What ChurchStaffing does

ChurchStaffing.com is a web-based, two-sided job marketplace focused exclusively on employment within U.S. churches and ministries. The platform serves two distinct user bases: churches, ministries, and para-church organizations that need to fill pastoral, worship, children's ministry, youth, and administrative roles, and job seekers — pastors, worship leaders, children's ministry directors, church secretaries, and similar ministry professionals — searching for their next position. Listings are organized by popular categories (senior pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor, children's ministry, worship/music ministry), by U.S. state, and by denomination, with coverage spanning 45+ denominations including Non-Denominational, Baptist, Assemblies of God, and Evangelical Free churches. Underlying technology consists of a free job-search engine, a resume database of qualified ministry candidates, an email notification/weekly newsletter system reaching 60,000 churches and pastors, and employer candidate-management tools. Add-on integrations include background-check services (via partner Protect My Ministry), a Working Genius career assessment, DISC evaluations, resume writing services, and a church directory.

The business operates on a freemium marketplace model. Job seekers can search and post one resume for free, with a $15/month Premium Membership unlocking up to three resumes, photo upload, featured resume placement, and newsletter-based outreach to the 60,000-church email database. Employers (typically individual churches) pay job-posting fees for individual listings and a $150/month Resume Database Subscription for unlimited access to browse and contact candidates, with daily new-resume email updates. Marketing channels rely on SEO-optimized organic search for top-of-funnel acquisition, the Preaching.com partner site for additional listing exposure, and direct email/newsletter outreach for mid-funnel engagement.

ChurchStaffing is operated under Salem Church Products, a division of Salem Media Group (NASDAQ: SALM), a publicly traded diversified media company; the site's legal links (privacy policy, terms of use, CCPA notices) all reference salemmedia.com, confirming corporate affiliation. The platform is self-described as the largest online job-search website for church, pastor, and ministry jobs in the United States. Operating status is active, as evidenced by the 2026 copyright notice and current job postings. The product surface has steadily expanded beyond listings into a small employer hiring-stack — background checks, assessments, compensation resources, and resume services — positioning the company as a vertical niche operator rather than a horizontal job-board competitor.

Name

ChurchStaffing

Legal name

ChurchStaffing

Website

https://churchstaffing.com

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ChurchStaffing.com is the largest U.S. online job marketplace dedicated to church and ministry employment, connecting churches hiring pastoral and ministry staff with job seekers across 45+ denominations via a free search engine, paid resume database subscriptions, and add-on hiring tools.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Online Job Board Marketplace

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Religious Organizations (8131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Local Congregations & Worship Communities (Churches, Mosques, Temples, Synagogues) (BPAGAJAA)

Keywords

• Church job board
• Ministry employment platform
• Pastor recruitment
• Church resume database
• Online job listings

Headquarters

HQ city

Richmond

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Digital Commerce or Content

Cost components

Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Job Seeker Premium Membership: Premium subscription for job seekers providing featured resume listings, ability to post up to 3 resumes, photo upload, and email contact with 60,000 churches via weekly newsletter
2. Resume Database Subscription: Monthly subscription for employers to access resume database with unlimited candidate contacts, daily new resume uploads, and email updates
3. Job Posting Fees: Fees charged to churches for posting job listings on the platform (employer pricing referenced but details not disclosed)

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

ChurchStaffing operates an online job marketplace that lets churches post openings and search a resume database of ministry candidates, while letting pastors and ministry professionals search jobs and post resumes free of charge. The platform is monetized through a $15/month Premium Membership for job seekers (with featured resumes and newsletter distribution) and a $150/month Resume Database Subscription for employers, along with paid job posting fees and add-on services such as background checks, resume writing, and assessments.

Product overview

ChurchStaffing is an online job board platform for church and ministry employment, operating a free job search engine for job seekers alongside a marketplace of paid services for both job seekers and church employers. The core offering consists of a job listing database and resume posting platform, accessible free to job seekers. Premium subscription tiers include the $15/month Job Seeker Premium Membership (enabling featured resumes and email newsletter delivery to 60,000 churches) and the $150/month Employer Resume Database Subscription (providing unlimited candidate search and contact). Add-on services include Resume Writing Services, the Working Genius Assessment career tool, Background Checks (via Protect My Ministry), Church Leadership Tools, DISC Evaluations, and Compensation/Employment Law resources. The platform covers job categories spanning senior pastor, associate pastor, youth pastor, children's ministry, worship/music ministry, and various other church positions across multiple denominations including Non-Denominational, Baptist, Assemblies of God, Wesleyan, and many others.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Church Job Search Engine

Quantifiable outcome

• Access to 60,000 churches and pastors via email newsletter

Named customers8 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed Yes

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature4 records

Partnerships

Two partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Preaching.comcoreGTM or Marketing PartnerStrategic partner site where ChurchStaffing job seeker resumes and listings receive additional exposure to thousands of daily visitors browsing Preaching.com content
• SalemWebNetworkminorGTM or Marketing PartnerAdvertising platform through which ChurchStaffing offers advertising opportunities to reach church and ministry audiences

Scale indicators2 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Emerging players

• ChurchJobFinder: Smaller niche job board focused on church staffing, offering a more limited alternative to ChurchStaffing in specific denominations or geographic segments.
• The Christian Post Jobs: Job listing section of The Christian Post news platform, providing partial overlap with ChurchStaffing by serving ministry job seekers browsing a broader Christian content destination.

Direct peers

• MinistryJobs.com: Niche job board focused on Christian ministry and church staff positions, offering comparable job posting and resume search functionality to churches and ministry candidates.
• ChurchJobs.com: Long-standing online job board dedicated to church and ministry employment, directly competing with ChurchStaffing for the same employer and job seeker audience across denominations.
• Christian Career Center: Faith-based employment platform serving Christian professionals and ministry organizations with job listings, resume posting, and career resources similar to ChurchStaffing's model.

Broad incumbents

• Indeed: Largest general-purpose job search platform globally, where many churches also post openings for free — representing the broadest competitive substitute to ChurchStaffing's specialized marketplace.
• LinkedIn: Dominant professional network with broad job listings functionality, used by some pastors and church administrators for hiring despite lacking ChurchStaffing's denomination-specific specialization.
• ZipRecruiter: Large-scale general job board with AI-driven matching that increasingly serves small businesses and nonprofits, including religious organizations seeking to hire staff.

Others

• Preaching.com: Sermon and preaching resource site integrated as a distribution partner for ChurchStaffing resumes and listings, representing an adjacent content platform in the same ministry audience ecosystem.
• Salem Web Network: Salem Media Group's Christian website advertising network — a sibling property that channels church-related ad inventory and audience traffic, with partial ecosystem overlap to ChurchStaffing.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/churchstaff
• Facebookfacebook.com/churchstaffing
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/churchstaffing

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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