Pastoral Placement Services

Openings:

• 2009 openings
• Please contact the appropriate area church minister for details.
• Openings are immediate, unless otherwise stated.

Placements:

• 2009 Placements

Resignations:

• 2009 Pastoral resignations, study and other leaves

Credentialing:

Recent credentialing changes as of January 13, 2010

Mennonite Church British Columbia

• None to report

Mennonite Church Alberta

• Alissa Bender, Licensing toward ordination, First Mennonite Church, Calgary, Feb. 15, 2009

Mennonite Church Saskatchewan

• None to report

Mennonite Church Manitoba

• Sunnie Friesen, ordination, Steinbach Mennonite Church, May 3, 2009
• Melissa Miller, ordination, Springstein Mennonite Church, October 2009
• Kyle Penner, Licensing toward ordination, Springfield Heights Mennonite, Winnipeg, April 26, 2009

Mennonite Church Eastern Canada

• Jason Brown, licensed toward ordination, St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, September 27, 2009
• Liana Brown, licensed toward ordination, St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, September 27, 2009
• Stephen Cox, Niagara United Mennonite Church, Niagara on the Lake, ordained Feb. 1, 2009
• Kevin Derksen, licensed toward ordination, St. Jacobs Mennonite Church, September 20, 2009
• Ken Gazley, St. Catharines United Mennonite Church, ordination, May 31, 2009
• Darren Kropf, licensed for specific ministry, Breslau Mennonite Church, June 21, 2009
• Juanita Laverty, Hanover Mennonite Church, ordination, June 28, 2009
• Nancy Mann, First Mennonite Church, Kitchener, and Nithview Homes, New Hamburg, ordination, June 14, 2009
• Trakoon Masyawong, Grace Lao Mennonite Church, Kitchener, ordination, June 21, 2009
• Ross Penner, ordination, Vineland United Mennonite Church, September 13, 2009
• Brian Quan, licensed toward ordination, Markham Chinese Mennonite, English-speaking congregation, Toronto ON, September 13, 2009
• Lucy Roca, Iglesia Menonita Refugio de Paz, Sherbrooke QC, licensing toward ordination, Aug. 23, 2009
• Bev Suderman Gladwell, Waterloo North Mennonite Church, ON, ordination, July 5, 2009
• Pat Wagler, licensed toward ordination, Tavistock Mennonite Church, October 4, 2009
• Marilyn Zehr, Danforth Mennonite Church, Toronto, ordination, April 26, 2009

Current statistics:

Currently and upcoming in 2009 there are:

• 20 pastoral openings in Mennonite Church Canada
  • 10 lead pastors
  • 2 part-time pastors (1 lead pastor, 1 associate to seniors)
  • 1 associate pastor
  • 5 youth pastors
  • 1 co-pastor
  • 1 assistant pastor

Past Statistics