Pastoral Job descriptIon
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Position: Senior Pastor
Church: Faith Community Church
Location: O'Neill, NE
Status: Full-Time
Salary: $82,000 - $92,000 D.O.E. (salary/housing)
Benefits: Health Benefit, Retirement, Continuing Education, SECA Tax Allowance
PASTORAL DUTIES
In order to release a full-time senior pastor for the work of the gospel ministry, FCC offers a generous salary and benefits package that is commensurate with a church of its size and budget. Depending on experience, this package includes a base salary/housing range of $82,000 to $92,000 plus benefits that include a SECA tax allowance, retirement, health benefit, continuing education.
Church: Faith Community Church
Location: O'Neill, NE
Status: Full-Time
Salary: $82,000 - $92,000 D.O.E. (salary/housing)
Benefits: Health Benefit, Retirement, Continuing Education, SECA Tax Allowance
PASTORAL DUTIES
- Vision & Ministry Philosophy: Regularly communicate the overall vision and philosophy of ministry to the church (pulpit, newsletter, small groups, equipping, outreach, etc.)
- Sermons: Teach from the Bible on Sunday. Preach on 70 to 75% of the Sundays, and provide oversight for those who also are preaching.
- Leadership & Discipleship: Provide leadership that equips and disciples the church to grow spiritually, reach its community with the gospel of Christ, and to engage global missions.
- Pastoral Ministry:
- Assimilation: Ensure that a consistent structure and team are in place to assimilate newcomers into participating church members. This includes visiting and teaching a newcomer’s class.
- Counseling: Ensure that the church knows what to do with counseling needs. We do not want counseling to become a major part of the pastor’s week, but there will be occasional times of emergency counseling.
- Prayer: Ensure that FCC’s value of prayer is being woven into all FCC ministries.
- Oversight:
- Church Staff: Lead and oversee pastoral, office, and facility management staff.
- Sunday Services: Ensure and oversee a consistent structure for the recruitment, development, and encouragement of lay leaders and worship leaders.
- Leadership Development:
- Elders: Meet with the elders twice monthly to help give vision, direction, and leadership to the church.
- Deacons: With the elders, ensure clarity and effectiveness of the functions, tasks, and expectations of deacons and elders.
- Other Lay Leaders: Ensure the oversight of a consistent structure that recruits, develops, and encourages FCC volunteers.
- Outreach & Missions:
- Model a life of relational outreach and personal evangelism within the community.
- Champion the value of global missions at FCC.
- Media: As scheduled by the O’Neill Ministerial Association, prepare and deliver devotions for KBRX radio broadcasts. This is typically once or twice per year.
In order to release a full-time senior pastor for the work of the gospel ministry, FCC offers a generous salary and benefits package that is commensurate with a church of its size and budget. Depending on experience, this package includes a base salary/housing range of $82,000 to $92,000 plus benefits that include a SECA tax allowance, retirement, health benefit, continuing education.