Job Description
Broadlawn Baptist Church (https://www.facebook.com/Broadlawn-Baptist-Church-1183956851764602) is a loving and conservative Southern Baptist Church seeking a bi-vocational pastor to shepherd the flock through preaching, leading and pastoral care.
Requirements
The Candidate
The pastor will lead and develop leadership for equipping of the congregation to fulfill the Great Commission and accomplish the purpose statement of the church. The pastor is leader of pastoral ministries in a church. As such he works with the deacons and church staff to: (1) lead the church in performing its tasks, (2) lead the church to engage in a fellowship of worship, education, ministry, and application, (3) proclaim the gospel to believers and unbelievers, and, (4) care for the church's members and persons in the community. He will provide appropriate pastoral care to members of the church and community. He will lead by example in the area of personal evangelism. He will equip the leadership and members of the church to do the same. He will have a close personal relationship with Jesus Christ, which is demonstrated through his accepting, loving, and nurturing of each person
The Qualifications
He will meet the qualifications for overseer as stated in 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, and 1 Peter 5:1-4. He will provide kingdom leadership to the members of the church enabling them to focus on the Great Commission, and equipping them to carry out the five functions of the New Testament church: evangelism, discipleship, ministry, fellowship, and worship. He will have experienced God's clear call, will have been ordained into the Gospel ministry, and will be suitably trained to serve capably. He will subscribe to the Divine origin of the Scriptures and endorse the other elements of the Southern Baptist faith as outlined in the "Baptist Faith and Message" 2000 edition.