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Ministers Seeking a Ministry Opportunity
Leadership is the key to the health of any organization or institution. The Baptist General Convention of Missouri is committed to assisting local churches as they seek God’s will in calling pastors and staff members. We are also committed to assisting God-called ministers as they seek God’s will concerning a place of ministry. We believe in healthy ministry partnerships between ministers and congregations. We also realize the process of calling a new pastor or staff member is not an easy task. We are partnering with MinistryConnect to assist in providing these services.
Why MinistryConnect?
Leadership is the key to the health of churches. When right leaders are in the
right place at the right time, church health can and does occur. MinistryConnect
provides a uniquely professional system for pastoral calling. It is based on the
premise that effective ministry matching occurs when there is comprehensive
information and analysis. Learn more about MinistryConnect at
www.ministryconnect.net.
Our Ministry Goals
1. BGCM is committed to helping churches with the “calling” process.
Our conviction is that most people have not had an opportunity to serve on a search committee for any minister for their church. We want to provide a clear process and the resource materials needed to assist search committees as they lead their congregations to call a pastor or staff member.
2. BGCM is committed to helping churches and ministers find the right match.
We also believe that churches can become healthier when they are successfully matched in as many areas as possible with their ministry staff. These areas include: doctrine, ethics, issues affecting the church, marital and family issues, temperament, leadership style, gifts and values, financial understandings, and others. This is not just about placement, but matching.
The Baptist General Convention of Missouri and our partner MinistryConnect believe that one of the greatest needs for congregational health is the right leader in the right place at the right time.
Invitation to Ministers
The Baptist General Convention of Missouri wants to assist ministers who are actively seeking God’s will for their ministries. Here is how we do that best:
1. We invite you as a minister to enter BGCM’s MinistryConnect database. To do so requires the completion of a Pastor Profile or a Staff Profile. The Staff Profile is reserved for those persons who desire to serve on a church staff in some capacity other than the Lead or Senior Pastor. You may request a link from BGCM at search@baptistgcm.org that will direct you the Pastor Profile or Staff Profile entry screen. There is no charge to enter the BGCM database and you receive the following services:
You will receive a printable copy of your completed Pastor or Staff Profile by e-mail.
You have the right to send that Profile to any church or ministry organization you want for as long as you want.
You have the right, free of any charges, to update your Profile in the database at any time. You will receive instructions for accessing the profile.
It is your responsibility to keep it updated, and we encourage you to do that monthly. An out-of-date Profile given to a church is no help to them and reflects poorly on the minister who said it was current.
You may ask us to delete your Profile at any time.
2. Churches who request BGCM’s search committee services complete an intensive Church Profile that matches a Pastor or Staff Profile. When churches request resumes to complement the ones they have received from other sources, our team searches for profiles that come as close as possible to their Church Profile. Those profiles then are forwarded on to the local church at no charge to that church.
3. You may also want to consider completing the Ministry Match Professional Version through MinistryConnect. This is an even more comprehensive matching process utilized by some of the churches we serve. It is available to you for a fee of $40.00. Some congregations may provide this service for candidates they are seriously considering; however, a minister may want to have his/hers already in the database. For more information see MinistryConnect at www.ministryconnect.net or contact the Baptist General Convention of Missouri offices.
