Webinar for pastor searches impacted by Covid-19

Maybe your pastor search was just getting up and running.

Maybe you were able to complete initial interviews by technology, but now you’re stuck at the phase when you’d normally invite one or more candidates for an in-person conversation.

Maybe your search team was about to introduce a candidate of choice for the congregation to meet and vote on.

And then…Covid-19. Everything shut down, and for who knows how long.

If your church (or a church in your care) is wondering whether to proceed with its pastor search - and what to do no matter the answer - this webinar at 7:00 pm eastern on April 20 and 23 can help. In this one-hour offering, participants will be introduced to the factors to consider and ways to move ahead with searches if they so choose. There will also be space for participants to ask questions particular to their contexts.

This webinar will be offered by Laura Stephens-Reed, creator of Searching for the Called, a pastor search process geared toward hospitality to voices in the congregation and community, the candidates' gifts and experiences, and the Holy Spirit. Laura is a minister and a clergy and congregational coach who has worked with pastors and churches across the ecumenical spectrum.

The cost for this webinar will be $15 per participant or $50 for 3+ search team members. Each participant will receive the 1-page document "Searching During a Strange Season: Questions to Reflect on When Searching During a Pandemic." Registration is available here.