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There is probably a psychological resistance to checking out the references for someone who might become our pastor. As Christians, most of us want to believe the best about other, particularly others in ministry. We may have to overcome some natural antipathy to do a good job here. Most people that applicants list as references do not want to tell bad things about their friend or associate, so they probably won’t unless we ask specific and pointed questions. Thorough background checking also involves checking with people other than those an applicant has listed in his resume. My interviews also said that PNCs should check credit history and determine if an applicant has a criminal record.