The Church Information Form (CIF) is the document that tells prospective ministerial candidates about Bethel. The CIF has many elements. On the one hand it summarizes a great deal of data about who we are, where we are, etc. On the other hand, the document sets forth what we believe is important, what we expect of a minister, our accomplishments, and our aspirations as a church.
In preparing the current CIF, which was approved by the Session at its March meeting, the Pastor Nominating Committee used a variety of data and information: the survey we sent to each household early in the process, the results of the visioning process from several years ago, the summaries of the focus groups in which we participated, and the previous CIF from 2000.
