Church Leadership and Ministry Evaluation Paper Instructions

CHURCH LEADERSHIP AND MINISTRY EVALUATION PAPER INSTRUCTIONS

For this assignment, you will be interviewing someone in leadership at a local church using the questions provided below. After the interview, you will write a 4–7-page paper using the interview questions for the body of your paper. This paper must not exceed 7 pages.

This assignment is due by 11:59 p.m. (ET) on Monday of Module/Week 5.

In order to complete this assignment successfully, follow these steps:

First, read the following chapters from Earley & Gutierrez Ministry Is…

Chapter 21: “Turning Your Hurts Into Helps”

Chapter 22: “Partnering With the Holy Spirit”

Chapter 24: “Confronting Sin”

Chapter 25: “Balancing the Busyness”

Chapter 26: “Being Content Instead of Being Competitive”

Also read the following chapters from Gutierrez Think Like Jesus: Understanding the Mind of Christ.

Appendix, Preface, Introduction, and Chapters 1–5

Second, identify a church leader that you would like to evaluate. If you are a senior pastor/elder or officially on a pastoral/elder staff of a church, you are required to respond to the questions yourself as the one being interviewed. If you do not hold the position of senior pastor/elder and if you are not officially on a pastoral/elder staff of a church, you must interview a senior pastor/elder, an official pastoral/elder staff member of a church, or any person who is recognized by the church as a ministry leader, director, teacher, etc. of a particular ministry. NOTE: The person does not have to be serving in a paid position; you may interview volunteer leaders. ALSO: It is recommended, but not required, to interview someone who is currently working in an area of ministry in the local church that you are interested in working in someday that would seemingly be appropriate with your particular spiritual giftedness (think about what you learned about yourself in Discussion Board Forum 1).

Third, summarize the respondent’s answers to the following...