Full-Time Pastor

About the role

The position is to serve as the Overseer or Under-Shepherd for our congregation of Christian Believers. Expectations include planning, overseeing, and conducting weekly services; being available to minister during emergent needs; and supervising paid administrative and support staff.

Responsibilities

• Spending regular and consistent time in prayer and leading the church to be a praying congregation (Acts 6:4).
• Preaching and teaching the Gospel to the lost for their salvation and personal evangelism (1 Corinthians 1:17, 2 Timothy 4:5).
• Preaching and teaching the Word of God to the saved for their edification as well as reproof and exhortation (1 Peter 5:2, 2 Timothy 4:2-4, 1 Timothy 5:12-14).
• Spending appropriate time in study of the Scriptures and sermon preparation.
• Planning for and providing leadership in the observance of the Church Ordinances.
• Leading the staff and Church in a caring ministry for persons in the Church and the community.
• Planning, coordinating, and evaluating congregational worship services by leading or delegating the leadership of these services.
• Providing administrative leadership for the total Church program.
• Leading the church in cooperating with the ministries and mission efforts of the local Baptist association, the Florida Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention, and keeping the church informed of important information related to these entities.

Requirements

The Pastor shall be expected to be a man of the highest spiritual and moral character (1 Timothy 3:1-7). A man fully controlled by the Holy Spirit as evidenced by the Fruit of the Spirit in his life (Galatians 5:22-23). His qualifications shall be those as given in the Holy Scriptures, which relate to the leadership of Christ’s Church and to the preaching of the Gospel (1 Timothy 4:6-16, 2 Timothy 4:1-5, 1 Peter 5:1-6, Ephesians 4:11-13, and John 21:16-17).

Though a theological degree is not necessary, he shall have appropriate theological training from a regionally accredited Southern Baptist institution of higher education.

Qualifications

The Pastor shall have a background as a Pastor/Associate Pastor of a church affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention.

Skills

N/A

Benefits

N/A

Pay

$55,000 to $75,000 annually

Schedule

Full-time