General Information

Job Title:

The Pastoral Resident

Job Description:

The Pastoral Resident position is a two-year paid residency. Residents will assist and perform pastoral work at Grace Bible Church, such as teaching, ministry oversight, shepherding, missions leadership, and project management. They will continue their education and development through pastoral networking, required reading and writing, congregational connection, and attendance at Made to Flourish resident conferences. The resident will work alongside the other pastors at Grace Bible Church to serve her members in the many facets of the church's ministry. The overall goal of the Pastoral Resident position is offering young ministers opportunities early in their career to receive training and development from seasoned pastors in the context of a local church, which will help set them up for long-term success in pastoral ministry. Anyone interested in applying to this role should first read our pastoral residency plan (slightly modified for online distribution), submitted to and accepted by Made to Flourish. This document provides extensive details on this position and should be able to answer many questions applicants may have.

Position Qualifications:

• Christian with high integrity, actively pursuing a relationship with God
• Meets the biblical qualifications of an elder, especially "able to teach"
• Master's degree (e.g., M.Div., M.A., M.T.S., etc.) from a qualified institution (or close to completion)
• A clear internal call to lead pastoral ministry and/or church planting
• Multiple sources externally confirming a call to ministry
• Some church-based ministry experience (whether vocational- or volunteer-based)
• Clearly enjoys and prioritizes the local church
• Has demonstrated a strong work ethic
• Agrees with Grace Bible Church's theological convictions and fits the culture of our church
• Gives evidence of leadership skills (e.g., organized, self-motivated, dependable, delegator)
• Has strong people skills and is a self-starter when it comes to forming relationships
• Project management skills (and a "figure it out" mentality)
• Basic proficiency in written and verbal communication
• Ability to adapt to a continually changing environment and work on a team
• Doesn't take themselves too seriously
• Must be able to pass a background screening

Application Deadline

08/28/2024

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

$35k-$44k

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Grace Bible Church

Contact Name & Contact Info

Industry

Church

Denomination

Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)

City, State

Oxford, MS

Description of Organization

Grace Bible Church began in 2005, when several families in the community met to pray and discern whether God might be calling them to start a new church in Oxford, Mississippi. These families saw a need for an elder-led church in Oxford, one baptistic in conviction, committed to expository teaching, and deliberate about small group fellowship.

The church has grown from those first few families to over three hundred members, with an additional one hundred or more attending worship services on Sunday mornings. Yet, the mission remains the same: to preach and live out the gospel of Jesus Christ in Oxford and to make and support disciples who will take that same gospel to the uttermost parts of the earth. By God's grace we hope to continually grow more and more into that mission, and to fulfill the biblical mandate to "present everyone perfect in Christ" (Colossians 1:28).

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