10 Proven Pastor Interview Questions To Ask Your Next Pastoral Candidate

Are you asking the right pastor interview questions? If your interview process is less than solid and you end up with a poor fit for your church, it will create a mess down the road.
Determining whether a pastoral candidate has the necessary qualifications and experience is only the baseline.
Your church also needs to find the ideal match when it comes to personality, theological stance, and fit with your unique church culture. That sounds like a tall order, but a quality interview process will help you sort through candidates and make the right choice.
In this video, we’ll cover the keys to generating successful interview questions that get to the root of things. Then, we’ll walk through a list of 10 pastor interview questions that will help you find the perfect pastoral candidate for your church!
If you are a pastor looking for a ministry job, we hope this video will be a tool in your interview preparation process. If you are part of a church board or church council these interview secrets will help you find a candidate that will stand the test of time.
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10 Proven Pastoral Candidate Interview Questions
0:00 - Intro
1:03 - How did you meet Jesus?
1:47 - How did you decide you wanted to be a pastor?
2:18 - What are your spiritual gifts?
3:05 - Who are the biggest influences on your ministry?
3:49 - What is your favorite sermon that you've ever preached?
4:34 - What do you do to avoid burnout?
5:23 - What was your biggest frustration with your last ministry position?
6:11 - What does your family think about you becoming a pastor here?
6:55 - Who can you go to, and be completely honest?
7:39 - How do you think our church will be different in five years?
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[@reachright]

What question did we miss? Let us know in the comments!

[@thepastorwill]

Great insight for someone looking to meet with a potential church's search committee.

[@reachright]

Awesome! Glad you found this helpful.

[@PcolaProServices]

Favorite Book in the bible & Why? Favorite Scripture? Some questions that show they know the word. What they think the most important teaching of a Pastor to its congregation is? Just like w/so many things the church is dismissing most common sins as normal & promoting basic I'm sorry God prayers vs True Repentance & avoiding sin. What they think the biggest problem is with most church communities & how they hope to fix, prevent it.

[@reachright]

Great suggestions. Thanks Rachel!

[@magenhyatt8169]

Great information! I think you hit all of those pretty important questions and I can't think of any that you missed! Nice Job.

[@ThomasCostello4]

Thanks Magen!

[@reachright]

So glad to hear it!

[@SAMUELADAMSMINISTRIES1]

Hello

[@JasonJiaVEV0]

I love these questions of a pastor

[@reachright]

great!

[@Shiva-mh2zi]

Thank you so much for sharing with us, I had an interview with a pastor and this helped me so much...may God bless you

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[@shanespicer6348]

Thank you.

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You're welcome!