Lay shepherd QUESTIONNAIRE

Please complete the biographical questionnaire to help the Shepherding team get to know you better.

BAPTIST FAITH AND MESSAGE 2000

CHURCH CONSTITUTION

Name

First Name

Last Name

1. Briefly summarize how you became a Christian.

2. Briefly describe a personal experience that has shaped your theology.

3. If you are married, share one or two ways your relationship with your wife has been changed by God's work in your life.

4. If you are married, is your wife fully supportive of you being a Shepherd?

Feel free to add additional context to explain your response, if helpful.

5. Would your closest friends and family see you as qualified to serve as a Shepherd?

Feel free to add additional context to explain your response, if helpful.

6. Summarize your call to serve as Shepherd. In which specific ways would you say that call has been confirmed?

7. Share one or two ways you believe the Lord has potentially been preparing you for the role of Shepherd at Ogletown.

8. Do you have any reservation from Scripture or your conscience about Ogletown's doctrinal statement?

(Baptist Faith & Message 2000 linked at the top of this page)

Yes

If yes, please summarize them.

9. From what you know of Ogletown, do you have any issues of disagreement with our current church practice or constitution?

Church Constitution linked at the top of this page)

Yes

If yes, please summarize them.

PERSONAL EVANGELISM

10. Share one or two ways you would encourage a congregation to engage in effective personal evangelism.

CHURCH MEMBERSHIP

11. What do you believe the purpose of church membership is?

PERSONAL ACCOUNTABILITY

12. Do you practice regular Christ-centered accountability with another believer? Please explain.

QUALIFICATIONS

Scripture describes the qualifications for a shepherd in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. Which of these qualifications do you believe come most naturally to you, and which have been the most challenging? How have you seen God sanctify you in these areas?

PERSONAL GROWTH

13. In what way have you felt stretched outside of your comfort zone in the past 12 months (in any context is fine - personally, relationally, etc)?

MENTOR RELATIONSHIPS

14. Who have been especially valuable mentors to you?

PERSONAL DEVELOPMENT

15. What books, podcasts, online resources or other media have been the most influential in your development (secular or sacred)?