Mobilization and Global Impact Pastor

            Over the last couple of months, I have featured our pastoral staff on my blog.  This weekend I’m asking you to pray about a pastoral staff vacancy we have had for two years.

             Three years ago, Calvary had eight full-time pastors on staff.  For about a year now, we have had 6 full-time and 1 part-time pastor.  We are grateful for the willingness in the current staff to take on additional responsibilities during the lack of 1 1/2 pastors.

             Our vacant position on our staff is the Pastor for Mobilization and Global Impact.  This is the pastoral position that oversees local and global missions.  For the last two years, Pastor Rolando Aguirre has been overseeing the regional missions aspect.  The global aspect has been done by various people on staff and by some lay leadership.  This global aspect is being done at a minimal level, such as short-term mission trips but not in the establishing and nurturing of long-term partnerships.  However, as the Spanish Language Ministry grows and other pastoral needs increase, it is important that Pastor Rolando be relieved of that responsibility.  It is also important that we have someone who can give more strategic, long-term direction to our global missions involvement.  As our summer mission trip participants return at the end of this summer, it will be important to have someone give meaningful follow-up to their work.

               In the last two years, the overall attendance, membership and financial giving at Calvary has slightly, but steadily, increased.  We are grateful for that measure of health in our congregation.  We have determined that we desire to continue being a missional church.  As we move forward with the vision God has given us, it is important that we prepare to call a Pastor for Mobilization and Global Impact.  This position has been funded in our budget already.  Although, that does not automatically mean that we can afford to fill it, the cash flow over expenses over the last year or so, does demonstrate our ability to fill this vacancy.

              The personnel committee is bringing a recommendation to our congregation in Church Conference tomorrow evening to select a search committee and start the process of filling this vacancy.  The stewardship committee has endorsed this recommendation already.  What is necessary now is to pray for a process that is led by God, for the selection of a search committee, that God will lead the committee and that the church find His person for the job, and that our congregation continue to grow in budget giving.

              Please make plans to come to Church in Conference tomorrow.  Also, prayerfully consider names that you may want to submit for this search committee.  Committee members must have been members of Calvary for at least one year.  The committee must have an adequate ratio of men and women.  Calvary employees and their immediate families may not serve as members of a pastoral search committee.

               By the way, you can access the reports and documents to be presented for the church in conference from our webpage:

http://www.calvarymcallen.org/