Committee
Matt Wickham - Chariman
Ruth Thorn - Vice-Chariman
Buck Bowen
Lucy Hall
Jeremy Walker
Updates
July 31, 2008
View our church profile. This booklet has been ordered for print and will be sent to potential Senior Pastor candidates to inform about our church.
July 27, 2008
A survey was conducted during the morning services. The purpose of the survey was to help the Pastor Search Committee determine what qualities and attributes the congregation feels are most necessary in our new pastor.
July 17, 2008
The Pastor Search Committee has asked the Communications Department to design an informational piece about our church to assist them in their search for a Senior Pastor. It will include demographics of our church and St. Charles County along with information about our ministries.
June 29, 2008
The church congregation voted overwhelmingly to elect the five nominees to the Pastor Search Committee. The members of the Pastor Search Committee are Matt Wickham (chair), Ruth Thorn (vice-chair), Buck Bowen, Lucy Hall, and Jeremy Walker.
June 22, 2008
The Nominating Committee prayerfully submits 5 candidates for selection to the Pastor Search Committee. The candidates are Matt Wickham (proposed to chair the PSC), Ruth Thorn (propsed to vice-chair), Buck Bowen, Lucy Hall, and Jeremy Walker. A Special Business Meeting will be held on June 29 following the 9:15 and 10:45 AM worship services to vote on these nominees.
June 8, 2008
There will be a Special Business Meeting held on Sunday, June 29 immediately following the 9:15 and 10:45 AM worship services. The purpose of the meeting will be to vote on nominees for the Pastor Search Committee.
May 18, 2008
Special Business Meetings following the morning services were held in order to elect four candidates to fill out the Nominating Committee. The four new members Carl Bearden, Rhenda Tharp, Chris Thorn, and Sonia Vicars have joined the existing members Shari Hammer, Mike Grueter, and Elaine Henson. This committee will now meet to nominate a slate of of five people (and perhaps a couple of alternates) to serve on a Pastor Search Committee.
What is the process for hiring a new Senior Pastor?
Our church Constitution and Bylaws outline this process. First, the Board will submit to the congregation the names of four people to serve on the Nominating Committee, bringing its total to seven. Then the Nominating Committee will meet, spend time in prayer, and bring to the congregation a slate of five people (perhaps plus one or two alternates) to serve on a Pastor Search Committee (PSC).
One the Pastor Search Committee is formed, they will meet with the Board of Stewards, existing ministerial staff, and perhaps consultant-type individuals who might be able to give them counsel and guidance for this process. The PSC will probably survey the congregation to develop a specific profile of the type of man our church will need as its next pastor: qualifications, age, education, gifting, etc.
Then they will begin to go through the resumes they've been sent. They'll listen to DVD's of messages, etc. When they have developed a "short list," they may go to the minister's church and hear him preach, meet him and his wife, etc. When they finally settle on the one man they believe should be the next pastor of FBCH, he will probably come quietly to the FBCH campus and meet with existing staff and leaders. The PSC will then announce his name to the church, along with information about him. He will come for a weekend: he'll meet with leadership groups and staff again, he'll answer questions, and he'll preach so that all may hear him. Then, in a business meeting afterward, the church will vote either to call (hire) him or not to call him.
If you'd like to communicate with the Pastor Search Committee, please contact us.