Recently people received email messages that were supposedly from district executives, using the DEs’ names with Gmail addresses. If you receive an unusual request, a message with awkward language, or something else suspicious saying it’s from a Church of the Brethren staff member or District Executive, please check the email address. Staff members mostly use email addresses that end with brethren.org. District Executive email addresses vary, but the correct ones are listed on this page. Please do not reply to suspicious messages or click on the links. You can mark them as spam or junk, which will affect senders’ ability to get through. You can also fill out this form: https://support.google.com/mail/contact/abuse.
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 email the Office of Ministry.
Atlantic Northeast
- Green Tree, FT, Available: 6/1/21 (Oaks, Pa.)
- Lebanon, FT (Lebanon, Pa.)
- Mountville, FT (Mountville, Pa.)
email Pete Kontra: pkontra@ane-cob.org
Illinois & Wisconsin
- Franklin Grove, PT (Franklin Grove, Ill.)
- Mount Morris, PT (Mt. Morris, Ill.)
- Polo, PT (Polo, Ill.)
email Connie Burkholder: crburkholder56@gmail.com
Indiana, Northern
- Beacon Heights, PT Pastor for Education & Congregational Life (Fort Wayne, Ind.)
- Blue River, FT Associate Pastor for Youth and Young Adults (Columbia City, Ind.)
- North Liberty, FT/PT (North Liberty, Ind.)
- Pine Creek, FT (North Liberty, Ind.)
- Shepherd’s Heart Fellowship, FT (Osceola, Ind.)
- West Goshen, FT (Goshen, Ind.)
email Torin Eikler: torin.nidcob@gmail.com
Michigan
- Beaverton, PT Associate Pastor (Beaverton, Mich.)
email Beth Sollenberger: bsollenberger@brethren.org
Mid-Atlantic
- Broadfording, FT (Hagerstown, Md.)
- Brownsville, FT (Knoxville, Md.)
- Bush Creek, FT (Monrovia, Md.)
- Grossnickle, FT (Myersville, Md.)
- Long Green Valley, FT (Glen Arm, Md.)
- Myersville, PT (Myersville, Md.)
- Woodbridge, FT (Woodbridge, Va.)
email Gene Hagenberger: MidAtlantic@brethren.org
Ohio, Northern
- Ashland First, PT (Ashland, Ohio)
- Reading, FT or PT (Homeworth, Ohio)
email Kris Hawk: krishawk@nohcob.org
Ohio, Southern & Kentucky
- Brookville, FT (Brookville, Ohio)
- Donnels Creek, FT (Springfield, Ohio)
- New Carlisle, FT (New Carlisle, Ohio)
email David Shetler: dshetler@brethren.org
Pacific Southwest
- Papago Buttes, PT, Available: 5/1/21 (Scottsdale, Ariz.)
email Russ Matteson: de@pswdcob.org
Pennsylvania, Middle
- Bannerville, PT (McClure, Pa.)
- New Enterprise, FT (New Enterprise, Pa.)
- Raven Run, PT (Saxon, Pa.)
- Yellow Creek, PT (Hopewell, Pa.)
email David Banaszak: de@midpacob.org
Pennsylvania, Southern
- Bermudian, FT Associate Youth Pastor (East Berlin, Pa.)
email William Waugh: bwaugh@brethren.org
Pennsylvania, Western
- Greenville, FT (Grampian, Pa.)
- Locust Grove, FT, Available: 3/1/21 (Johnstown, Pa.)
- Maple Spring, FT (Hollsopple, Pa.)
email Bill Wenger: bwenger@brethren.org
Shenandoah
- Barren Ridge, FT (Staunton, Va.)
- Friends Run, FT, Yoked with Smith Creek (Franklin, W.Va.)
- Leake’s Chapel, PT (Stanley, Va.)
- Mountain View Fellowship, FT (McGaheysville, Va.)
- Pine Grove, PT (Rockingham, Va.)
- Smith Creek, FT, Yoked with Friends Run (Franklin, W.Va.)
- Staunton, FT (Staunton, Va.)
- Sunrise, PT (Harrisonburg, Va.)
- Waynesboro, FT (Waynesboro, Va.)
email John Jantzi: johnjantzi@shencob.org
Southeastern
- No vacancies currently.
email Gary Benesh: gbenesh@embarqmail.com or Wallace Cole: wmcole@bellsouth.net
Virlina
- Fraternity, FT/PT (Winston-Salem, N.C.)
- Ivy Farms, PT (Newport News, Va.)
- Jeters Chapel, FT/PT (Vinton, Va.)
- Moneta, Lake Side, PT (Moneta, Va.)
- Trinity, PT (Troutville, Va.)
email David Shumate: virlina@aol.com
West Marva
- Oak Dale, PT (Scherr, W. Va.)
- Westernport, PT (Westernport, Md.)
email Brenda Harvey: westmarva@brethren.org