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Clergy Employment

OTM Portfolio for Clergy

In October 2010 the Office of Transition Ministry (formerly the Church Deployment Office or CDO) launched a new data base system effectively replacing the old CDO profile with the OTM portfolio.

This new system offers clergy and congregations an opportunity to list basic information and an opportunity to provide an expansive description of the ministry and mission call and gifts of both clergy and congregations.

This new system is intuitive and user friendly and views search and call as an adaptive transition in which the church and those who serve the church are engaged that will lead to a better articulation of the mission to which God is calling us all.

• Office of Transition Ministry database

• Transition Ministry Newsletter (current opportunities in the Diocese of Washington)

For clergy who are in the process of leaving a congregation, please also consult the guidelines for leaving a congregation.

For clergy who are starting in a new ministry, please refer to Fresh Start.

Interim Ministry

The Diocese of Washington requires that clergy who are interested in interim ministry have interim ministry training. This three-phase training may be taken during an interim ministry placement.

Clergy seeking more information about interim ministry training should visit the Interim Ministry Network Online, or contact them here: 5740 Executive Drive, Ste 220, Baltimore, MD 21228, Tel. 800-235-8414.

Deployment Ministry Conference

The Deployment Ministry Conference is an association of almost forty Dioceses east of the Mississippi. The Deployment Ministry Conference provides two primary services to clergy seeking new calls and congregations seeking new clergy.

A) The Deployment Ministry Newsletter
The Transition Ministry Conference, a coalition of deployment/transition officers from 36 dioceses in The Episcopal Church makes available an online newsletter of all position openings in member dioceses. The newsletter is updated in real time by deployment/transition officers. The newsletter may be viewed at http://tmn.edow.org.

B) Bi-annual Deployment Ministry Conferences
Deployment Officers from the member dioceses gather twice a year in March and in October to share information with each other about clergy who are interested in exploring new calls and congregations that seek new clergy. Clergy who will like to be presented at the conference should contact the Diocese Deployment Officer.

Non-Clergy Employment

For non-clergy (lay) employment opportunities, view Lay Employment Opportunities.