Religious | Presbyterian Church in America
Full-Time
Posted: Nov 6, 2023
Application Deadline: Mar 1, 2024
Description
Ponce Presbyterian Church, a PCA congregation in Midtown Atlanta, is hiring for a two-year pastoral resident position beginning in the summer of 2024. This residency will target candidates exploring church planting or church revitalization in cross-cultural contexts. This full-time role will enable a newly ordained pastor to engage in every facet of parish life: strategic planning, ministry oversight, training and equipping lay leaders, preaching and teaching, discipleship, and more. Residents will be expected to complete ordination, actively identify future long-term ministry opportunities, and receive mentored training in ministry areas essential to their future goals, namely leadership, preaching/teaching, and evangelism. Interested candidates can contact Hace Cargo (hace@poncechurch.org) for a full job description and information about how to apply.
Salary: $60K-$89K
Requirements
Qualified candidates for this two-year residency should be actively exploring a calling to either church planting or church revitalization. Candidates must have completed a Master of Divinity (or equivalent degree) or be able to complete the degree from Atlanta during the first year of employment. Beyond expectations of godly character and spiritual maturity, ideal candidates will have experience ministering in cross- cultural contexts and a desire to grow in cross-cultural adaptability and competency. Further, candidates must desire to develop gifts particularly required of church planters and lead pastors.