PERSONAL
INFORMATION:
Name
Address
City
State
Zip
Phone (day)
Phone (night)
Email
Spouse (Name)
Children (Name,
Ages)
How long
have you been a Christian?
Post your resume here (text only please)
CHURCH
PLANTING QUESTIONS:
1. Why
do you desire to start a new church in the Chicagoland area?
2. What
has been your interest / involvement in new church planting to date?
3. What
are your long-range goals / plans?
Ministry
Experiences:
Please
answer these questions based on your ministry, business or personal
experience.
1. Do
you meet the requirements of an elder as outlined in 1 Timothy 3:
1-7?
YES
NO
(if no, explain)
2. Describe
a situation in which you planned, organized and launched a new group.
Please give some details.
3. Describe
an experience where you helped coach or supervise an individual through
a problem-solving situation. Detail the steps you followed.
4. Describe
a long-term planning effort that successfully reached your goals.
5. How
do you maintain regularity and consistency in your prayer and devotional
life?
6. List
your spiritual gifts and describe how you have utilized those gifts
in
ministry?
7. What
are your personal goals in the next 5 years?
Personal
Questions:
1. What
are your favorite hobbies and pastimes?
2. What
types of behavior in others do you especially like or admire?
3. What
are some of your pet peeves in the behavior of others?
4. Describe
the type of people you most enjoy being with (e.g., urban, rural,
corporate, “yuppies”, sports-minded, blue collar, white
collar, etc).
5. In
what types of areas would you prefer to live (e.g. urban, suburban,
etc)?
Describe
some of your key personality strengths.
Describe
some of your personality weaknesses.
What activities
or issues really motivate you?
6. What
are some of your strongest theological convictions? (What really
burns
in
your heart?)
7. Detail
your philosophy of ministry.
8. In
what areas of ministry do you need the most development?
9. Describe
an activity you accepted because of the integrity of the principle
rather
than your admiration for the activity.
10. Describe
your experience in developing leadership within a church or business
situation.
11. Describe
one of the difficult pastoral care needs you have faced. How did
you
handle the situation?
12. Describe
a time when you sensed there was a need in your church. What did
you
do to insure that need was met?
13. Give
an example of a time the Lord directed you in ministry. How did you
communicate the vision to others so that they worked together with
you to accomplish the
task?
Thanks for your interest in church planting with the CDEA.
