Clergy Search Resources

In addition to the two resources Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls and Parish Survey the Clergy Leadership also provides training for congregational Search Consultants.

Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls

A comprehensive manual that covers all the technical aspects of the search process.
This manual is currently under revision to incorporate a variety of appreciative strategies and is due for publication in June of 2006.

Contents:

• Theological Perspective of the Search Process
• Overview of Appreciative Inquiry
• Conducting a Congregational AI Summit
• Developing Job Requirements
• Evaluating Supplemental Written Questions
• Evaluating a Structured Interview
• Checking References and Past Performance
• Assessing Work Samples Such as Preaching and Celebrating
• Discernment; Vestry Interviewing and Simulated Vestry Retreat Exercises

Features:

• Readily Adaptable to Specific Parish Needs
• Copyright Licenses Available for Congregational Use
• Augments Diocesan and National Church Procedures

An electronic ".pdf" version of the original Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls is available for $25.

[ Purchase Assessing Skills and Discerning Calls ]

Parish Survey

Parish Survey was originally designed as a Windows based computer program to take all the grunt work out of developing and collating a congregation-wide survey. You can view or print a copy of Parish Survey using Acrobat Reader.

We are no longer supporting Parish Survey. While it will still work with most PC operating systems we consider it out moded with some redundant items. You can still obtain a free copy by downloading the demonstration version, a registration key and an unlocked main file

We are now using Appreciative Inquiry processes to conduct information gathering as part of the search process. From our experience the appreciative inquiry process is radically superior to using parish survey or any other pencil and paper survey. Appreciative Inquiry relies on community dialogue and reflection which not only provides data but is inspirational and motivational in ways that surveys can never accomplish, and without the tedium of running a survey. You can find more information about appreciative inquiry at the appreciative inquiry page.

The Parish Survey Download contains a full demonstration version of the program's capabilities, including a preloaded set of demonstration survey responses. This demonstration version can be fully activated by installing the included registration startup key. We recommend you also download the installation instructions to ensure that the registration key is properly installed.

Download Parish Survey Now Download file is 2.57 mb

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