General Information
Job Title:
Pastor/ Church Planter: Southwest Church Planting Network
Job Description:
Pastor Church Planter
- Preaching
- Teaching
- Christian Education
- Evangelism
- Worship Leadership
- Church Administration
Position Qualifications:
- Desire to plant a Gospel centered Reformed church in Abilene, TX.
- Seminary Graduate
- Ordained or ordainable in the PCA
- 1-5 years experience
Application Deadline
07/31/2025
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary Range:
$71k-$90k
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Southwest Church Planting Network
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Church
Denomination
Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)
City, State
Description of Organization
PCA Church Plant
Abilene, TX.
We are group of families in Abilene, Texas, who desire the establishment of a PCA Church. The PCA’s Southwest Church Planting Network has been working with us to provide financial and administrative support for this plant. A core group of three semi-retired families, who were all long-time members of a local PCUSA church in the past, recognizing a longing in ourselves and others in our community for a church that has the basic characteristics we see in PCA churches; and, we have all concurred that we desire such a church in Abilene for the following reasons:
1. To establish biblical authority over all teaching and preaching, and our lives.
2. To commune in a multi-generational and diverse community of believers, and to be an inviting community to non-believers who come seeking answers to the great questions of life.
3. To establish a structure of the body allowing for transparency and accountability in leadership and the body.
4. To strive for weekly worship that honors all generations, which is inviting in its form to those young and old; and preserves the historical liturgy of the church.
5. Recognizing that humans are forgetful and constantly bombarded by the culture around them, it is important each week to gather with brothers and sisters to “act out the gospel” through:
—Adoration and praise of the triune God
—Confession of who we are as broken and sinful humans
—Assurance of forgiveness through Christ’s atoning sacrifice
—Intercessory Prayer
—Offering our talents and resources to God through His church
—Hearing the Word of God Preached
—Communion as ordained by our Lord Jesus Christ, as a remembrance of what he has done, and who we are IN Him
—Sending out each week to our city, community, and the world
6. Provisions for Reformed biblical teaching and deep study of the Word
We have asked God to establish this church in our community, and we trust his path for us completely, as we also have confidence in local enthusiasm and support for such a church that is established by him.
Abilene is a wonderful mid-sized town with a population of 130,000. It's also the Story Book capital of Texas and has a restored and renovated walkable downtown with shops, museums, and a city zoo. Abilene is centrally located just two hours west of Dallas/Ft. Worth. The city is home to three universities, as well as Dyess Air Force Base which is occupied by five thousand airmen specializing in flight training for the B-1 Bomber. Additionally, the Federal Government has recently announced a plan to spend billions of dollars on AI infrastructure located near Abilene.
Please contact Pastor John Bennett at John.Bennett@ProvidencePCA.org or ph. 281.546.5220
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