Looking for a church

How D all,

I have been in a situation in which the church that I was on full time staff at has let me go due to 'financial circumstances and the fact that all teachers everywhere only have a 1 year contract'. I was the youth pastor as well as teaching in the school. The school had a bad year so I was let go from everything. I am not willing to speak any more about why I am not on staff or if how they did it was right, wrong or otherwise. This is only to give insight to the reasons that I was given and I refuse to say anything more that might look like I am not taking the appropriate attitude. I told the pastor that the good of the church is more important than if I have a job there or not.

So now I am in the position of needing to find a church that is looking for staff or pastor, the pastor commented that I should consider the pastorate instead of staff when he let me go. The question is, what sources do ya'll use? I have continually used what I know of but it seems very limited. I am beginning to wonder what I am supposed to do. I still feel a passion about working with teens but also have been thrilled at the thought of pastoring.

I would simply like to know where else to look or if there are people that I can contact. I have looked and contacted the local fellowship of pastors that I try to stay involved in, I have contacted the Bible College I graduated from, I have contacted the national fellowship my college belongs to, I have contacted the S.B.C., the two Texas S.B.C. divisions, the Baptist General Conference. I know that there must be more churches out there in need of staff or pastors. Any help would be appreciated.

 

In short, I am married 13 yrs with 4 kids, oldest is 10 and the youngest is 7 mos. I have B.S. from Baptist Bible College in Springfield, MO. I have worked as both youth vol. and youth pastor as well as associate pastor.

Since I did most of my youth work as volunteer under a youth pastor and only have a few years of staff experience I really feel that I would like to work with a pastor for a year or so to get some mentoring. I do not want to limit God so I am trying to keep my options open. The one thing that I know, is that I have a very bad taste toward churches with Christian Schools.

 

The local schools require about a ton and a half of certifications that I am simply not able to get. Unlike smaller school districts the large one that I live in requires more than a college degree in something and a background check. Besides, I have never felt the call to teach in a regular school setting, I think I did as much damage last year as I did good.

 

Mansfield, TX is where my parents live. I have moved in with them (they had an extra room or two) to keep expenses low until God shows me what is next.

Dr. Bob, I am still young and am not familiar with every wind of false doctrine. I am not sure that I know what millennial exclusionists are or believe. Maybe I know it by another name?