Initial Interest in Temple:

1. Before we get going, are there any questions you have for us?
2. Why do you feel called to Baptist Temple
3. What do you find appealing about Baptist Temple
4. How will moving here impact you and your family, and are they aware of the possibility of that happening
5. Are you seeking to pastor any other church at this time
6. Will coming here for a week to candidate create any issues with your current employment
7. Do you have any initial Salary and Benefits expectations at this time

Church Administration/Relationships:

1. Describe to us what church staff means and what is the role and relationship of a senior pastor with staff
2. Can you give us an example of any church projects or long range ministry goals you have led
3. What experiences do you have with the church budget
4. Can you tell us what your current relationship is like with your Church Deacons and Trustees
5. What is your current relationship like with your senior pastor
6. What are you currently doing to build relationships within the community with others and with other community churches
7. Do you currently participate in any Local Ministerial association or other similar para-ministry organizations
8. What role does your spouse play in your ministry and what is she currently doing in your church and community

Spiritual Preferences/Beliefs:

1. Do you have a Bible translation preference and where do you think the church as a whole should stand on that issue
2. What view do you hold on the doctrine of Creation
3. Do you hold to any certain church service style preferences for Worship Music, Choir use, Church Dress, General Church Atmosphere,  such as: Traditional, Contemporary, Modern, Progressive, Mixed….
4. Tell us how you define expository preaching
5. Are there any other books other than the Bible that have impacted your life and ministry
6. What other pastors outside of your local church do you listen too and seek out for spiritual advise/growth/support
7. What boundaries do you have in place to keep you in check from sinning when faced with temptations
8. Do you have people in your life that you can turn to with your most troubling concerns/problems/situations that you can be real with in your conversations when you need support and ministered to.

Questions specific for Joe Ferreria

1. What does communion look like in your church: closed or open
2. You have served in your church for a number of years now as an associate pastor.  Why now do you feel led to leave that for a senior pastor position?
3. You preach to a large crowd on Sunday night and we would like to hear/see more of you doing that..  Does the church website or the church YouTube record the evening services as well?
4. You told us as little about your belief on Predestination and said that you “hold to the doctrine of Election”  Can you clarify a bit for us what that means
5. When a member refuses to acknowledge their sin and repent, you said they must be removed from the Church. What does that look like  both from a Pastor’s role and the Church’s?
6. What do you feel you and your wife’s God given Spiritual gifts are
7. Are there any areas of ministry where you feel weak or struggle with and how do you compensate for that
8. What things in life and ministry cause you to feel discouraged

Working through our Current situation:

1. Do you feel like you are fully aware of our churches’ current situation and condition and actions we have taken as Deacons up to this point
2. Are there any areas of concern you have about our church
3. Knowing the actions we have taken with both of the families and our stand on being Biblically forever disqualified from any pulpit as a pastor for his sin, what are your thoughts on our actions as it relates to our former senior pastor
4. This has been a unique situation with the circumstance of the sin that took place here.   Because of this we chose to also have our worship pastor step down due to the nature of the sin extending to his family. After much prayer, discussion, and study of scripture we concluded that his ministry at Baptist temple would no longer be effective and would surely be divisional had we not taken this action.  What are your thoughts on that?
5. Currently our former senior pastor has chosen to stay in the area, possibly seeking to become pastor of another church and he has been discovered leading members away .  Do you feel like you are prepared to deal with any issues that continue to arise from this situation and what kind of unique skills and experiences do you feel qualify you as the best choice to shepherd our church through this situation.