Pulpit Committees

What guidelines would you give to a church in forming a pulpit committee?

1) How many should be on the committee
a) should women be on the committee
b) should teens be on the committee
c) should the church make an effort to mirror the makeup of the church - ie race, ect?

2) How should the church attempt to find prospects -ie internet, denomination, ect

3) Should the committee recommend only one man at a time

4) Should the committee visit a prospective pastor at his church without his knowledge

5) How many times should a prospective man preach at your church

6) What kind of checks should be made? credit, police, ect

7) How many references should be received
a) should the church require 2nd or 3rd generation references?

(Note: generation references - example - Prospective pastor give Jack Smith as a reference - Then Jack is asked for 3 people he knows that knows the prospective pastor - One of which is Tom Jones ...... Tom Jones gives Bill Mattox as a reference.....

Other items????

 

If that is the case - then calling a man who is currently a pastor elsewhere - could be considered sheep stealing!!
The purpose of visiting a pastor at his home church b4 informing him is to give the 2 or 3 members of the committee an ideal of what he is really like - otherwise - he is on his "best behaviour" when preaching at a prospective church.

Come on T- you know what I mean

I edited my OP - to explain what "generational reference is