Senior Pastor

Characteristics of the Ideal Candidate:

The ideal Senior Pastor at Shenandoah Community Fellowship has a love for Scripture, studies it closely and explains its meaning and application verse by verse to help the congregation grow in faith and understanding. He leads by example with humility, integrity, patience, persistence, strong listening skills, loyalty, high trust, optimism, and enthusiasm that energizes people through persuasive, well-chosen and biblically-centric communication and vocabulary. He understands and is comfortable with the church polity and the cooperation between churches that is part of our Southern Baptist values. He embraces an environment where elders teach and lead; and the deacon function serves. He and his family have experience within and enjoy, or can easily adapt to, a small-town milieu. While pastoral care is part of his role and something he thoroughly enjoys because of his love for people and inherent desire to interact with others, he understands that much of that function is effectuated through our LIFE Groups (small / care groups) and he may need to – in cooperation with the other elders – occasionally hand-off pastoral care activities so that it does not supplant the primary focus on his teaching.

Job description:

The Senior Pastor will give himself to the ministry of the Word as identified in I Timothy 3:1-7. He is responsible for the welfare and oversight of the church and staff of Shenandoah Community Fellowship. He will have complete oversight of the worship services each Sunday morning.

I. QUALIFICATIONS [Please provide evidence/statements concerning each in your application.]

The Senior Pastor will:

· Affirm the SCF statement of faith and all doctrines contained within the Baptist Faith and Message, 2000 as an engaging teacher holding to a biblical worldview.

· Proclaim, personally, and corporately, the Gospel of Jesus Christ while serving as a spiritual leader and visible role model to Shenandoah Community Fellowship and in our community where we seek to fulfill the church wide mission to lead people to become fully devoted followers of Christ.

· Be an ordained pastor from a Southern Baptist Church of like beliefs.

· Be a seminary graduate with a master’s degree or above, preferably.

· Have at least 3 to 5 years in pastoral experience.

· Have a heart for the church and the local community.

· Possess an ongoing desire and effort to grow his relationship with Jesus Christ and have a passion for all congregants to learn and grow in Christ.

· Embrace Christian disciplines and exhibit a personal, growing relationship with God, a teachable spirit, and healthy family life congruent with the biblical mandates for leaders found in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9.

· Employ excellent written and verbal communication and conflict management skills.

· Possess a gifting and calling into full-time ministry, and a passion for evangelism and outreach, both personally and at the ministry level.

· Create and execute a strategic ministry plan.

II. RESPONSIBILITIES

· Be prepared to teach from the word of God each Sunday.

· Serve as a member of the Elder Team to provide oversight and care of each of the church members and lead the church in matters of direction, doctrine and the discipline of members.

· Share in cooperation with the Elders to provide pulpit supply when he is absent.

· Create and hold office hours, time and days to be determined at his discretion, for activities such as, but not limited to, staff meetings, administrative tasks, counseling, etc.

· Be an ex-officio member of all church organizations, departments and committees.

· Conduct religious services on stated and special occasions, administer the ordinances and minister to members of the church and community.

· Perform duties as a pastor, including but not limited to, hospital visits and biblical counseling.

· Oversee office and administrative operations.

· Provide guidance and leadership for pastoral and ministerial staff and conduct annual evaluations.

III. GENERAL EXPECTATIONS

· Have a heart for Jesus and maintain daily time with Him including personal Bible study and prayer.

· Support SCF with tithes and offerings as worship to the Lord.

Application Process:

Interested and qualified persons are to submit the following ( IMPORTANT – READ CAREFULLY THE REQUIRED ITEMS – ALL ARE REQUIRED ):

A cover letter including a description of how you became a believer of Jesus Christ and how you were initially called to ministry
Resumé
Three (3) recommendation/reference letters (clergy, layperson, and personal references)
Note: Final candidates must successfully complete a comprehensive background investigation, including financial, criminal, and sex offender registry (which if married, includes wife), as well as education, employment, and reference verification, prior to employment.

Materials are to be submitted to the Pastor Search Committee via: [email protected]

Or

via mail to: Attention: Pastor Search Committee

Shenandoah Community Fellowship

197 Patmos Road

Woodstock, VA 22664

To apply for this job email your details to [email protected]