Vacancies, Calls and Roster Updates
DATE UPDATED: 4/30/2024
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Calls Extended
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Rev. Edward Hosch III, Messiah, Emporia, KS to Emmanuel of Maui, Kahului, HI, as pastor
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Rev. Kyle Weeks, Light of the Hills, Cameron Park, CA to Shepherd of the Sierra, Carson City, NV, as pastor
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Placements
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Corey Chang, Cross-Cultural Ministry Center (CMC), Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to Hope, Daly City, CA, as associate pastor
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Kevin Hempe, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, to Our Savior, Pacifica, CA, as pastor
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Jason Iwen, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, to Zion, Winnemucca, NV / Christ, Battle Mountain, NV, as pastor
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Nathan Linehan, CMC, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to First, Yuba City, CA, as pastor
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Jonathan Zoch, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to Trinity, Gardnerville, NV, as pastor
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Vicarage
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Luther Cameron, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, to Shepherd of the Valley, San Jose, CA / First Immanuel, San Jose, CA
CALLING CONGREGATIONS
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Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, Atascadero, CA
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Benicia, Benicia, CA
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Resurrection, Brentwood, CA
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Shepherd of the Sierra, Carson City, NV
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St. Philip, Dublin, CA
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Trinity, Fairfield, CA
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Good Shepherd, Healdsburg, CA/Faith, Sonoma, CA
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First, Lucerne, CA / St. John, Willits, CA
- Emmanuel, Kahului, Maui, HI
- St. Paul Merced, CA
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Mt. Olive, Milpitas, CA
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St. Paul, Mountain, View, CA
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St. John, Petaluma, CA
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First Immanuel, San Jose, CA
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Lutheran Church of Our Savior, Santa Maria, CA
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Faith, South San Francisco, CA
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St. Andrews, Stockton, CA
VACANCY CONGREGATIONS
(not actively calling)
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Holy Cross, Atwater, CA
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Faith, Burney, CA
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Our Savior, Chester, CA
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St. John, Clearlake, CA
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Lutheran Church of Our Saviour, Delano, CA
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First, Dinuba, CA
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Trinity, Exeter, CA
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Grace, Hayward, CA
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Hope, San Leandro, CA
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Peace, Mill Valley, CA
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St. Luke, Portola, CA
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Christ the Life, San Jose, CA
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Trinity, San Rafael, CA
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Grace, Santa Maria, CA
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Mt. Olive, Sebastopol, CA
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St. Paul, Susanville, CA
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Peace, Taft, CA
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Faith, Yerington, NV
Transitional Interim Ministry
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Transitional Interim Ministry (TIM) Pastors are called LCMS pastors who have additional training and credentialing to guide a congregation through a season of transition. TIM Pastors typically serve a congregation for 12-24 months and may not be called as that congregation’s settled pastor. Besides Word and Sacrament ministry, TIM practitioners’ primary work is to prepare a congregation for its next chapter of ministry, often to receive its next settled pastor. TIM Practitioners work with congregational leaders toward spiritual, organizational, and missional unity and vitality, with clarity around what is needed in the next pastoral leader.
