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William Vanderbloemen (born 1969,
Taylorsville, North Carolina Taylorsville is a town in Alexander County, North Carolina, United States. The population was 2,098 at the 2010 census. It is the county seat of Alexander County. Taylorsville is part of the Hickory–Lenoir– Morganton Metropolitan Stat ...
) is an entrepreneur, pastor, speaker, author, and CEO and founder of Vanderbloemen Search Group, an executive search firm serving churches, ministries, and faith-based organizations.


Education

Vanderbloemen received a B.A. in philosophy/religion from Wake Forest University (1992) and later earned an M.Div from Princeton Theological Seminary (1995).


Career


Ministry

After graduating, Vanderbloemen took a post as the associate pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Hendersonville, North Carolina. At 27, he accepted his first senior pastorate at the Memorial Presbyterian Church of Montgomery in Alabama. In less than four years there, the membership tripled and the church completed a $5.5 million building program. In 2001, Vanderbloemen was a guest chaplain for the
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. At 31, he was elected senior pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Houston. At the time, he was the youngest senior pastor ever elected to Houston's oldest church. In 2006, he presided over the funeral of former U.S. House Representative, Senator and Treasury Secretary
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.


Corporate career

Vanderbloemen has studied the issue of pastoral "succession planning" as a means to help churches and ministries continue beyond the term of a main spiritual leader and has become a consultant on the topic of church succession planning and compensation analysis for churches and ministries. He also works with relief organizations, such as World Vision International and
Living Water International Living Water International (LWI) is a faith-based non-profit organization that helps communities in developing countries to create sustainable water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) programs in response to the global water crisis.Moore, Mike, 2003, ' ...
. Vanderbloemen has been a media commentator on the issues surrounding
Mars Hill Church Mars Hill Church was a Christian megachurch, founded in 1996 by Mark Driscoll, Lief Moi, and Mike Gunn. It was a multi-site church based in Seattle, Washington and grew from a home Bible study to 15 locations in 4 U.S. states. in addition to ser ...
and its former pastor
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, ''
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'', and ''
Gospel Herald ''Gospel Herald'' (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) was the official publication of the Mennonite Church from 1908–1998. It was formed from a merger of ''Gospel Witness'' (Scottdale, Pennsylvania) and ''Herald of Truth'' (Elkhart, Indiana). As part o ...
''. Vanderbloemen says that "all pastors are interim pastors"," and talks about a "hyper-connected world", rendering the needs for churches to plan ahead because they will face transition issues. He has been a contributor to ''
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'', where he covers topics about having a strong faith and building a business, ''
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Outreach Magazine ''Outreach'' is an evangelical magazine based in Colorado Springs, Colorado. It focuses on activities of growing churches and is non-denominational. It is a periodical from the organization Outreach, Inc., founded in 1996 by Scott Evans and pro ...
''. He has also been published through Fast Company, '' Entrepreneur'', and ''
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''. Vanderbloemen served as a human resources manager at Anadarko Petroleum. In 2008, he was the senior vice president/ministry practice leader at FaithSearch Partners, an executive search firm focused on faith-based hospitals, health care systems, and ministries.


Vanderbloemen Search Group

Based in
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, Vanderbloemen Search Group opened in 2009. The executive search firm, which also conducts compensation analysis and consulting services for organizations, specializes in a mix of domestic and international placement of faith-based leaders within churches and ministries, as well as Christian organizations. It works with churches all over the world and of every denomination. Vanderbloemen Search Group acquired the search firm Help Staff Me in 2011. In November 2012, It was accepted into the Association of Executive Search Consultants (AESC).


Personal life

Vanderbloemen, his wif
Adrienne
and their seven children live in
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.


Works

* discusses the process of pastoral succession planning *


References


External links


Vanderbloemen website
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