“When a pastor retires or dies, the usual tendency is to scramble, form a pastoral search committee, and . . . you know the rest of the drill. An outsider, someone who is not in touch with the local and organic life of that particular congregation, is called, and he steps into the pastorate. His paper qualifications were impressive, and his pulpit delivery while he was ‘candidating’ was good, but the fact remains that churches that get a pastor this way are basically getting a mail-order bride” (The Paideia of God, p. 110)
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