In the past five years how many people has your church sent for Theological Training?
None
One person
2-4
5 or more
If you have sent people for theological training, which methods have you made the most use of? (please rank with most used top))
Full Time residential seminary training (e.g. Oak Hill, Union, ETS etc)
Part time theological training via distance learning
A flexible learning approach via learning communities and online training (e.g. Crosslands, Union)
In house type training (including Ragged Schools)
Please feel free to comment further on your experience of sending people for theological training
If you have received theological training yourself, please share something about your own experience, positive and negative
In the past five years have you added anyone to your eldership (unpaid/voluntary)?
Yes
No
In the last five years have you added anyone to your staff team (where that person was not the lead/primary pastor)?
Yes
No
In the last five years have you sought to recruit a new lead/main pastor?
Yes
No
If you answered yes to the last question, did you fill the position via
An external appointment
A previous member returning to the church following training/ministry experience
From within the existing staff team
From within the existing church membership/volunteer elders
Thinking about the last staff vacancy you sought to fill, how many candidates applied?
0
less that 3
4-8
More than 8
And out of those candidates that applied, how many did you consider to be credible/genuine candidates and worth interviewing?
How long did it take for you to fill your last paid ministerial staff vacancy?
less than 3 months
3-6 months
6-12 months
more than one year
still not filled
closed the process without filling the role
Is there anything that you would like to add about your experience in seeking to recruit a minister?
In the last 5 years have you sent anyone from your church directly into full time Christian ministry elsewhere?
Yes a previous lead/main pastor
Yes a member of staff team
Yes a voluntary leader/elder
Yes a member of the church
Yes, more than one of the above
No
Would you say that there is a process in your church for identifying potential elders, leaders and pastors? If yes, please describe it.
When seeking to recruit potential leaders and staff team is your preference as a church generally through
Identifying people within the church
Looking to people known to you within your sphere/network?
Looking for help in matching up potential candidates through relational processes with trusted network leaders
A formal recruitment process with job adverts and interviews
We don't know how to go about a recruitment process
Are you part of a network/denomination and if so which one?
FIEC
New Frontiers
CofE
Methodist
Baptist Union
Grace Baptist
Redeemed Church of God
Elim
AOG
Vineyard
Other
Would you describe your church as
Reformed
Arminian
Other
Would you describe your church as
Complementarian
Egalitarian
Neither
Would you describe your church as
Charismatic
Pentecostal
Non charismatic
Cessationist
Woudl you describe your church's style as
Traditional
Contemporary
How would you describe your church context?
Deprived urban/white working class
Multi-ethnic deprived
Urban but not deprived
Rural
Affluent/suburban
City centre
University context
Other
Please give the name/location of your church (to ensure we don't get multiple answers from the same church)
Please give an indication of the size of your church. Please answer in terms of the number of people regularly attending worship services (at least every two to three weeks) of all ages
Less than 30
31-70
70-120
121-200
201+
Please leave your name and contact details -especially if you would like to discuss further