Assistant Pastor

Peverell Community Church is looking for an Assistant or Associate Pastor, or similar, and this is a full time position. Although we envisage this as a full time position, a part time arrangement may be possible to start with. We are seeking the Lord for someone to work alongside and assist the current long serving Pastor, who is 71. This recruitment is also succession planning, for someone to eventually take up the Pastor role in the church. It is important we, and they, believe that they are called to this church to serve the Lord.
 

Required Skills

We are seeking the Lord for someone who is able to:
a. Meet the basic qualifications for an Elder in 1 Timothy 3 v 1-7 and Titus 1 v 5-9.
b. Assist in leading in all aspects of church life and service.
c. Preach and teach, and is able learn and grow in this area, and to be teachable themselves.
d. Recognise that a personal relationship with God, through Jesus Christ, and personal prayer, is essential for them and all church members.
e. Sign up to what we believe (our Statement of Faith) and to our Calling as a church (see sections 6 and 7 below).
f. Live in the Peverell area or within the city and its surrounding area.
g. Demonstrate people skills and is a good communicator at all levels.
h. Use technology and modern communications.
i. Assist in enlarging our current and growing vision for the future.
j. Assist in ensuring we comply with all legislative and mandatory procedures, best practice and policies required as a registered charity.
 

Please see as part of our Advert a PDF with more details about the church. If you're interested in this position please get in touch, in the first instance by email (see below), with a brief outline about yourself and your suitability for the position being advertised. Suitable candidates, identified from the initial email, and possibly a telephone discussion, will be asked to provide a letter laying out in more detail how they fit what we are looking for, as laid out in the section above. And in addition, provide a work and education CV or similar. There is no application form. Those shortlisted will be invited for an interview(s).