General Information
Job Title:
Associate Pastor: Emmanuel Community Church
Job Description:
The elders of Emmanuel Community Church are looking for an Associate Pastor who is eager to be mentored and eventually transition into the Senior Pastor Position. Initially, we envision that the man in this position will be heavily involved in outreach, in pastoral care, with a regular teaching assignment, and filling the pulpit on an occasional basis. This is a full-time position.
Position Qualifications:
PROFESSIONAL QUALIFICATIONS: The Associate Pastor will serve alongside the Senior Pastor. The job description is general enough that the Senior Pastor shall have flexibility in assigning specific responsibilities which best suit personal gifts, background, and experience.
-Education: minimum 4-year Bible college degree and/or seminary education (preferred).
-Experience: practical ministry experience in a conservative, Bible-believing fellowship.
-Doctrine: must hold to ECC’s doctrinal statement and distinctives. www.ecchurch.com
-Must have strong people skills, with a strong desire to encourage people in their walk with the Lord.
-Must be a clear, forthright and caring communicator, able to encourage and admonish in a loving, biblical manner, providing discipleship as needed.
-Must be a disciplined student of Scripture, well prepared to teach/preach when called on to do so.
-Has administration, leadership and facilitation ministry skills.
PERSONAL QUALIFICATIONS:
The Associate Pastor must:
-Be committed to the Lord Jesus.
-Have received a call by the Lord to full time pastoral ministry.
-Be a mature person meeting the scriptural pastoral requirements found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1, as well as requirements specified by the ECC by-laws.
-Have a high standard of personal holiness such that his life is above reproach.
-Have a heart of humility that deeply desires to serve the Lord.
-Be a person who is teachable and approachable.
-Be a self-starter who sees a need and seeks to fill it.
-Be one who is motivated to first seek God’s glory and the good of His people.
-Have a daily discipline to spend time alone with the Lord in Bible study and prayer.
-If married, have an unwavering love for his spouse, demonstrated by speech and actions. The Associate Pastor’s family should be supportive of his ministry, and should be growing spiritually.
Application Deadline
07/01/2027
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary Range:
TBD
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Emmanuel Community Church
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Church
Denomination
Baptist - Other
City, State
Happy Valley, OR
Description of Organization
We believe God’s purpose for Emmanuel Community Church is to bring glory to Himself, molding us individually and corporately toward Christ-likeness that we might think and act like Christ at all times, in order that others come to know God and similarly bring glory to Him. We glorify God and are conformed into His likeness to the degree that we live an authentic, holy life-style in obedient response to Christ through His Word before others in the midst of life’s circumstances, largely through the disciplines of prayer, Bible study, worship, fellowship, and reaching out.
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