I don’t think it’s the turn of the economy as it is that it just so happens that I know people seeking jobs, and churches seeking pastors. But those 2 circles often don’t connect. What makes this connection harder to make is geographical preferences — not every company knows how to manage telecommuters + not every worker can relocate.
Internet strategist & online interactive marketer Rob Williams is on the job search, using both his blog and LinkedIn to get connected to a web worker opportunity, with preferences in Orlando, Greenville, or metro Washington DC.
Presbymergent progressive pastor Adam Walker-Cleaveland and his wife Sarah are both looking for ministry jobs– for Adam, being an Associate for Youth/ Young Adults or a College Chaplain/Minister; for Sarah, she’s a solo pastorate and/or Ph.D. studies. Both of them would probably want to be in the same place, and both want to go west while they’re young. Not sure what they mean by west, but being progressives, probably Pacific Northwest would be a red hot locale. They’ve posted their PIFs (personal information forms) online – maybe that’s what progressives call their resumes. Adam’s claim to fame is his pomomusings blog post that provoked Andy Stanley to comment on his visit to North Point about his 1st megachurch experience. I still get click-thru referrals from there to this day.
Churches with openings:
- Cambridge Community Fellowship Church in the Boston Massachusetts area – seeking a Senior Pastor for an urban multiethnic context
- West Houston Chinese Church is seeking a team-player English Pastor, that I’d mentioned earlier; so is Arlington Chinese Church and Hope EFC in San Francisco
- English ministry opportunity at the multi-site purpose-drive Bay Area Chinese Bible Church, my sources tell me
Plus, I also know of at least 2 pastors who are between jobs. But, as it is with pastoral searches, many of those are done covertly rather than in the open space of the world wild Web 2.0. Exception noted for Pastor Bruce Reyes-Chow and his campaign run as the PCUSA moderator, in a web 2.0 kind of way, even too progressive for the progressives.
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