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Senior Pastor - Faith Baptist Church

Introduction
Faith Baptist Church, a beacon of hope and faith in the community, presents its comprehensive Church Profile. The Senior Pastor Selection Committee compiled this document in the early to mid-year of 2024. The committee and the deacons will use this document as a framework to help evaluate and communicate our church needs now and guide us through the selection process.
This document provides a detailed overview of our church, encompassing its current state, the surrounding community, our vision for the future, the ideal profile of a new pastor, and a rich historical account. As we embark on a new chapter in our church's journey, this profile is a valuable tool for understanding our identity, aspirations, and needs.
Faith Baptist Church is a church of approximately 200 members in the Western Highlands of Virginia. Our church is very mission-oriented and supports twenty-three missionaries across the globe and in our own backyard. As a church, we give 23% to further the gospel via our missions. These missions range from helping with local needs and Christian education in schools to ministries across the globe. Faith Baptist Church was founded in 1975 and had the same founding pastor until a few years ago. We are set in a tight-knit and hard-working community surrounded by natural beauty and many opportunities to enjoy the outdoors. We are excited about recent developments in our community that speak to a bright future for the area.
Faith Baptist Church - Senior Pastor Job Description

Reports To: Deacon Team

Position Status: Full-Time

Summary: The role of the Pastor is to work with the Deacon Team in overseeing the life and direction of the church. The Pastor will have a firm grasp of the vision and mission of the church and lead staff and lay speakers/teachers to develop and support ministries and programs that further the kingdom of God and the church's mission.
I. Knowledge, Skills, and Characters. Pastoral ministry experience b. Comprehensive knowledge of the Bible. Show impartiality, patience, and perseverance. Able to communicate effectively. Must be fiscally responsible.

II. Pastoral Care of the Members. Spiritual leadership through the preaching and teaching of God's word with sound Biblical doctrine and in agreement with Faith Baptist Church Articles of Faith.
Responsible for preaching/teaching at all worship services and ensuring a substitute when unable to speak.
Responsible for discussing with Deacons and carrying out church discipline in accordance with biblical principles. Responsible for the overall ministry planning and staff coordination by developing goals and defining responsibilities for those serving in these areas. May include weekly staff meetings, monthly deacon and trustee meetings
b. Education - leadership through oversight of the adult, teen, and children's ministries with the teachers. Assist the deacons in ensuring lessons taught align with church doctrine. Provide support, guidance, and ideas aligning with the mission of the church to foster personal spiritual growth, community, and service within the small group setting.
c. Emotional leadership through supporting and understanding the needs of the membership in joyous, difficult, and sorrowful life events by displaying compassion and empathy through listening, counseling, encouragement, and serving.

d. Conflict Resolution leadership by acting as a mediator between members, families, etc., to resolve differences/quarrels through a biblically supported process to restore unity in the church, among brothers and sisters in Christ and the family unit.
III. Community
a. Build and support community within the church by attending and developing fellowship and service activities that foster unity throughout Christ's body.
b. Build and support the community outside the church by protecting personal testimony through life-lived experiences and supporting and developing outreach ministries to serve the community. Showing God's love and grace through planned and unplanned evangelistic events.
IV. Administration. Oversee the daily operational needs of the church through staff management
b. Work conjointly with deacons, trustees, and church staff in budgeting and expenditure reporting
V. Compensation: This is a full-time position. In addition to salary, compensation may include health insurance, an automobile allowance, a book allowance, a conference allowance, and limited paid sick days.

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