By Dee Whitten
Jim Vaught has been selected as the new church-minister matching specialist and a field strategist for the Virginia Baptist Mission Board’s empowering leaders team.
Vaught has been co-pastor of Manassas Baptist Church in Manassas since 2003.
In 1983 Vaught became the first director of pastoral care and counseling at Mary Washington Hospital in Fredericksburg. From 1988-2003 he served the hospital in a variety of leadership and management roles, including director of patient care services, director of emergency services and director of network development. From 1994-2002 he was director of physician recruitment, in which he developed a new system for recruiting over 150 physicians from around the country.
During these years Vaught also served as pastor and interim pastor of several Virginia Baptist churches.
Vaught received a bachelor of arts degree from Carson-Newman College in Jefferson City, Tenn.; a master of divinity degree from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Ky.; a master of business administration from Averett College in Danville; and a doctor of ministry degree from Union Theological Seminary in Richmond.
Vaught’s wife, Jeanne, is a registered nurse working in Fredericksburg.
Vaught will begin his new ministry on Feb. 20. He will have a two-fold challenge: developing and administering a new system for assisting churches in the matching process and serving as a field strategist for the Richmond, Dover and Hermon Baptist associations.
Dee Whitten is team leader of the Mission Board’s empowering leaders team.