Leadership

Ministry Opportunities

Send your resume to: pastoraltransitions@mcec.ca

Application for these roles is not a route for immigration to Canada.

The search committees of the congregations will review and process candidates as they come forward until their position is filled.

 

Pastor

Breslau Mennonite Church
FTE: 0.5 FTE
Start Date: Spring 2025
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Breslau, ON

Pastor

Erb Street Mennonite Church
FTE: 1.0 FTE
Start Date: August 2025
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Waterloo, ON

Pastor

Floradale Mennonite Church
FTE: 1.0 FTE negotiable
Start Date: September 1, 2025
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Floradale, ON

Interim Pastor

Floradale Mennonite Church
FTE: 1.0 FTE negotiable
Start Date: September 1, 2025
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Floradale, ON

Congregational Pastor

Leamington United Mennonite Church
FTE: 1.0 FTE
Start Date: Negotiable
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Leamington, ON

Faith Formation Pastor

Leamington United Mennonite Church
FTE: 1.0 FTE
Start Date: Negotiable
Candidates reviewed until position is filled.
Leamington, ON

Pastoral Transitions 2025

Below is a cumulative compilation of pastoral transitions in MCEC for the 2025 calendar year. These include: placements, installations, concluding assignments, study/other leaves, credentialing dates, credential withdrawn (non-disciplinary), and deaths. Please send notification of errors or omissions to leadership@mcec.ca.

* recently added information 

 

*Danforth Mennonite Church, Toronto ON
Pieter Niemeyer, Pastor, February 1, 2025

Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship, Kitchener ON
Stephen Reist, Pastor, January 1, 2025

Tavistock Mennonite Church, Tavistock ON
Julie Ellison White, Pastor, January 1, 2025

The Church at Nairn, Ailsa Craig ON
Bruce Keown, Pastor, January 30, 2025

Toronto United Mennonite Church, Toronto ON
Christina Reimer, Supply Pastor, January 1, 2025

*Wideman Mennonite Church, Markham ON
Dawne Driedger, Interim Pastor, February 9, 2025

 

 


*Stirling Avenue Mennonite Church, Kitchener ON
Brandon Leis, Sabbatical, January 15, 2025 - May 15, 2025

*Community Mennonite Church of Stouffville, Stouffville ON
Glyn Jones, Pastor, retiring April 30, 2025
 
*Erb Street Mennonite Church, Waterloo ON
Scott Brubaker-Zehr, Transformational Pastor, Retiring August, 2025
 
*Floradale Mennonite Church, Floradale ON
Jim Loepp Thiessen, Pastor, retiring June 15, 2025
 
 *Poole Mennonite Church, Poole ON
Fred Redekop, Pastor, March 31, 2025
 
*Rouge Valley Mennonite Church, Markham ON
Glyn Jones, Pastor, retiring April 30, 2025
 
 
 
 
 *Tavistock Mennonite Church, Tavistock ON
Julie Ellison White, Pastor, February 2, 2025
 
*Pioneer Park Christian Fellowship, Kitchener ON
Stephen Reist, Pastor, February 9, 2025
 
 

 

 

 


Reporting Misconduct of Church Leaders

MCEC is committed to supporting congregations to ensure that they are safe for everyone. When misconduct occurs the church takes this very seriously.

More about Reporting

Would you like to explore pastoral ministry?

Discover more about the policies and guidelines that help to guide MCEC pastors. Learn more about the credentialing process - licensed toward ordination; ordination; licensing for specific ministry; commissioning and transferring credentials.

Pastor Congregation Evaluations

Are you looking for how to conduct an evaluation? The information and forms found here will help to guide your congregation through this process.

Ministry Transitions

Are a pastor and have decided it is time to consider new positions for ministry? Are you a congregation whose pastor has resigned? Here you find forms and processes for healthy transitions for both pastor and congregation.

Strengthening the Pastor Congregation Relationship

The materials here are designed to strengthen and support relationships that are empowering and fruitful for all parties. These resources are addressed to all those responsible for, or concerned about, pastor-congregation relations.