MASSIMO FAGGIOLI: Which, by Catholic standards, is a big improvement.ĭEROSE: Massimo Faggioli is a professor of Catholic theology at Villanova University in Pennsylvania. And for the first time, about 10% are women. The Vatican meeting, called a synod, includes nearly 500 participants talking and listening. It is a pain point for me that that is not something that I am able to discern at this time.ĭEROSE: Jimenez is traveling to Rome as an observer with the organization Discerning Deacons. JIMENEZ: If women were allowed to be deacons in the Catholic Church, absolutely, tomorrow, I would seriously discern and consider becoming a deacon. Jimenez says the conversations clarified something for her. JIMENEZ: For me, it was a place where you could talk about exclusion and marginalization and pain that has been felt either personally by myself or by people that I know and love who are either in the church or who have left the church.ĭEROSE: What came out of those sessions was sent up to the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and then on to the Vatican. For the last several years, the congregation has been holding listening sessions in preparation for this month's Vatican meeting. And then you fast forward to a course on sacraments, and we say, oh, yeah, well, but not here.ĭEROSE: Jimenez is a member of American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach, Calif. JAZMIN JIMENEZ: We told them that we all have a common dignity and a common mission. JASON DEROSE, BYLINE: For more than a dozen years, Jazmin Jimenez was a Catholic school teacher, a job that highlighted contradictions, like teaching her students that the church excludes women from the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood. NPR religion correspondent Jason DeRose reports that during a nearly monthlong meeting, clergy and laity are considering a number of issues, including the possibility of women becoming Catholic deacons. Please do not contact the church directly.Women leaders in the Roman Catholic Church and how to be more welcoming of LGBTQ and divorced Catholics are topics of conversation at the Vatican right now. To be considered for this position, please complete the application to include your testimony, resume and other background information related to the position. To review their church profile and learn more, click here. Orofino Community Church is a family that strives to empower, equip, heal, and mature all those in in its care, from our littlest members to our most senior attenders. We take great joy in welcoming the opportunity to surround, equip and pour into our leaders as much as they do to us. The accepted candidate and his family are being sent to us to love and nurture as much as they are called to give the same. ![]() Orofino Community Church feels this season in our body is by divine appointment, not just a job opening. ![]() Our candidate for Senior Pastor would need to be comfortable working with others of a different denominational background to see the gospel of Christ established in the Clearwater Corridor. ![]() Orofino Community Church has a unique calling and favor in our region to minister with and to other bodies of Christ in our Corridor. This candidate will possess a minimum of a bachelor’s level education from an accredited seminary/bible college whose credentials are in alignment with the Christian Missionary Alliance and preferably have experienced a minimum of three years of significant ministry experience. He will desire to equip the saints, both men and women in the use of spiritual gifts designed by God to encourage and edify the local congregation as well as those beyond the walls of the church.Īn ideal candidate will desire to be a team builder with a heart to mentor volunteer and church staff while being comfortable in delegating responsibilities and communicating vision. This candidate will have a deep love for the people of God in and out of the church, preaching the gospel of Christ to a multi-generational audience. It is our desire that this man has experienced a genuine call into ministry and feels a deep sense of purpose in shepherding a local congregation into maturity for the glory of God. Orofino is seeking God’s will in selecting the next senior pastor for ‘His’ church.
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