With unemployment at 14.9 million, there is no doubt many families and individuals in your congregation today need the prayers and support of their local church to help them find a job.
At a minimal cost of just $45, your Church can provide this help!
Our group of Ministries and Christian career professionals have come together to assemble a DVD providing the resources and teachings needed
to establish and maintain a biblically based, cutting-edge ministry to
those in career transition.
The DVD includes:
- Templates to launch a successful career ministry in your church in just 30 days!
- “How to Begin a Biblical Ministry to Job Seekers in Your Local Church” (white paper)
- “Maximizing Your Career in Turbulent Times” the 80-page Career Guide
- Set of 8 beautiful Power Point Presentations with Teaching Notes and Scripture Versus covering Careers & God’s Calling; the Christian’s Approach to Networking, Interviewing, and Salary Negotiations; Personal Branding; Resume Development; and More
- Video Presentations from the CTM Leaders Southwest Conference with nationally recognized speakers on Christian career ministry and Biblically-based job search
- Introduction to “The Career Direct® Complete Guidance System” and Crown Ministries’ Financial Educational Materials
- FREE 15-day Trial Church Membership to Crossroads Career Ministry Network filled with Christian resources for finding jobs, careers, and calling.
- Moving success stories of those who have been helped by career ministries.
For a limited time only, with your purchase of the DVD we will also send you a copy of "The Christian’s Career Journey: Finding the Job God Designed for You", combining cutting-edge career management wisdom with Biblical truths.
Pastors and lay leaders, your Church can make a direct impact by providing biblical truth and immediate assistance to the jobless & underemployed in your local community.
There has not been a time since the Great Depression which has presented a greater opportunity for the local church to establish an ongoing Christ-centered ministry to those in career transition. Research has indicated that less than 10% of Christian churches today provide any support to Job Seekers (the unemployed, mis-employed, under-employed and nervously employed). Even more concerning is that the majority of existing ministries would not be considered Christ-centered since they neither evangelize the unbeliever or minister from a Biblical perspective to the Believer.
The current economy and future forecast is frightening to many. For millions, it means loss of income, which can translate into stressful family relationships and threat of foreclosures. For the church, it often means additional expenses in counseling support, not to mention the financial losses associated with the unemployed church members’ inability to tithe. It provides an unprecedented in-reach opportunity of the local church to minister to their members who are experiencing job loss, and an outreach opportunity to the unchurched of their community.
Please consider the statistics at the right:
These statistics translate to significant opportunities to . . .
- start a Christ-centered career ministry to the millions affected by this economic downturn,
- encourage churches that have ongoing ministries by transforming secular-looking job support groups that focus almost exclusively on resume development, interview preparation and job lead sharing into ministries that help Job Seekers by ministering from a Biblical perspective.
How can you minister from a Biblical perspective? By including prayer, presentation of the Gospel message, and sharing biblical truths concerning trials such as job loss, handling finances during and after job loss, conducting a Christ-centered job search, and more.
9.7% |
Current Unemployment in the U.S. (August 2009) |
14.9 million |
Currently Unemployed in the U.S. |
10% |
Projected Unemployment in the U.S. (4th Quarter, 2009) |
11% |
Projected Highest Unemployment in the U.S. (2010) |
26.3 million |
Unemployed, Quit Looking and Temp Employed - Highest ever recorded! |
8 million |
Currently Underemployed - working part-time in the U.S. |
24.9 |
Average # Weeks for Unemployed – 1/3 of them looking 27 weeks or more (that’s over 6 months)! |
Event presented in partnership with:
The four groups in the box at the left (Career Transition Ministries Network, Crossroads Career Network, Christian Coach Academy and Crown Financial Ministries), provide a unique synergy and when combined, offer the local church a comprehensive approach to the resources necessary to establish and maintain a biblically based, cutting-edge ministry to those in career transition. There should never exist any competition between or among ministries which seek to glorify God and exalt the name of Jesus Christ. This is the concept behind the proposed conference because each of the four parties offer a unique contribution that, when combined, can equip a local church to establish a comprehensive Christ-centered ministry to those in career transition, and have a viable, cutting-edge ministry up and operating within 30 days. The millions of unemployed today demand that local churches recognize the ministry opportunity with a sense of urgency!
“The harvest is plentiful but the workers are few.
Ask the Lord of the harvest, therefore,
to send out
workers into his harvest field.”
Matthew 9:37-38
Equip your church’s leadership with the tools necessary to provide a Biblically based ministry to those in career transition.
