Congregational vacancies

If you are the church board/leadership team chair of a Church of the Brethren congregation that is entering a time of pastoral transition, please contact your district executive/minister, who will assist you in the process of seeking and calling a new pastor. This process includes the selection of a search committee, filling out a congregational profile, entering it into the placement system, making contact with pastoral candidates, interviewing, and calling your new pastor.

If you are a Church of the Brethren pastor with an interest in serving a congregation on this list, please be in touch with your own district executive/minister, who will assist you in the process of pastoral placement in the Church of the Brethren. This process includes filling out a profile, entering it into the placement system, and making contact with another district office.

If you are not a ministerial leader in the Church of the Brethren and have an interest in serving the denomination, please e-mail the Office of Ministry.

Updated May 20, 2013. Vacancies are immediate unless otherwise noted.

Atlantic Northeast
Ambler, PT (Ambler, Pa.)
Conestoga, FT (Leola, Pa.)
Coventry, FT (Pottstown, Pa.)
West Green Tree, FT (Elizabethtown, Pa.)

e-mail Craig Smith: csmith@ane-cob.org

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Atlantic Southeast
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Terry Grove: aseexecutive@gmail.com

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Idaho
Fruitland, PT (Fruitland, Idaho)
Nampa, FT (Nampa, Idaho)

e-mail Ed Kerschensteiner: ekerschensteiner@hotmail.com

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Illinois/Wisconsin
Allison Prairie, PT (Lawrenceville, Ill.)
Chicago First, FT/PT (Chicago, Ill.)
Dixon, FT (Dixon, Ill.)
Polo, FT (Polo, Ill.)

e-mail Kevin Kessler: kevink.iwdcob@sbcglobal.net

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Northern Indiana
Bremen, FT, available July 2013 (Bremen, Ind.)
Middlebury, FT, available 1/15/14 (Middlebury, Ind.)
Union Center, FT (Nappanee, Ind.)

e-mail Carol Spicher Waggy: wagfam1@frontier.com

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South/Central Indiana
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Beth Sollenberger: bsollenberger@brethren.org

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Michigan
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Nathan Polzin: nathanpolzin@gmail.com

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Mid-Atlantic
Flower Hill, PT (Gaithersburg, Md.)
Harmony, PT (Myersville, Md.)
Locust Grove, FT, available 6/1/13 (Mount Airy, Md.)
Washington City, PT (Washington, D.C.)

e-mail Gene Hagenberger: demad@brethren.org

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Missouri/Arkansas
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Carolyn Schrock: moark@centurytel.net

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Northern Plains
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Tim Button-Harrison: nplainscob@gmail.com

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Northern Ohio
Elm Street, PT (Lima, Ohio)
Mansfield, PT (Mansfield, Ohio)
Mohican, FT (West Salem, Ohio)
Poplar Ridge, FT (Defiance, Ohio)
Zion Hill, FT (Columbiana, Ohio)

e-mail John Ballinger: jballnohcob@frontier.com

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Southern Ohio
Troy, PT (Troy, Ohio)

e-mail David Shetler: dshetler@brethren.org

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Pacific Northwest (Previously Oregon & Washington)
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Colleen Michael: pnwdcob@nwi.net

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Pacific Southwest
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Donald Booz: de@pswdcob.org

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Middle Pennsylvania
Aughwick-Germany Valley, PT (Shirleysburg, Pa.)
Snake Spring Valley, FT (Everett, Pa.)

e-mail David Steele: dsteele@midpacob.org

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Southern Pennsylvania
Brandts, FT/PT, (St. Thomas, Pa.)
Codorus, FT Pastor of Nurture (Dallastown, Pa.)
Shippensburg, FT (Shippensburg, Pa.)

e-mail Georgia Markey: gmarkey@brethren.org

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Western Pennsylvania
Geiger, FT (Friedens, Pa.)
Monroeville, PT (Monroeville, Pa.)
Salisbury, PT (Salisbury, Pa.) 

e-mail Ron Beachley: rbeachley@brethren.org

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Shenandoah
Mt. Bethel, FT (Dayton, Va.)
Pine Grove, PT (Harrisonburg, Va.)
Summit, FT (Bridgewater, Va.)
Sunrise, FT/PT (Harrisonburg, Va.)

e-mail John Jantzi: jnjantzi@shencob.org

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Southeastern
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Deborah and Russell Payne: sedcob@centurylink.net

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Southern Plains
No vacancies currently.

e-mail Elsie Koehn: ekoehn9112@att.net

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Virlina
Bassett, FT (Bassett, Va.)
Coulson, FT (Hillsville, Va.)
Crab Orchard, PT/FT (Crab Orchard, W. Va.)
Jones Chapel, FT/PT (Martinsville, Va.)
Selma, PT (Selma, Va.)

e-mail David Shumate: virlina@aol.com

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Western Plains
Wichita First, FT (Wichita, Kan.)

e-mail Sonja Griffith: wpdcb@sbcglobal.net

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West Marva
Cherry Grove, PT (Grantsville, Md.)
Harpers Chapel, PT (Moorefield, W. Va.)
Pleasant Hill, PT (Fairmont, W. Va.)
Wiley Ford, FT (Wiley Ford, W. Va.)

e-mail Kendal Elmore: kwelmore@brethren.org

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