for opportunities. When it came time to offer our finalist the ...

Joel Shelton - Search Committee Chairman, Commerce Church of Christ

The Minister Match team was very professional. The entire process was very transparent. It was structured and organized, which made it a whole lot easier. I felt that the team also had a genuine concern for the Lord's church and His ministers. ...

Joshua Duboise - Family Minister, Mesa Church of Christ

From my standpoint as one of the elders, I can say we were pleased with the process, and feel the time and money spent was well worth it. We felt we received excellent service from your firm, and because we were among the first to use your service ...

Bob Perkins - Elder, Sunset Church of Christ

Our Search Committee is so grateful that we used Minister Match when we needed to hire our new Youth Minister. Minister Match assisted us in recruiting many serious candidates (over 30) that fit what our congregation was looking for. The ...

Jorge Acebo - Search Committee Chairman, Sunset Church of Christ

I strongly encourage ministers to take advantage of the expertise of the folks at Minister Match to help put together a high quality resume. They will help you identify strong points you didn't even know you have! I am extremely satisfied with the ...

Joel Shelton - Commerce Church of Christ

We would like to thank you for your efforts to make the minister hiring process simple and well defined. The congregation here has not been through the minister hiring process in sixteen years and had little experience left for trying to do so. We ...

Jim Burdette - Elder, Frederick Church of Christ

I was so happy when Minister Match reached out to me about a potential job. I consider Minister Match an answer to my prayers.

Clay Tidwell

The candidate pool for our need was something we had to work to develop but Don was insistent we wait for God's guidance and let it fill up when our human nature wanted to start right away. This served us well since our best qualified candidate ...

Jon Bouley - Family Minister Search Committee Chairman, Mesa Church of Christ

Minister Match was kind to me, followed up really well, and tried to be as helpful as possible. I believe they give a lot of attention to the candidates and care about their part of the process.

Kerry Williams - Minister, Waterford Church of Christ

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The ABC's of the On-Boarding Phase

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Your congregation has just hired a minister, and it seems like they are the perfect fit. Congratulations! There is one more step to the process, though, and it is just as important as the process of finding the right minister. You might have heard people refer to how the “first hundred days” of someone’s job usually sets the tone for their entire career with that organization. The same is true with ministers. Just as your congregation is going through a major transition, so is your new minister. The first few months of a job are a stressful time, and it is the job of the elders and search committee to help your new minister through their transition.

We refer to this as the “On-Boarding Stage.” Since the “first hundred days” is so important to the rest of a minister’s career with your congregation, we believe this stage is one of the keys to reducing minister turnover in the church. In this post, we want to talk about a few of the things that a new minister needs from their congregation during this transition period. We will refer to them as the ABC’s of the On-Boarding Phase.

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