The Associate Pastor of Discipleship will be a man who demonstrates spiritual maturity and meets the Biblical qualifications for leadership. His primary responsibilities will be to effectively oversee and champion the vision of Discipleship Groups for all ages across the children, youth, and adult ministries. He will support, mentor, and equip the deacons and group leaders of these ministry teams.
Education & Experience
1. A growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ as Savior and Lord.
2. Demonstrated ability in mentoring and leadership development.
3. Experience in leading small groups and helping people grow in their faith.
4. If married, has a strong marriage with his wife actively supporting the ministry.
5. Preferred college degree with experience in discipleship ministry and/or a master’s degree from an accredited seminary.
Accountability
1. Ultimately accountable to Jesus Christ as His under-shepherd for the well-being and the spiritual development of the Christ followers of Faith.
2. This position is hired by the Council and will report directly to the Lead Pastor.
Qualifications
1. Meets the Biblical qualifications for leadership as found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
2. A compassionate heart for people and a desire to help them strengthen their journey of faith in their relationship with God with an attitude of grace.
3. Solid knowledge of the Scriptures with good application teaching ability.
4. Able to work with people of all ages.
5. A team player with good communication and conflict resolution skills.
6. Good organizational and administration skills with the ability to delegate.
7. Technological abilities in computers, networking, social media, etc.
Essential Job Functions
1. Effectively execute the Faith Family Discipleship model: Connect, Grow, Serve.
2. Meet regularly with the deacons of Children, Youth, and Adult Discipleship to support and oversee their roles.
3. Provide leadership development and mentoring to equip and support Discipleship Group leaders.
4. Assist with strategic planning, provide resources, and technological support.
5. Create tools to measure effectiveness for the three benchmarks of our discipleship model: Connect, Grow, Serve.
6. Assist Lead Pastor with funerals, weddings, care and counseling, and preaching as needed.
If you would like to apply, please send a cover letter and resume to [email protected]. For more information about our beliefs, please visit our website at https://www.faith-hampton.com/wp/.
Faith Baptist Church
1701 Central Ave E
Hampton, IA 50441
Established: 1973
Average Attendance: 180
Current Membership: 147
Annual Giving: $350-400k
Annual Budget: $
Email cover letter & resume to: [email protected]
Website: https://www.faith-hampton.com/wp/
Other details provided in the Profile:
Believe in the Converge Affirmation of Faith.
Regarding Charismatic Gifts (Tongues, Prophecy and Healing), although it may not be the most widely held believe in this church culture, choose every belief that a Pastor could hold and still be successful in your church. Y – A few believers experience Charismatic gifts, but they are not normal for believers today. Gifts are not normal for all believers today. It is also the Senior Pastor’s position that there will be an increase in thee gifts as we approach the Day of the Lord.
Role of Women in Leadership:
1. Women may teach women and children but not fill roles of teaching and leadership over men.
2. Women may fill any leadership role other than elder or pastor. We embrace the role of women in ministry except in the office of Pastor and Elder.
Authority in the Church:
1. The Lead Pastor serves as the leader of the leaders, whether it be staff or volunteer leaders.
2. In regards to staff, the Lead Pastor oversees the staff.
3. In regards to lay leaders on the governing Board, the Lead Pastor provides leadership to the Board, yet also serves the Board.
4. The Lead Pastor’s authority is partly inherited through the culture of the church and partly earned through competence. The congregation or leaders may remove or overrule the Lead Pastor.
Divorce.
1. A believer may seek divorce if the spouse is unfaithful by adultery or desertion.
2. A believer may seek divorce on the grounds of abuse.
3. Divorce by abandonment from an unbeliever is also acceptable.
4. Each situation is unique and should be dealt with as biblically as possible on a case-by-case basis.
Remarriage after Divorce.
1. A believer may seek remarriage if the divorce was due to adultery or desertion.
2. A believer may seek remarriage if the divorce was due to abuse.
3. A believer may seek remarriage if the divorce occurred prior to conversion. Even though we have checked certain boxes above, each situation is unique and should be dealt with as biblically as possible on a case-by-case basis.
Divorce and Church Leadership.
1. Persons divorced before salvation are eligible for church leadership.
2. Persons who were divorced after salvation, due the adultery, desertion or abuse may hold leadership positions.
3. Persons who were divorced after salvation, due to incompatibility, may hold leadership positions so long as they have truly repented of their sin in the divorce.
4. Divorced believers who have repented of their sin in the divorce, may be eligible for leadership. We recognize that divorce is an issue in the church and would make allowances for it on a case-by-case basis for positions of leadership.
We would interview and consider calling a candidate who has been divorced?
As lead pastor, he is an example to the church of God’s plan for men and women in marriage, so we prefer that he has not been divorced and not remarried, however each situation is unique and should be dealt with as biblically as possible on a case-by-case basis.
Desired gender: Male
Lowest educational level for the candidate: Master’s degree
Lowest level of ministry involvement you are willing to accept: Sometimes participates in a ministry.
Search chair bears final responsibility to discuss moral issues topics with the candidates and their spouses. The Search Team will review the Moral Issues resource and will discuss these topics with the candidates.
