Church seeking Senior Pastor:
Grace Church
Executive Summary
Grace Church is seeking a highly relational and visionary preacher and teacher to lead the congregation as their next Senior Pastor.
Grace Church is a congregation of about 120-150 located in Abbotsford, BC. It desires to be a growing, multi-generational church. Grace is seeking a Senior Pastor who has a passion for Jesus and is committed to sound Bible teaching and preaching. He will model and teach others to disciple well and have a genuine desire to connect relationally with people. Godly character and a desire to discern and follow God’s leading are essential. A deep passion for reaching the lost and marginalized people of the world should be evident. He should be gifted in speaking and moving people to action. Among other things, the incoming Senior Pastor will continue to cultivate a culture and lifestyle of prayer within the body, discerning God’s direction for the church together with the congregation. He will teach others how to disciple well and, in the process, develop and raise up new leaders, recast vision and stir up commitment to advancing the mission and vision of Grace Church.
Overall, the Senior Pastor will provide general spiritual oversight, comprehensive leadership to pastoral care of the congregation and overall guidance of church ministries, staff and lay leadership of the church.
If you are called to pastoral ministry and have a set of values and convictions that align with Grace Church, we would love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
Spiritual Oversight
Pastoral Care
Leadership Qualities
Overall Guidance
Competencies:
To apply:
Please forward a PDF of your resume and cover letter to info@nelsonandkraft.com
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Grace Church is seeking a highly relational and visionary preacher and teacher to lead the congregation as their next Senior Pastor.
Grace Church is a congregation of about 120-150 located in Abbotsford, BC. It desires to be a growing, multi-generational church. Grace is seeking a Senior Pastor who has a passion for Jesus and is committed to sound Bible teaching and preaching. He will model and teach others to disciple well and have a genuine desire to connect relationally with people. Godly character and a desire to discern and follow God’s leading are essential. A deep passion for reaching the lost and marginalized people of the world should be evident. He should be gifted in speaking and moving people to action. Among other things, the incoming Senior Pastor will continue to cultivate a culture and lifestyle of prayer within the body, discerning God’s direction for the church together with the congregation. He will teach others how to disciple well and, in the process, develop and raise up new leaders, recast vision and stir up commitment to advancing the mission and vision of Grace Church.
Overall, the Senior Pastor will provide general spiritual oversight, comprehensive leadership to pastoral care of the congregation and overall guidance of church ministries, staff and lay leadership of the church.
If you are called to pastoral ministry and have a set of values and convictions that align with Grace Church, we would love to hear from you.
Key Responsibilities:
Spiritual Oversight
- Set the spiritual tone through your personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
- Preach and teach the Word of God in a sensitive and relevant manner with the study and preparation necessary to cultivate effective evangelism and discipleship.
- Direct and watch over the various collective ministries and maintain the biblical and doctrinal integrity of the church.
Pastoral Care
- Pray regularly for the church family, staff, leadership and all areas of ministry.
- Provide spiritual guidance, instruction and counsel as needed in a caring and compassionate manner.
- Ensure that pastoral care is provided effectively and timely, grounded in truth and grace.
Leadership Qualities
- The Senior Pastor must take the initiative in organizing and establishing effective ministry teams that clearly understand long and short-term goals, while assessing progress and ensuring adjustments are made as needed.
- The Senior Pastor should lead as a consensus builder who will form, equip and collaboratively lead teams of leaders to achieve unity in common goals.
- Skilled and knowledgeable in the face of conflict and challenges by being faithful, loving, dependable and able to maintain an even temperament in challenging times. This should be done with humility and kindness while preserving truth.
- Courageously optimistic and willing to try new things, test the waters and go after mission fulfillment in creative and responsible ways. This should be done in the spirit of being a consensus-building leader.
Overall Guidance
- Collaboratively initiate and develop a vision for the church's overall direction and communicate the vision to motivate the church family to commit to the vision.
- Work with the Elder Board in the overall leadership of the church. Provide executive leadership, including financial oversight for the church staff, and offer support, counsel and encouragement to lay ministry leaders.
- Oversee the training and development of all church individuals in their areas of discipleship, evangelism, teaching, leadership and service.
Competencies:
- Demonstrate a clear commitment and personal loyalty to Jesus Christ.
- Exhibit consistent spiritual and moral character and lifestyle, and the biblical leadership qualifications described in I Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9.
- Agree with the Statement of Faith, By-Laws and Position Statements of Grace Church.
- Established track record of strong biblical preaching with a mature understanding of the Scriptures.
- Demonstrated success leading multiple staff within a growing, multigenerational church.
- Must possess organizational and administrative abilities.
- Capable of effective delegation, leadership development and interpersonal relationships.
- While a Master of Divinity degree is preferred, consideration will be given to candidates with a minimum of a diploma/degree in Biblical Studies (or equivalent). The successful candidate must demonstrate a commitment to lifelong learning and personal and professional development.
- Senior pastoral ministry experience (5+ years, preferred) in a medium-sized church context.
To apply:
Please forward a PDF of your resume and cover letter to info@nelsonandkraft.com
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