Pastoral Assistant

Pastoral Assistant at The Church at West Creek

The Church at West Creek in Parma, OH is seeking a pastoral assistant (P.A.) to join our staff. The P.A. will receive significant and holistic ministry experience through theological equipping, practical ministry, and leadership development. More specifically, this position entails all aspects of pastoral ministry, church administration, worship service planning, teaching, pastoral counseling, one-on-one discipleship, and local evangelism.

This position is part-time but has the potential to become full-time.

JOB DESCRIPTION

• Be a Faithful Church Member. The P.A. should attend all regular meetings of a member (Sunday Seminars, Sunday Gathering, Community Group, Quarterly Members Meetings) and fold into the life of the congregation.

• Assist with Teaching and Preaching. The P.A. will have opportunity to preach on Sunday mornings, lead Community Group, teach Sunday Seminars, teach youth/children’s ministry, and teach membership classes as occasion requires.

• Provide Administrative and Planning Support. The P.A. will plan and execute Sunday gatherings, outreach initiatives, fellowship events, and help manage the church’s online presence.

• Shadow and Receive Training: The P.A. will have opportunity to accompany the lead pastor in visiting members, sit in on elders meetings, and receive one-on-one discipleship with the lead pastor.

The Pastoral Assistant will work 20 hours per week under the direct supervision of the Lead Pastor, and will also engage regularly with other elders.

The Pastoral Assistant will be provided a monthly stipend of $1,500, and will be understood to have additional support or an additional source of income.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Meet the Biblical qualifications of an elder [though will not be recognized as an elder unless the congregation nominates]

• Have a humble, teachable, unifying, and supporting spirit

• Agree to church’s documents and join church as member

• Have relevant ministry experience, including sufficient training and skill in expositional teaching.

APPLY

If you are interested in applying, please attach your resume and include two non-family members who can bear witness to your character, faith, and ministry experience. Email questios to office@thechurchatwestcreek.org.

We exist to exalt Christ in all of life. With the Spirit in us, God's Word to guide us, and each other alongside us, we want to know and follow Christ in the world. We are a merge of two churches and have non-denominational and Baptist roots. Our goal is that God's Word is the foundation for all that we believe and teach. By God's grace, we want to have not just sound biblical beliefs. We want to live sound biblical lives.

Our approach to ministry prioritizes the real and non-ignorable Jesus, the living and active Word, the abiding Spirit, the simple and ordinary means of grace, and deep and diverse relationships for community and mission.

We have a wide range of ages in our church and we are more ethnically diverse than our surrounding community.