Interfaith Forum: Ask the Clergy
February 4, 2024
My thanks to Russ for the photos.
1. When did you realize you wanted to study for a religious profession?
Why did you?
2. How do you pick a subject for a sermon and prepare for it?
3. Who is your favorite theologian, and why?
4. What is your religious concept of God’s intervention in human affairs?
5. Two part question:
What does your religion teach about personal salvation?
What does your religion believe about the existence/concept of heaven and hell?
6. What is the most difficult part of your ministry?
The most rewarding?
7. What is the best and the worse experience you have had as a member of the
clergy?
8. What is the biggest challenge you are faced with today in your ministry?
9. For the last 30 or more years, we read that interfaith marriages (two different
religions or one religion and one no religion) continue to increase? Has this had
a negative/positive/no effect on membership in your congregations?
10. What is a great “God” story to tell your congregation?
