A ficticious pastoral search

I put this together as a ficticious pastoral search committee's report. I have been around several pastoral search committees but never sat on one. I know that it can be a very grueling event, with trips to hear the candidates preach. Searching through hundreds and hundreds of resumes, digging into them and reading their ministry details on a piece of paper and trying to decide if they fit the church you are searching for. Deciding if they not only fit, but will they be able to take the church in the direction that it is headed. There are hundreds of questions that have to be answered just by reading that piece of paper, then countless hours of prayer are added to the process and eventually you end up with the person God wants for your church and that is what the whole process is about.
On that piece of paper you cannot tell how good of a preacher he is, how good of a pastor he will be, how good of a counsellor he will be. You can't tell if he is a type A personality or a Type B personality, you have to trust prayer with those details.
Paul addresses some of this in his letter to the church at Corinth. He tells them that sound preaching has nothing to do with eloquence, knowledge or ability. It simply has to do with the message. Churches today need pastors who are preaching straight from the Word of God, and straight into the hearts of the congregation through the power of the Holy Spirit. If they accomplish this, that is what preaching is all about.
Paul said, "When I cam to you, brothers, I did not come with eloquence or superior wisdom, I simply proclaimed to you the testimony of God! 1 Corinthians 2:1

Now here's my ficticious pastoral search committee's report:
After much work, much studying we have narrowed our search to several, and then narrowed it once again to just one.
- Adam - great man, but has problems with listening to his wife's bad advice, also references to him walking through the garden nude
- Noah - Former pastorate of 120 years with no converts, prone to unrealistic building projects
- Abraham - another great man, kind of sketchy on scripture interpretation, while he never slept with another man's wife, he did allow his wife to sleep with another man.
- Moses - a great person, a lot of great attributes but he stutters a lot, he also once left a ministry because of a murder charge
- Solomon - a world of wisdom both worldly and spiritually, problem is our parsonage could not house all of his wives
- Jonah - refused God's calling on his life until he was forced into it by being swallowed by a whale, claimed the fish spit him out on the shore somewhere close to here, we just hung up.
- John - says he is a baptist but doesn't dress like one. Has slept outdoors for long periods of time and was homeless. Has a wierd diet.
- Paul - powerful CEO type, has been know for his harshness and rough edges, not the greatest orator, short on tact and has been known to preach all night
- Judas - His references are all 100% solid. He is a steady plodder, he's conservative, he has awesome connections. Knows how to handle money and is great with people, we are inviting him to speak this Sunday!

Do you see how we can find something wrong with every person, every candidate for a pastorate is going to have a flaw, or list of flaws. We need a person who lives for Christ, who preaches the cross, and allows God all of teh glory for each and every thing he accomplishes in his life.
Thanks for reading and have a great day!