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A manual for use by churches seeking new pastoral leadership

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Morris, James William. A Manual for Use by Churches Seeking New Pastoral Leadership. rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39d80ffa-5945-4ff6-93d1-9941da45474e.

APA citation style (7th ed.)

M. J. William. A manual for use by churches seeking new pastoral leadership. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39d80ffa-5945-4ff6-93d1-9941da45474e

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Morris, James William. A Manual for Use by Churches Seeking New Pastoral Leadership. https://rim.ir.atla.com/concern/etds/39d80ffa-5945-4ff6-93d1-9941da45474e.

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  • In June 1970, after sixteen years of ministry as a pastor in the United Methodist Church, I became a pastor in the United Church of Christ. Since that time I have been personally involved on two occasions in the placement process of the United Church of Christ. After my initial entry, I have made one other move within my adopted denomination. The second placement was accomplished while this doctoral project was in progress. I perceive inadequacies in the placement process of the United Church of Christ, differing in nature from the deficiencies of the United Methodist process. No placement system devised by the mind of man can work perfectly. But my personal experience in two dissimilar systems aids in analyzing the merits of placement practices of the United Church of Christ. Two major studies of placement in the United Church of Christ have been conducted by the Research Center in Religion and Society, located at Lancaster Theological Seminary. The first study, “Placement and Deployment of Professionals in the United Church of Christ,” was conducted in 1973. The second study, “Pastoral Search Committees,” was conducted in 1975. These studies identify problems in the placement process in the United Church of Christ that match my own experience. This project is an attempt to deal with the problems identified in those earlier projects. The study on search committees suggests that probably the most serious omission committees make is in not adequately preparing for their tasks (e.g. preparing statements of needs and goals, conducting studies of the congregations, deciding the qualifications they want the minister to have, preparing a job description) before interviewing a candidate. This study suggests that committees seeking a pastor seem unaware of the professional qualifications that they want their pastor to have, or how to describe qualifications adequately. As a result, many committees make their final decisions on more than subjective impressions about the personality of the candidate.
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  • 12/18/2025

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