Interview Assignments- Ministry is not a one-man enterprise. It is an undertaking that takes a community
Type of Service:Academic Writing
Work Type:Research paper
Format:Other : Research paper
Pages:2 pages – 550 words, Double spaced
Academic level:Undergrad. (yrs 1-2)
Discipline:Religious studies
Title:Interview Assignments
Number of sources:2
Paper instructions:
Check instructions and interviews attached.
Nb. P.S is pastor sally and C.W is Chief Wade
Interviews Assignment Instructions
Overview
Ministry is not a one-man enterprise. It is an undertaking that takes a community. This paper was designed to help you become a better minister (administrator) by learning from both another minister and manager, hearing about their failures and successes in their line of work.
Instructions
This paper should include information gathered by doing an interview of a minister and a manager. The interviews may be live (i.e. in person, by phone, facetime) or by email. If email is used, you are responsible to follow up on questions / topics as needed just as you would in a live interview. Examples of a manager may be from retail (i.e.Wal-Mart), business (i.e. bank), education (i.e. elementary school), or similar position. The manager’s organization should have at least 5 different full-time employees for whom he or she is responsible. The interviews may not be anonymous (i.e. you should provide brief but appropriate details about each person). Required topics include each person’s administrative style, an overview of their administrative responsibilities, and their successes & failures.
The paper should compare and contrast the different administrative styles between the minister and the manager to see the similarities and differences.NOTE: The goal is not to compare the job descriptions of the two but rather to discover the similarities and differences in how each person manages and fulfills their administrative responsibilities. Details which aren’t relevant should be left out of the paper. You should not have comments such as, “The pastor’s goal is to save souls and the manger’s goal is to make money.”
There are no set questions.You are free to ask any that you would like as long as you meet the objectives of the assignment and cover the required topics. You should ask the same questions of both persons. Some questions that come to mind include:
- Please describe some of your more important administrative duties.
- What are some of your successes as a manager?
- What are some of your failures as a manager?
- How would you describe your administration style?
- What do you look for in an employee/volunteer?
- Who would you consider a mentor for yourself as a leader?
- Where do you turn for leadership training?
This paper should be 3–5 pages in length, excluding the cover page and bibliography. At least one scholarly source and/or the scriptures should be utilized in your paper (i.e. a brief quote in the conclusion).This paper is to follow current Turabian guidelines and should be presented without any grammatical or spelling errors.
Note: Your assignment will be checked for originality via the Turnitinplagiarism tool.
Interview
In the interview P.S is Pastor Sally and C.W is Chief Wade.
Please describe most important administrative duties
Pastor Sally : Take care of the flock by building sermons weekly, going hospitals, being available, creating disciples for different departments and functions in the church
Chief Wade : to the employee, that I maintains safety and work environment suitable of the company
Success as a manager
P.S: seeing potential to help nurture calling and purpose
Knowing when to make the necessary changes in ministry according to person and spiritual gift to help flourish
CW: employee for higher position, provide stable leadership throughout time of adversity requiring critical response ( strikes, natural disasters) maintain lasting relationships with clients employees and general public creating committees recognizing employees such as employee of the month and banquets
How has restoring or managing affected you positively in your personal life ?
P.s: patience and kindness
Cw: doesn’t mix work with home
Failure
Ps: perfectionist and pushy towards congregation when it came to serving and goals
CW: tootrusting and not overseeing those in in finances and payroll
Who do you go to for leadership ?
PS: Apostle Hilliard, other renown ministers, I am submitted to the authority
Cw: a previous employer for 10 plus years,
Bishop, Vince McMann, Donald Trump
What’s your administrative style ?
P.S:goal oriented people oriented micro manage, more open to wisdom of the flock
CW: firm yet faur approach, believe in empowering others to perform their job, problem solver, always be positive, do not micro manage, straight-forward and direct
What do you look for in volunteer/employee?
PS: heart, faithfulness ( if your annoited you cannot be used if you don’t show up ) integrity ,commitment to vision
CW: trustworthiness, reliability, integrity, character, decision making skills, calm under pressure, (your best ability is availability )
Where do you see you and the church / company in 1 year ?
P:S restructure myself for retirement, continue to build up disciples to preach and serve, for her to decrease so others may increase as she transition to explore different parts if ministry such as disciple making, book writing, conferences
CW: increase growth , revenue , build more clientele and relationships with clients , staff and vendors
Where do you turn for leadership training?
CW : workshops conferences mentors books on leadership
PS. Self taught , bishop , experience, ministry classes