Senior Pastor for Herald Baptist Church of California

Herald Baptist Church of Herald, California is seeking a part time bi-vocational Pastor for ourcongregation, who would be located in or near our rural community. Salary is $24,000 a year divided intohousing, benefits and salary as determined by the Pastor. Send resume to Herald Baptist Church, P.O.Box 207, Herald, Ca. 95638 or by email to [email protected] is about an 8 square mile rural farming and ranching community with a population of about 1,100consisting of about 370 households and a small town center. There is a post office, volunteer firedepartment, public park, a public elementary school, a small grocery market, a thrift store, a tack andconsignment store, a very active community club and a church. We are in southern Sacramento Countylocated very close to the Sierra foothills, 1 hour from the top of the Sierra mountain range and 3 hoursfrom the Pacific Ocean.We need a shepherd for our flock who is a Bible believing and preaching man, who adheres to the BaptistFaith and Message. We must have a Pastor who cultivates a close devotional relationship with God andas such exhibits that he knows Him through experience. We ask God for a man full of faith, courage,hope and vision to help lead our community church and congregation into a life-giving refuge in the midstof a world full of hopelessness and despair. He must meet the Biblical qualifications of 1 Timothy 3:1-7.He needs to lead the church to fulfill the Great Commission by equipping us to carry out the five functionsof a New Testament Church: worship, evangelism, discipleship, ministry and fellowship. His personalqualities should include being humble, vulnerable, self-controlled, joyful, action and goal oriented, caring,approachable, ethical with strong moral character, trustworthy, faithful, willing to grow and change,devoted to his marriage and family, and willing to persevere in God's work.Herald Baptist Church can offer/is:$2,000 per month ($24,000/year) with no other monetary compensation and 2 weeks of vacation.An aging congregation unified and willing to revitalize and grow.In a rural small town in southern Sacramento County California.Herald Baptist Church was founded in 1979 and has SBC and Associational ties.In a slow growing community, mostly empty nesters with fast approaching residential urban expansion.The closest larger town is 3-6 miles away, Galt, Ca. with a population of about 40,000 and a fastapproaching urban expansion plan with 2 large subdivisions now under construction within a few miles ofthe church.Near larger more densely populated cities of Sacramento, Elk Grove, Rancho Cordova, Folsom, Lodi andStockton. All are north or south of the church from 15-30 miles away.Herald Baptist Church is praying for a Pastor who:Can meet 1 Timothy 3 requirements and has two years pastoral experience.Can fill the pulpit during the Sunday morning worship service.Can be present for visitation both before and after the Sunday morning worship service.Can be reasonably accessible by phone to take or make phone calls to the ill and have discussions withchurch members.Can attend all church council meetings (monthly) and church business meetings (quarterly).Recommended but not required – Can be present during one Bible study a week (Wednesday night orSunday morning, Sunday morning preferred).