One Search. Your Church.

Your next
lead pastor
is not applying.

The leaders most capable of taking your church where it needs to go are thriving where they are. They are not typically browsing job boards. ClarkSearch locates these leaders who are not applying.

12
Years of Search
Experience
170+
Executive Searches
Completed
1
Current Search
Your Church
12 mo
Guaranteed Search
Window
Why ClarkSearch

A different
kind of search.

Traditional search is built around volume, hundreds of applicants, a committee, a slate, dozens of interviews and months of attrition. ClarkSearch is built around trust, relationship, a handful of high level interviews and the belief that the right leader is open under the right circumstances. Todd's job is to connect you to that person.

✓
One Search at a Time
Not one of twenty. You are the only engagement. Todd's full attention, network, and focus belongs to your church until the search is complete.
✓
Active Candidate Search
Todd recruits from relationship, not from a database. The candidates your church will meet would likely not have been interested in the role if they were obligated to follow the traditional slate of candidates presentation and multiple interview model of search.
✓
Support for Spouse
The spouse is often overlooked in high-level executive searches. To address this, Rene Clark offers up to three months of coaching and support for the spouse, if invited, following the hire.
✓
Continuity After Placement
The search does not end at hire. An optional advisory retainer keeps Todd in your corner during the transition, the most critical moment of the search.

The engagement
structure.

The ClarkSearch model is simple and it is the special sauce. Every element of the structure exists to protect the quality of the outcome for your church and for the candidate.

How we compare.

Most search firms are built for the many.
ClarkSearch is built for the one.

ClarkSearch Traditional Firm Committee Search
Searches at once 1  (guaranteed) 10-30+ searches per FT associate N/A
Candidate source Active Search / Relationship Open Applicants / Job Posting / Relationship Open posting
Fee structure $8,000+ monthly 30-35% of salary Volunteer time
Undivided attention Yes No No
Post-placement support Ongoing retainer option / Spouse coaching Sometimes None
Typical timeline 6-10 months 6-18 months 12-24 months
Todd Clark
Todd Clark
Founder + Lead Search Consultant

Todd Clark spent 12 years at Slingshot Group, one of the most respected pastoral search firms in the country, before founding ClarkSearch. He has guided churches through some of the most important and unique leadership moments they will ever face. He knows the process from the inside, and he knows what it costs when the search goes wrong or long. ClarkSearch is the firm we all needed to exist.

The firm is
one person.
That's the point.

Ready to Begin

One search.
Your church.

ClarkSearch takes one client at a time. If you are interested in this kind of focus and exclusivity, let's talk about whether ClarkSearch is the right fit for your church.

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ClarkSearch is currently working with one church.
We are accepting inquiries for future engagements.