Job Profile for an additional Associate Pastor
The Associate Pastor will be a member of the pastoral team of Guildford Baptist Church, responsible to the Senior Pastor.
Person Specification
To have a love and passion for God, and for the church community in all its local uniqueness and diversity.
To have significant experience in church leadership.
To have recognised theological training, and to be able to lead from an evangelical theological perspective.
To be gifted in preaching and teaching, and communication, and to be open to the Holy Spirit.
To have a heart for building up the body of Christ, maturing believers and developing real Christian community.
To be comfortable with team ministry which includes flexibility, humility and a willingness to get involved.
Key Responsibilities
To join the Senior Pastor and Associate Pastor in the ministry of preaching, teaching, and leading Sunday services and/or other public gatherings of the church, including church meetings and prayer.
To share in the pastoral care of the church: being available for pastoral visits/appointments, and important rites of passage, across the life of the church.
To specifically focus on the pastoral care of families with children and young people.
To foster the integration and active participation of young adults and students in the life of the church.
To help shape our Sunday evening services to make them accessible to the upcoming generation.
Opportunities
Being part of the pastoral leadership team of a thriving town centre church community, where a wide range of age groups and ethnicities are well represented.
Being able to develop the role, within the constraints of the required responsibilities, to fit with gifting and interests.
Being managed by an experienced pastoral leader.
To visit our world partners in various parts of the world.
To continue professional development through private study, courses, etc, with a sabbatical every seven years.
Other Requirements
It is a requirement to agree to the Safeguarding Policy of the church, undergo DBS and other necessary checks before commencing employment.
It is an Occupational Requirement for the post holder to be a practising Christian.
You have a right to work in the UK.
Church Staff Values
Professional - we seek to maintain the best possible standards in terms of working practice: punctuality, honesty, efficiency, and transparency.
Personal - we seek to bring the personal touch to our work, so that our professionalism is not cold or clinical, but warm and generous.
Prayerful - we seek to bring our work to God in prayer, rather than simply sorting things out on our own.
Patient - we seek to be forbearing of one another, recognising that in any team and in any church community there will be different styles and personalities.
Passionate - above all, we seek to be passionate, wholehearted followers of Christ.
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