Senior Pastor
Shepherd Staff is honored to be working with Eastside Baptist Church in Shelby, NC as they search for their next Senior Pastor. Eastside is seeking a leader who will inspire through preaching and teaching, embodying a life of prayer and exemplary Christian living. Responsibilities extend from visiting the sick and counseling individuals to leading worship services, promoting missions, and collaborating with local churches. This is a great opportunity to shepherd a well-established church in a growing community just west of Charlotte, NC.
The ideal candidate will be:
- An ordained Baptist minister.
- A graduate of an accredited college and seminary with a Master of Divinity or the equivalent.
- Demonstrate a high standard of moral and ethical character in keeping with the calling of Jesus Christ.
Responsibilities:
- As spiritual leader of the church:
- Proclaim God’s Word through preaching and teaching, growing out of a life committed to study and prayer.
- Live an exemplary Christian life before the church and community.
- As pastoral leader of the church:
- Lead the church in a caring ministry for persons in the church and the community.
- Lead the deacon’s in the deacon family ministry program.
- Personally visit the sick, the shut-in, current members, and prospective members.
- Counsel and advise individuals regarding spiritual matters as requested.
- As the educational leader of the church:
- Administer an effective discipleship program within the church in collaboration with ministry staff, through established programs and new initiatives as needed.
- Evaluate the effectiveness of all discipleship programs.
- As worship leader of the church:
- Plan and lead congregational worship services in collaboration with ministry staff.
- Perform weddings and funerals.
- Lead the church in the ordinances of baptism and the Lord’s Supper.
- As the missional leader of the church:
- Lead and be active in missions and outreach.
- Promote missions among church members.
- As a community representative of the church:
- Work with the local, state, national, and international Baptist associations as appropriate.
- Nurture cooperation and collaboration among local Christian churches.
- As administrative leader of the church:
- Lead the church in financial stewardship and fulfillment of an annual budget.
- Supervise all staff and paid personnel.
- Perform annual evaluations of all staff.
- Conduct weekly staff meetings.
Much more detailed information is available to you after an initial consultation with Shepherd Staff. During that consultation, you should be able to articulate your provable experience as outlined above. Take the first step by clicking on the “Let's Explore This” button to confidentially make us aware of your interest. By confidential, we mean that we won’t share your information or interest with this or any other church prior to a full discussion with you and your permission to do so.
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