March 3, 2025
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Mount Pleasant Church in Chambersburg, PA is offering a young leader the opportunity to join our ministry team for a 2-year Pastoral Residency. Our residency program is designed to develop competency in all aspects of pastoral ministry by providing personalized mentoring and practical experience, including preaching on a monthly basis.
Our next pastoral resident will have a clear sense of calling and the desire to serve in the lead and/or solo pastoral role, possess a Bachelor degree in a ministry related field or its equivalent, and the demonstrated capacity for ministering in a team-based environment.
Mount Pleasant Church is a growing congregation of about 300 people in a thriving community along the I81 corridor in south-central PA. We are committed to investing in God’s Kingdom by developing, equipping, and releasing the next generation of pastors, leaders and global workers.
Here’s what previous residents have said about their residency experinece:
- “My experience as a Pastoral Resident was the best practical “rounding out” of my education I could have asked for. In preparing for ministry, you learn plenty in the classroom, but a long-term position developing and honing the skills to pastor well is now something I consider “necessary” given how helpful it was for me. Mt. Pleasant Church offers a great environment with a perfectly-sized congregation to get to know, intentional mentorship under Pastor Jim, and plenty of opportunities to exercise ministry. You will be blessed and come out better equipped to fulfill God’s call to pastoral ministry!” – Rev. Colin Raab | 2021-2023 | Pastor, Zanesville United Brethren Church, Zanesville, OH
- “The Pastoral Residence at Mt. Pleasant Church has been an invaluable resource in my ministry. Through the help of the helpful pastoral staff and a loving congregation, I have learned so much in my two years about how to be a pastor, not just in the practical aspects, but in the personal spiritual side as well.” – Heath Lewis | Current Resident
This position is full-time, with competitive compensation, including health insurance. If this sounds like something for which God has been preparing you, please send a resume highlighting ministry experience, a cover letter, and a brief (no more than 300 words) testimony describing your spiritual journey and call to ministry to Pastor Jim Bolich.
Rev. Roger Overmyer, a United Brethren pastor for 48 years in Ohio and Pennsylvania, passed away Saturday evening, March 1, 2025.