Religious | Evangelical Presbyterian Church
Full-Time
Posted: Jan 26, 2021
Application Deadline: May 3, 2021
Description
New City Presbyterian Church is a Mission Church in the EPC (Evangelical Presbyterian Church) in South Bend, IN, with a gospel-centered vision of what Jesus can do in and for our city through the local church. We love South Bend and its people, we have unique connections to the nearby University of Notre Dame, and we are committed to crossing cultural divides with the good news of the gospel. We have held weekly worship services for the past four years, and we have seen the kind of growth in vision and mission that prompts us to hire a second, full-time pastor to co-lead New City alongside our planting pastor. Given the mission of New City and its urban and university contexts, we need two full-time ministers working as a team.
We seek to hire a full-time generalist pastor who is excited by and committed to New City’s theological vision and mission and who is equipped to serve alongside our planting pastor primarily by providing executive oversight and pastoral care to our congregation. Compensation package includes health, retirement, and continuing education benefits. South Bend is an extremely affordable city (e.g., graduate students regularly buy houses here), and so the starting salary range of $55,000 - $65,000 goes quite a bit further than in many comparably sized cities.
Primary Responsibilities: Because this represents a second full pastor role, we will list the primary responsibilities of the new hire as well as the reconfigured responsibilities of our planting pastor, highlighting differences more than overlap for clarity. Humanly speaking, we have five core areas of pastoral work: (1) outreach and evangelism, (2) teaching and university engagement, (3) member care, (4) preaching and sacraments, and (5) executive oversight. Though we expect some overlap, under this new arrangement, our planting pastor will focus more on (1) outreach and (2) teaching, our new hire will focus more on (5) executive oversight and (3) member care, and both will share (4) pulpit and sacrament responsibilities.
For a more detailed description of the church, the position and qualifications, please see the application website (https://www.newcitysouthbend.com/employment)
Salary: $60K-$89K
Requirements
Primary Qualifications:
- A man who is ordained or able to be ordained as a full pastor in the EPC and who fulfills the Biblical qualifications for pastor (Titus, I Timothy)
- A record of personal integrity, wholehearted devotion to the Lord, and Christian maturity
- Seminary education (M.Div) strongly preferred; prior pastoral experience essential
Core Competencies and Skills:
- Ability to work well as a member of a team, especially in the context of a shared leadership role
- Ability to effectively run meetings, lead teams, and oversee staff
- Ability to minister and build relationships across ethnic, educational, and especially socio-economic lines
- Clear thinking and strategic planning; ability to turn a rich theological vision into actionable and replicable steps for others
- Excellent communication skills; ability to receive and synthesize input effectively and clearly articulate the church’s values, vision, and plans to the congregation
- A demonstrable record of strong organizational, management, and task execution abilities, including efficient work habits, and excellent time and resource management skills
- Leadership development experience (such as elder and small group leader training)
- Pastoral care and shepherding experience, especially working with young families, families with teens, and transient populations (e.g. graduate students)
- Preaching experience, especially to educationally and culturally mixed audiences
For a more detailed description of the church, the position and qualifications, please see the application website (https://www.newcitysouthbend.com/employment)
How to Apply
Please apply online at https://www.newcitysouthbend.com/employment
Primary Contact: Katie Bascom
Email: search@newcitysouthbend.com
Phone: 574-400-7350
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