As a search committee, you may question why you would or should engage the services of a pastoral search partner. The questions are valid and important and the answers are numerous and significant. Here are just three of the many primary benefits you will realize when you engage the resources and experience of McGowan Search.
We will deliver higher quality candidates for your Senior Pastor position. McGowan Search’s deep and cross-denominational nationwide contacts provide you with unparalleled access to candidates who are not currently seeking new positions or whom you would otherwise not have access. McGowan Search has the ability to identify and recruit these individuals and deliver them to your committee for consideration.
Hundreds of resumes to review, references to check, and backgrounds to research add up to a workload that overwhelms most already full-time employed search committee members. McGowan Search will identify and deliver a group of candidates that meet the qualifications and fit the ministry context of your congregation. The candidates will be thoroughly researched and interviewed and initial reference checks will be conducted prior to their names being submitted for your search team’s consideration. Your search committee will decide how many final candidates you would like to choose from.
Higher Success RateMcGowan Search will greatly increase the likelihood that your search team identifies and calls a successful candidate in a timely manner. The costs of making a mistake in this process are significant and include loss of members, loss of offering income, deterioration of morale, loss of momentum, and damage to the public image of the church. The McGowan Search process is developed uniquely to address your church’s ministry context and aspirations. Our team will understand clearly and thoroughly who you are and what you want to be prior to identifying candidates for your consideration. This commitment to front-end evaluation results in lower risk of mistakes and higher probability of success.