Please state any other information you would want a candidate to know that has not been covered so far:
1. Theological Distinctives. We are a Christ centered and Bible believing Church who seek to live according the inerrant, infallible, and authoritative Word of God. As such we work to interpret the scriptures with a Literal-Grammatical-Historical hermeneutic.
2. We also see God’s work with humanity through a Premillennial Dispensational framework. As such we use this theological perspective to provide a matrix to understand God’s grace filled work with mankind from Genesis to Revelation.
3. Our Eschatology is a pre-tribulational, premillennial understanding of how and when Jesus will rapture His church and return to the earth as King and Judge of this world in His 2nd Coming.
4. We are strongly committed to missions, indicated by our support of over 13 missionaries, Converge Worldwide and Converge North Central with 11% of our annual budget. We also encourage and have facilitated many short-term mission trips in partnership with career missionaries.
5. Leadership Distinctives: The formal leadership structure and decision-making authority of Faith are described in our Constitution under Article V, Policy and our By-Laws. The Elders and the Church Council operate essentially like the By-Laws dictate with few exceptions. The actual culture of this governmental structure differs slightly due to practicality.
6. The church is congregational led, however with only one annual meeting, and special meetings called as needed, monthly decision are delegated to the Church Council composed of the Elders, Deacons, with the Senior (Lead) Pastor numbered among the Elders. All other pastoral staff attend Council meetings as nonvoting, resources for each ministry.
7. The daily operations of the church are delegated to the Pastors and Staff with the Senior (Lead) pastor responsible to the Church Council for the ministry of his staff.
8. Presently the Senior (Lead) Pastor and the staff work as a team to coordinate the various ministries of the church with are under their direct control. The Senior (Lead) Pastor oversees and coaches their ministry areas, but does not control what, when or how they do their work. If they need help in their ministry areas, the Senior Pastor is available as a resource and a coach.
9. Philosophy of Ministry In respect to the church body and its spiritual development, we hold that the Holy Spirit provides both numerical and spiritual growth. Leadership provides the environment for growth, but it is the responsibility of the individual believer to be engaged in daily habits of growth and to be in fellowship with other like-minded believers who are encouraging one another’s healthy spiritual growth. IF a person requests help or we observe a spiritual need, the Elders or pastoral staff will work to disciple and coach them until they are healthy again. It is however, not the responsibility of the Pastoral staff or the elders to reach out to the entire congregation to make sure they are healthy. We believe it is the work of the healthy body of Christ, with all its spiritual gifting and empowerment by the Spirit, to attend to the spiritual welfare and health of the believer in our fellowship.
10. Technology Preference As a church: We have embraced Apple Computer technology across our staff team and in our worship and ministry applications. The Senior (Lead) Pastor must either be fluent in that technology or willing to learn these systems.
Theological Positions: Pre-tribulational Pre-Millenial Dispensational Literal-Historical-Gramatical Hermaneutic
Women in Ministry areas except in Senior Leadership roles. (No women Elders or Pastors).
Not Divorced as a Senior (Lead) Pastor.
Agree with the Converge Affirmation of Faith.
Agree with the Converge Resolution on the Family Unit and Statement of Marriage.
Agree with the Converge Resolution on Beliefs about Homosexual Behavior.
Building usage and any plans. We minister as one church in our present location. There are plans to do some remodeling of older sections of the facility.
Lead Pastor involvement in management of other staff: The Lead Pastor, after consultation with designated leader(s) manages all staff.
Very committed to church’s commitment to the district ministry of Converge.
Very committed to the church’s commitment to the national ministry of Converge.
Church and denominations belief: I would seek to maintain or strengthen our denominational commitment, including financial support.
Converge sponsored events that people from our church have most recently attended: Camp, Regional Converge events, National Converge events.
Housing Options
Candidate could purchase their own home.
Candidate could rent/lease their own home.
Under specific cases the church may help with a down payment for a home
The church primarily exists to serve:
People who desire deep spiritual guidance
People who desire to worship God together
People who desire fellowship and to be loved like a family.
Current Lifecycle State of the church is mature.
Next step in the Lifecycle is refining but mostly maintaining.
Intentionality is focused primarily on believers.
A good fit for candidate who:
Has a mentor’s heart that guides believers to discover and use their gifts. They prepare believers to use their gifts and holding them accountable to be impactful in their sphere of influence. They will ask a church to be willing to be held accountable to becoming equipped and deployed to action.
Has a bold heart that speaks God’s truth with authority. They present the body with God’s truth to life situations and encouraging them to submit to God even when it is difficult. They will ask a church to be willing to hear Biblical correction and courageously confront issues.
Has a lover’s heart that cares about and for people. They encourage the body to model healthy loving relationships, while welcoming others to join the family. They will ask a church to be willing to prioritize unity and family atmosphere, sometimes at the expense of other ministry opportunities.
Cultural Authority Style: Leader of Leaders
Style of the lead pastor and other church staff: Collaborator – The Lead Pastor and the staff collaborate on direction and implementation.