Lead Pastor

Name of Church: Alliance Bible Church

City and State: Baytown, TX

Contact Person and Email Address: Danielle Cather (office@abcbaytown.org)

Primary Responsibilities

• Shepherding the church with the locally elected elders
• Chairing the Administrative Board
• Providing oversight and direction to church resources
• Mobilizing, supporting and encouraging the efforts of elected lay leaders (Deacons, Deaconesses & Trustees)
• Leading a part-time church staff (Office Manager & Facilities Coordinator)
• Casting vision and leading the church into a continued effective, missional future with one another and in the community
• Encouraging and engaging with the congregation to live active Christian lives

Qualifications

• A licensed and ordained official worker with The Alliance, or the willingness and ability to become credentialed
• A humble heart willing to co-lead with mature, loving church elders
• A desire to love and work with a diverse body of believers to reach Baytown with the Gospel of Jesus
• A passion and vision for outreach into the community and the ability to mobilize others around that vision

About Baytown

About Baytown: Baytown, TX is an eastern suburb of Houston, TX with a population of approximately 85,000. Baytown is a predominantly blue-collar, refinery town and home to Exxon and Chevron. Baytown is a diverse city, with about 20% of the population born outside the US. 52% of our population is Hispanic.

About Alliance Bible Church

About Alliance Bible Church: Our church has approximately 45-50 congregants who worship with us on Sunday mornings. Our youth group serves 27 students from 9 different schools. For our size, we have many young families. Our children’s ministry serves 10-15 children. Our main campus is a gymnasium. We rent the facility out to community and sports groups during the week. Our facility is used every day of the week. We recently converted an old warehouse building into a community pickleball court with the aim of increasing our engagement and interaction with the local community. Our church is debt-free. Our part-time staff includes a Facilities Coordinator (who manages the rental contracts and relationships) and an Office Manager. We brought on a church planter in 2021 who now uses our gym on Sunday afternoons and evenings for a sports outreach ministry and a facility for the church plant. We maintain a supportive, cooperative relationship with his family and their ministry. We have leveraged our campus to get more integrated with our local community in the last few years. We believe that if the next pastor can mobilize and galvanize the church to go into the harvest that God brought to our facility, then God will bring in a mighty harvest for the Kingdom.

Helpful Information About Our Transition

To help us better assess the suitability of candidates into our current leadership team, the church will provide an SDI assessment and/or an APEST assessment to prospective candidates. We will also provide assessment results for our current leadership. These results would not serve as a determination criterion for candidates, but rather as beneficial information for the church’s consideration and discernment about the suitability of candidates.

Compensation Package

The compensation package for this co-vocational position is $40,000 annually. This includes salary, housing allowance, retirement contributions, and a healthcare allowance. Health insurance through The Alliance is also available as part of this package. The compensation package can be structured to optimally accommodate the individual.