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Thank you for visiting the Career Ministries web site!
What is a career ministry?
It is a faith based group organized for the purpose of helping people in career or job transition.
Who is Career Ministries?
We are a non profit, donation funded organization, based in Tampa, Florida with the mission of helping churches and individuals have access to the latest job search training and support resources in a faith based environment. Our goal is to see a career ministry operating in every Christian church in the United States, and to offer the same faith based services using online webinars and other technology based media, for churches who are not capable of operating their own career ministry.
What we can do for you.
1) We provide state of the art job search training and faith based support groups - face to face, or online. For more information click here.
2) We train staff or volunteers to lead a career ministry within your church. For more information click here.
3) We offer weekly online faith based training and support groups for individuals whose churches don't offer a career ministry. For more information click here.
4) We hold quarterly conferences for the leaders of career ministries in churches across the US, sharing best practices between organizations. For more information click here, or click Leadership Conferences on the web page header.
5) We offer job search training manuals and support materials used to lead the ministry. For more information click here.
Why should your church start a career ministry?
The days of obtaining 30 of years seniority at one job and retiring with a gold watch are over. People, whether through their own choices or through organizational changes, are finding themselves looking for careers multiple times during their lifetime. This change in the workplace crosses over every culture, religious affiliations, work categories, income levels, both genders, and all ages. Therefore, the chances that this issue will touch more and more individuals and their families in the future continue to increase.
Additionally, the skills needed to secure a new career have vastly changed. Electronic postings and resumes, career counselors, networking techniques, use of social media, how to market yourself in an increasingly competitive job market, portfolios, and interviewing are all factors that are changing the skills job seekers need to be successful. On top of all of this, the affected job seeker, their family, and friends may be experiencing feelings of fear, anger, and confusion. These feelings can either separate members from their spirtual beliefs or strengthen those beliefs.
Churches have built-in advantages for individuals facing career transitions. They can provide spiritual hope, logistical training support, a built-in network, and accountability to stay on task for the job seeker. They can also serve as a referral source to agencies that can provide for health, financial, and physical needs that may arise in a long-term unemployment scenario.
Many churches already offer outreach ministries such as Grief Share, Celebrate Recovery, Divorce Care, and Financial Peace University. A career ministry fills a vitally important need by helping your members find work so that they can support their families and their church!
How can we, as churches, turn a blind eye to an emerging need that potentially affects so many of our members as well as potential new members in our community? Building a neighborhood community that is beneficial for both the church and career transitioners is too much of a win - win opportunity for churches not to get involved.
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