Current Parish & Institutional Opportunities

Christ Church Episcopal in South Pittsburg, Tennessee, seeks a spiritual leader to join us as Priest-in-Charge. As we celebrate with excitement our 150th year of ministry this year, we are looking for a pastor, priest, and teacher, someone ready to join us in living out our mission: “To know Christ and to make Christ known.” Our next priest will help keep us grounded and realistic about what we can accomplish, while also helping us set ambitious goals about engaging our community as it grows around us. We are ready to serve, and we are looking for someone to walk alongside us gently, to equip us for ministry and continue to teach us how to respond to God’s call.

Located in the Sequatchie Valley, halfway between the vibrant city of Chattanooga and the mountaintop town of Sewanee (home of the University of the South), we know how blessed we are that our lovely, historic church is in a place of such natural beauty—and the people moving here know that, as well. We believe our next chapter is an exciting one, and we look forward to living it alongside our Priest-in-Charge.

If you feel that you may be called to serve as Priest-in-Charge of Christ Church, please submit a letter of interest, along with your resume or CV, a copy of your VocationHub (or OTM) portfolio, and recordings of two recent sermons to the Rev. Canon Joe Woodfin, jwoodfin@dioet.org.

Holy Cross Episcopal Church in Hixson, TN, just outside of Chattanooga, is looking for our next Priest-in-Charge! Hixson is a rapidly growing suburban area just outside of Chattanooga, and we are looking to grow with our community.

We are looking for a spiritual leader, who also plans to join us as a partner in ministry. Our culture is one of collegiality—we want you to bring your values and to appreciate ours. The next Priest-in-Charge of Holy Cross will find people willing to serve and looking for guidance and motivation in how best to do so. As one of our Vestry members put it, “There are a lot of big ‘Christ hearts’ in this parish. What we need is someone to help direct them.”

We recently completed a congregation-wide conversation geared toward creating our new mission statement: “Rooted in the love of Christ, we are a welcoming, inclusive, and joyful community where all belong. Through worship, service, and fellowship, we embrace tradition with a progressive spirit—striving always to love our neighbors as ourselves.”

Holy Cross is the newest parish in the Diocese of East Tennessee. Our parish was formed out of the merger of two existing parishes in the Chattanooga area. As such, our “DNA” contains elements of each of those parishes, as well as a strand that is uniquely us—who we are now, rooted in the present and looking toward the future.

If you feel that you may be called to serve as Priest-in-Charge of Holy Cross, please submit a letter of interest, along with your resume or CV, a copy of your OTM portfolio, and recordings of two recent sermons to the Rev. Canon Joe Woodfin, jwoodfin@dioet.org.

The Episcopal Parishes of St. Joseph the Carpenter in Sevierville and Trinity in Gatlinburg seek a Priest-in-Charge to join us on an exciting journey of collaboration in ministry!

Located in beautiful Sevier County (home of Dollywood!) and nestled in the Great Smoky Mountains, our two small parishes have recently discerned a way to maximize our impact by calling a shared priest to serve alongside us as we minister in our communities. Sevier County is full of visitors and of newcomers, and we are ready to welcome these folks to our loving and caring parishes.

We are excited for our shared full-time Priest in Charge to lead us in liturgies, offer formation opportunities, and help us grow in faith. Since we are only 15 miles apart, we imagine plenty of opportunity for cooperation and fellowship among each other as our priest spends time with us in each location.

We seek a Priest who:

• Loves God and neighbor
• Shares the same “can-do” spirit that East Tennessee is famous for
• Has an entrepreneurial spirit that will match this brand new opportunity
• Is an inspiring preacher and teacher

Application Process Description: 

If you feel that you may be called to serve as jointly appointed Priest-in-Charge of Trinity and St. Joseph, please submit a letter of interest, along with your resume or CV, a copy of your OTM portfolio, and recordings of two recent sermons to the Rev. Canon Joe Woodfin, jwoodfin@dioet.org.

The Church of the Nativity in Fort Oglethorpe, GA, seeks a Priest-in-Charge to walk with us on our journey of faithfulness. Nativity, the southernmost outpost of the Diocese of East Tennessee and the only parish in the Diocese with a Georgia address, has been on that journey since our founding in 1967.

We are a small but mighty parish, with a strong core of lay leadership and a variety of ministry opportunities inside and outside the Parish in which we hope our new Priest-in-Charge will join us. In our recent congregational conversations, we affirmed that we are deeply relational, warm, authentic, and grounded in care for one another. We also learned again of the importance of our commitment to radical welcome and community engagement. We hope for a clergy leader that can feel as much at home in that environment as our parishioners do.

We hope for a Priest-in-Charge who is:

• Present, calm, and personally engaged
• Relational and collaborative, and committed to including folks of all ages in ministry
• A thoughtful and inspiring preacher and teacher
• Ready to join us in our posture of radical welcome to all

If you feel that you may be called to serve as Priest-in-Charge of the Church of the Nativity, please submit a letter of interest, along with your resume or CV, a copy of your OTM portfolio, and recordings of two recent sermons to the Rev. Canon Joe Woodfin, jwoodfin@dioet.org.