Assistant Pastor

Church Overview
We are a conservative, evangelical church, seeking to be a spiritual and relevant witness in the local area through living out our lives in the local community. Our vision is to introduce people to Christ, and then disciple those who accept Him as Saviour, so that they learn to love their Saviour and serve Him and the church in their lives.
We began life in 2000, planted from another church in Worcester and partly because of this we see church planting as in our DNA and critical to future growth. We do not have a vision to be a large 'preaching centre' type church but rather have a vision for reproducing smaller congregations where personal relationships are more important and where all members are involved and serve in the life of the church. We are associated with the FIEC, holding to their published Statement of Faith and ethos statements.
The church meets on Sunday mornings at Honeywell Primary School, Worcester. Our Sunday morning worship service starts at 10.30am and includes a Young Church for children up to school year 8 and a crèche for babies.
We also hold a second service at Dyson Perrins Academy in Malvern, also on a Sunday morning. This is the basis of our next church plant, called Malvern Hills Church.
Sunday evenings are used for varied meetings; e.g. seminars or training events for the congregation. The church youth work currently operates on Sunday evenings as well.
Most weeks home groups are held at various homes across the city, for fellowship, teaching and prayer. We hold a week of prayer on the first full week of the month. There there are multiple meetings at different times on different midweek days to encourage as many as possible to meet and pray together. We also run a large array of ministries through the week, which are described below.

Job Purpose
• To assist the Pastor in various ways to increase the amount of ministry being provided and to achieve a number of specific goals agreed with the leadership.
• To develop the post-holder's gifts and skills for ministry both now and in the future.
• To see unbelievers come under the influence of the Gospel and, by God's grace, saved and to provide opportunities thereafter to disciple believers and to sanctify their faith.

Relationships
• Responsible and accountable to the Pastor and eldership team.
• A servant hearted shepherd to the local membership of the church.
• Develop good and healthy relationships with non-church goers and unbelievers with a desire to see them won for Christ.

Responsibilities
• To assist in the preaching and teaching ministry at MPC and other local churches where there is a need.
• To conduct pastoral visits to members and others within the church to help to develop pastoral gifts and experience.
• To meet with the Pastor on a weekly basis for accountability, prayer and encouragement.
• To attend Elders meetings and assist in the leadership and decision-making process of the church.
• To develop small group leadership skills; in particular prayer meetings, home groups etc.
• To develop training skills; by leading Sunday evening training sessions, baptism preparation classes, discipleship groups etc.
• To encourage and challenge church members and the general congregation by living a life of Christian integrity and example.

Required Skills

We desire to appoint a man who will be able to work alongside the current leadership and members in fulfilling what we believe to be God's calling to make the good news known in St Johns and beyond.
We are looking for someone who has as clear call to be a church pastor, has the biblical qualifications for eldership and who has already had some experience of church ministry.
They should have a clear teaching gift, enjoy working as part of a team ministry and share the key vision of the existing church. We consider this to be an exciting opportunity for someone who is looking to develop gifts and talents and is looking to become a pastor in their own right, within a number of years.

For more information about the church see our website and for more information about this role email Mike Wilson at [email protected]