Job Overview

The position is an Associate Pastor role that would involve assisting the Senior Pastor in shepherding the body at LCC. It involves general pastoral duties and specific areas of ministry oversight fitting to the candidate's gifting, skills, and burden/desire. The areas of ministry for this position will be structured to fit the burdens and gifting of the pastor.

Our preference would be for the position to be able to lead one or two areas specifically, depending on the candidate's gifting and skills. Areas of ministry leadership could include teaching, counseling, youth, outreach, Young Adults (college and career age), children's ministry, Midweek Discipleship, Christian Education (classes and groups), Youth, Senior Saints, Administration, Media, or a combination of these depending on the candidate's gifting and skills.

Job Description

Qualifications

We are looking for a man who, by God's grace, meets the biblical qualifications for a pastor/elder.

• Personal life and family conform to the qualifications in 1 Tim. 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, and 1 Peter 5:1-4.
• Have training and experience in his call to ministry. An ideal candidate will have completed formal ministerial training (undergraduate Bible/Ministry or Graduate degree preferred) and/or possess pastoral experience.
• Commitment to a Word-Centered, Gospel-Driven philosophy of ministry and commitment to the sufficiency of the Scriptures and progressive sanctification.
• Take a balanced family-centered approach to youth and children's ministry. Work in a team environment with the congregation and under the lead pastor's direction.

Pay & Benefits

LCC takes its biblical responsibility seriously to provide for the ministry of the Word by caring for its pastors.

• Part-time salary
• Paid vacation time
• Ministry expense account: (Accountable reimbursement plan for ministry expenses)
• Potential retirement contribution 403b9

Responsibilities include

• To assist in the overall program and operation of the church, helping with overseeing the projects, ministries, and materials of the church.
• Assist in promoting unity and synergy toward the church's discipleship vision of making disciples, declaring and displaying the Gospel in South Jersey and around the world.
• Attend conferences, read ministry-related material, and take courses as available for professional ministry development as a staff pastor.
• Encourage, disciple, and mentor lay ministers in key areas of ministry. Ephesians 4 "Equipping the Saints."
• Preaching/Teaching:
  • Sunday Preaching: As needed/desired and on rotating Holiday Services.
  • Classes & Groups: Core Seminars and Discipleship Classes
• As needed/desired – Small-Group Leadership &/or Sunday School Class

Expectations

• Average 15-20 flexible hours per week. Request some on-site office hours in summer and during some school breaks or when other employment allows.
• Some travel-related to ministry visitation, conferences, camps, missions trips, etc.
• Regular meetings with Lead Pastor, Leadership teams, and committees as needed.
• Faithful church membership, attendance, and involvement by the pastor and his family.
• Spouses and believing family members are not expected to serve in any special area beyond the expectations of a good church member. They should be free to serve the Lord as their desires, personal giftedness, and availability allow.

Church Profile

Linwood Community Church has been ministering in suburban South Jersey since 1934. We are in Atlantic County on the Mainland between Atlantic City and Ocean City, NJ. Currently, the church has an average Sunday attendance of 120. The congregation is diverse, with a large percentage of elderly members who desire to reach and serve young families.

Theologically, the church is conservative evangelical, committed to the fundamentals of the faith, and baptistic in polity. The music at the church is gospel-centered, congregationally focused, and blended in style. By blended style, we seek to sing congregationally the most appropriate Christ-focused songs from various eras. We seek to allow our ecclesiology to influence this by reflecting the diversity of generations in the church body worshiping together. Currently, there is a mix of classic and ancient hymns, gospel song era and contemporary songs, and a heavy influence of the modern hymn movement (Getty, Sovereign Grace Music, Matt Boswell, Matt Papa, CityALight, etc.)