Clergy Deployment

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Why Come to the Diocese Kentucky?

  • Friendly, hospitable people
  • Vital, diverse arts and crafts communities
  • Rural and metro areas
  • Abundant outdoor recreation opportunities
  • Competitive salaries and benefit
  • Clergy loans for first-time home buyers
  • Grants available for continuing education
  • Quarterly Ember Day meetings
  • A centrally located Episcopal retreat center
 

               New Report of Interest to Clergy:

               The 2006 Church Compensation Report:
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We are seeking clergy who desire a collegial style, interfacing with clergy, diocesan staff, and strong lay leadership.


Photo of the Rev. Mark Linder, the diocese's deployment officer     Please send resumes and CDO profiles to the Diocese of Kentucky's Deployment Officer:

     The Rev. Mark Linder
     The Diocese of Kentucky
     425 S. Second St.
     Louisville, KY 40202
     m.linder@insightbb.com
     270-746-1837 or 270 991-0608

 

 

 

 

 

 

Current deployment openings 

Christ Church, Bowling Green 

After a successful 14-year tenure, the rector of the Diocese of Kentucky’s third largest parish, Christ Episcopal Church, Bowling Green, Ky., retired June 30, and the church is looking for a priest.

The only Episcopal congregation in Bowling Green and Warren County, Christ Church has a growing and active congregation with a chaplaincy connection with Western Kentucky University. The community is located in south central Kentucky with a population of about 100,000 persons.

The parish has 683 baptized members and an average Sunday attendance of 310. The interim period is expected to be about 18 months. Christ Episcopal Church has an annual ministries budget of slightly more than $600,000. A new educational/administration wing and parish hall was added approximately two years ago at a cost of approximately $3.4 million. 

Christ Church is in the first full year of a three-year capital stewardship campaign to reduce its current indebtedness of slightly less than $3 million.  In April, prior to the rector’s announcement of his retirement, the parish completed the Church Assessment Tool (CAT). The results showed high parishioner satisfaction with the church and readiness to move forward with new ministries.  The full report is available at http://www.cecbg.org/images/Vital_Signs_Report.pdf

For additional information, call the Rev. Mark Linder, Deployment Officer, Episcopal Diocese of Kentucky, at 270-746-1837 or 270 991-0608 or email him at  m.linder@insightbb.com

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