Zach Lamberson was affirmed as our next Lead Pastor by a congregational vote on October 29. Zach and Christy have found a home in McMinnville and will be moving here in early December. In our morning services on December 3 we will be ordaining and installing Zach as our Lead Pastor. Please join us at either 9 or 11 AM as we celebrate this special day ..read more

Zach Lamberson has been recommended by the Pastoral Selection Team and Board as the candidate for our next Lead Pastor. The final step of our pastoral selection process will be a vote of the congregation to affirm Zach as the new Lead Pastor. This vote of affirmation will be taken on Sunday, October 29, after each of the 9AM and 11AM services. Zach will be our speaker on the day of the vote. 1. What will we vote on? The ballot asks for a “Yes” or “No” vote on the following question: “Do you affirm Zach Lamberson as the new Senior Pastor of Calvary Chapel of McMinnville?” 2. Who is eligible ..read more

You can find Stuart Smith's September 17 guest teaching as one of our Pastoral Candidates here: https://subspla.sh/j7rrr9s We value your insights about these candidates. Please feel free to send your feedback about Stuart as a candidate to the selection team at search@calvarymac.com ..read more

On September 17 it will be our pleasure to welcome Stuart Smith to teach at CalvaryMac as a Lead Pastor Candidate. Stuart has served in a variety of ministry roles in the last 18 years, and is currently serving as the Executive Director of Love INC of Clackamas County. Love INC is a national organization that helps mobilize and organize churches to work together to better serve their communities. In his two years at the Clackamas County chapter of Love INC, Stuart has been managing their daily operations, helping them re-establish their Mission and Vision after experiencing mission drift cau ..read more

You can find Zach Lamberson's September 3 guest teaching as one of our Pastoral Candidates here: https://subspla.sh/2rmx9qn We value your insights about these candidates. Please feel free to send your feedback about Zach as a candidate to the selection team at search@calvarymac.com ..read more

On September 3 we will welcome Zach Lamberson to teach at CalvaryMac as a Lead Pastor candidate. Zach is currently an Associate Pastor at Calvary Chapel Tri-Cities in Kennewick, Washington, where he has been on staff for the last 18 years. His current areas of responsibility are the Young Adult Ministry (which he leads together with his wife Christy) and the Worship Ministry. Under Zach and Christy’s leadership, the Young Adult ministry has grown from about 20 people meeting in their home to a healthy group of missional minded young adults with a weekly attendance of over 50. As Worship Pas ..read more

Confirmation Vote Information Pastoral candidates will be teaching at CalvaryMac on September 3 and 17 as part of the interview process. Looking beyond that, the final step of our pastoral selection process will be a vote of the congregation to confirm the one candidate that is chosen by the Selection Team. While this is still several weeks away, we wanted to give some information about what that vote will look like. 1. When will the vote be taken? The vote will happen at a special meeting of the congregation, probably after the 11:00 service on a selected Sunday. Notice of the meeting will b ..read more

Candidates Teaching Schedule Four weeks ago, right before the Bike Trip, we shared that the team was evaluating three candidates that had been through a first round of interviews. After much prayer and consideration, the team has decided to invite two of those candidates to the next step of the selection process. Personally, I am so excited about both of these candidates that I wish we could choose them both. Both of these men have a wealth of ministry and leadership experience, and appear to be ready for a Lead Pastor role. Each of them have visited CalvaryMac with their families for a Sunda ..read more

In the last few weeks the team has interviewed three strong candidates for the Lead Pastor position. We are currently in the process of deciding which candidates to invite to the next stage of the process, which will include having each of the candidates come and speak on a Sunday morning, as well as a more extensive interview with the team. Once all of the candidates have gone through this process, the team will choose one candidate to present to the congregation for a vote of approval. In making this choice, we will be looking not only at their teaching ability, but also the other aspects of ..read more

Pastoral Selection Team Update Just a quick update this week to let you know that we have received applications from several candidates and are beginning to schedule some interviews. We will likely be scheduling several candidates to come and speak at CalvaryMac in the next couple of months. We will let you know as more details become available. Please continue to pray for this process, that the Lord will make his selection clear to us as well as to the Pastor that He has selected for us ..read more