The Virtual Pastor Network is a project of Parity, a NYC-based national nonprofit that promotes faith and equality for all people.
All of our Virtual Pastors are volunteers, and they are from all over the world with a wide range of experiences and specialties. We are grateful for their gift of time and talent to share compassionate conversation and prayer with people in need.
This project is an expansion of the Online Faith Collective, which provides information and links to online worship and religious services for people of many faiths and spiritualities.
Please see our press release below, and be in touch - we would love to hear from you!
Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen
Executive Director, Parity
marian@parity.nyc
Virtual Pastor Network Announced
(New York, NY) - March 30, 2020:
“I need a pastor, please,” wrote one individual after seeing the call for volunteer pastors.To respond to the need for comfort and prayer, a network of volunteer “virtual” pastors is gathering to provide pastoral care and prayer to frontline workers and people in need.
“The response was immediate. We had 10 faith leaders sign up within 5 minutes, on a Sunday night when we first announced the Virtual Pastor Network,” said Rev. Marian Edmonds-Allen, Executive Director of Parity, the sponsor of the network. “The opportunity to help people right now is important. Pastors care, and people need comfort and prayer.”
Volunteers are matched with individuals requesting a pastor. All religions, faiths and spiritualities are welcome to participate for a virtual prayer and / or a compassionate conversation. Participants can connect through zoom, email, phone - any virtual medium, anywhere. Pastors from as far away as Kenya have signed up to volunteer.
Volunteers may sign up at https://onlinefaithcollective.org/virtualpastor or request a pastor, here: https://onlinefaithcollective.org/virtual-pastor-request-a-pastor.
The Virtual Pastor Network is an expansion of the Online Faith Collective which shares online worship services of all faiths during COVID-19 precautions. To share a service or find a service, visit OnlineFaithCollective.org.
The Virtual Pastor Network and the Online Faith Collective are projects of Parity, a national nonprofit based in NYC that promotes faith and equality for all people. parity.nyc
