Five years ago, after attending seminary, I began searching for a job in pastoral ministry. All of my work experience until that time was as a corporate professional in the oil and gas industry. When my wife and I both agreed that it was time to transition to ministry, I did what I had always done when looking for a job: I sent out resumes to any and every church position that looked appealing.
I eventually found myself in conversation with multiple churches at once, and, to my shame, I even ghosted a church that had been interested in me after I took another position. I’ve since made amends with the leaders of that church, but the problems and sin could’ve been avoided if I wouldn’t have imported my experiences landing a job in a cut-throat industry into my search for a ministry position. The two processes are not at all the same. What I needed was a guide, someone who had been through the complexities of the pastoral candidating process and could provide me wisdom and guidance about how to best maneuver search committees, salary negotiations, and multiple interviews. I needed Benjamin Vrbicek’s Don’t Just Send a Resume.
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