Please let me know if you will accept this offer. We are already talking about ways to help this pastor move on. It should not be a problem since we’ve helped previous preachers find other calls.

Dear Superpreacher,

I am writing to you to ask you to consider becoming our pastor. We are a small church in a small city that was established over forty years ago. I am one of several who either started this church or grew up in this church. We’ve always been small; but I know that if you came here we would grow into a great and large church.

We’ve had plenty of others preachers over the years. I think ten? But none of them was really any good at preaching. The longest we’ve ever had a pastor was six years, even though we encouraged him to find another church after he had been with us for two years.

Our current pastor came a few years ago. He’s okay, but nothing like you. He’s a likeable man, but he’s not what we want. Yes, he studies hard, visits people when they are sick, oversees the worship, teaches Bible study, prays for members in the church, meets with our men, visits our visitors, counsels, witnesses, is training new deacons, is constantly having lunch or supper with people and other things like that. It’s all well and good, but he’s not bringing new people in or making our church grow. We want more than 120!

We need someone like you. If our pastor had a voice like you do, and could dress as cool as you, or preach on the stage the way you do, then things might not be so bad. He’s also older than 40, which turns off young people. He needs charisma and energy. That’s what you have. He also needs to wow the audience and say things that will get people’s attention, and tell lots of great stories like you. We want someone exhilarating and well-known.

It would be so exciting to have you be our preacher. We would still let you do conferences and write books. By the way, when I can find the time I plan on reading one of your books! You can get rid of the pulpit, but we would like it if you did not change too much else around. Contemporary songs are fine once in a while too. I’m sure those things don’t really matter much to you because all you really need to do is what you do best: preach the socks off people.

Even though we are a small church, we have people who have investments and good resources, which they could put toward paying your large salary for a few years. Our core group has been waiting for just the right person to come along to make wise use of this money; and we know you would be that right man!

Please let me know if you will accept this offer. We are already talking about ways to help this pastor move on. It should not be a problem since we’ve helped previous preachers find other calls.

This article first appear on the imPerfect Pastor blog site and is used with permission.