My church is calling a new pastor

[dsc]

I was wondering if anyone knows of a clearing house or magazine where we could run an ad seeking a pastor who would be open to diversity of all sorts. This is a Disciples church.

[don954]

1. have you called the seminary and ask for referrals? n/t

[dsc]

2. we have several

and I will check to see if we are planning to do that.

[Lydia Leftcoast]

3. Doesn't your denomination have an established procedure?

Or a magazine?

The Episcopalians use a national registry to match churches seeking new clergy with a list of clergy meeting their requirements, but I have also seen advertisements in Episcopal publications for specialized positions, such as when an English-speaking parish overseas (like the one in Tokyo or Taipei) is looking for a new priest.

The Lutherans also have an established procedure, although it may have changed since the merger.

I'm surprised that the Disciples don't.

[dsc]

5. We do but we our region is really bad about censoring applications

so we are trying to do an end around.

[Rabrrrrrr]

4. Your denomination office is the first stop. Then Christian Century -

they have a fair amount of adverts from churches that are searching.

The UCC News also has classifieds (or just buy ad space), including for churches searching.

That's all I can think of right now.