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Church Interviews Are Like Speed Dating: Pastoral Redemptions

August 15, 2017 By Mike Chitwood 6 Comments

You have met the person of your dreams, and after knowing them a month, you are ready to marry them. Most people on hearing the last sentence would raise prudent caution. Friends would ask you to slow the relationship. They might even try to talk you out of the hasty engagement. It is not because they want you to ruin your happiness. No, like many in our culture they believe a rushed engagement is unhealthy and will lead to future unhappiness.

Similarly, many congregational churches use this “speed date” method to hire their next pastor. To be fair, not all congregational churches use this approach, but many churches and pastors reflect this “speed date experience.” It goes something like this: [Read more…]

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Filed Under: Pastoral Redemptions: Observations Tagged With: church, communication, interviews, Ministry, networking, relationships, speed dating

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