PASTORS SEEKING CHURCHES

The Ministry maintains profiles/resumes of pastors who are seeking a Covenanting Transformation Ministries Church, by providing a complete set of documents that help us make the best recommendations to our churches. Some gifted pastors may be interested in a specific situation, but do not have an application on file. From time to time, we may contact pastors who have the skills a specific church is seeking. 

Congregations often consider many types of pastoral positions: senior pastors of multi-staff congregations, solo pastors of smaller congregations, associate pastors, executive pastors, pastors of spiritual formation, youth pastors, worship pastors, etc.  

Opportunities

• Contact one of the Ministry's Pastor Search Staff who will assist you in the process of application, focusing your ministry objectives, examining your resume, gifts for ministry and personal preferences.
• We will discuss opportunities and the search process.
• Make sure your application materials and resume are up-to-date.
• Consider your ministry strengths and how these match with those churches seeking a pastor.
• If you are outside of our area (the Pacific Southwest) and have interest in serving one of our Covenanting Churches, please use the document called Pastoral Application  found on this page. 
• Once we receive a completed packet of information, we determine the best way to respond. We may make contact with one or more of your references, and we may set up a structured telephone interview with you. 

Having an Interview with a Search Team?

TM can provide an Interview Guide for Pastors. This booklet prepares a pastor for the interview with a Pastoral Search Team - questions to ask and what to look for.  

Other Resources Provided

• Coaching - to help you discover possibilities and potential, plan action, explore and remove barriers, and prepare for next steps.
• Strengths Finder - discover your strengths. We are to lead from strengths rather than manage our weaknesses.
• Another tool that might be helpful to you is the Personality Factor Profile (aka DISC) designed to help an individual discover his or her behavioral work style.

The Pastoral Application Packet contains policy statements that apply to all professional church leaders: 

• Leadership Covenant of Ethical Behavior
• A Confession of Our Common Faith
• Declaration on Human Sexuality and the Church
• Self-Disclosure and Release Form
• ChoicePoint Release Form  

Pastors Checklist

• Application Form
• Resume
• Brief summary of theological beliefs
• Brief account of:
  • How you came to faith in Christ
  • How you were called into ministry
  • Philosophy of ministry (including the role of the pastor and laity, and view of church government)

All Applicants are Screened

• Contacting references
• Checking self-disclosure statements
• Performing a structured telephone interview
• Planning ahead for background checks

NOTE: Generally we do not list pastoral positions on this website. While we do list some associate pastor or other ministerial positions on our job opportunity page, we usually honor the churches' request to have prospective pastors contact us first.  To see our Job Opportunities page.