Questions to ask potential new Pastoral Church District:

1. When people have left your church, what were their reasons?
2. What are the 5 changes you’d like to see happen in your church?
3. Who do you feel has been your most ideal pastor? Why?
4. If your church died tomorrow, who in the community would miss you most and why?
5. What are the 3 main strengths of your congregation?  What are the 3 main weaknesses?
6. If you were an unchurched person and came to this church, what three things would you like about it? Not like?
7. Finish this sentence… Our church is best known in this community for
8. What do you believe to be the most pressing need in your community right now?
9. What do you believe are the most important priorities for your new pastor
10. How would you say you would go about welcoming new people into your congregation?
11. What are the 3 most important things that as a church you would like to see accomplished over the next 3 years?
12. How would you describe the approach to evangelism that excites you the most?
13. When it comes to bringing people into the church what have you found to be successful and unsuccessful?
14. What are the most significant skills that this congregation posses that will help to advance the kingdom of God?