What if we didn't take candidate applications at all?

What if, instead of encouraging people to join an agency, a prospective candidate had to be invited?

What if we didn’t have candidate application forms on our websites at all – and instead, we built processes where people were nominated or referred? A candidate couldn’t apply alone–someone has to nominate them (probably not a spouse or child). Which means, if you want in, you have to find someone to nominate you (like your pastor). Which, in turn, means you’re already building something of a ministry partner network.