Rural Community Church Pastor — Lead, Teach, Shepherd

Lancaster Search; Fall River Mills (CA); On-site; USD 40,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Glenburn Community Church in Fall River Mills, California, is seeking a full-time Pastor to lead a small rural congregation with a Baptist-leaning, expository teaching tradition. The ideal candidate will have formal training and experience in teaching, preaching, and pastoral ministry, and a heart of compassion to encourage and guide the church toward sanctification and evangelism.

We value a genuine appreciation for country life and understand the rhythms of seasonal farming and the timber

Qualifications

• Formal training and experience in teaching and preaching and pastoral ministry.
• Heart of compassion and zeal to encourage, instruct, challenge, and lead us forward in sanctification and evangelism.
• Appreciation for country and rural life and understanding rhythms of seasonal farming and the timber industry.
• Married to a wife of wisdom and in complete accord to the task of supporting her husband and raising a godly family.

Responsibilities

• Lead the church in faithful, expository preaching and pastoral care.
• Encourage sanctification, evangelism, and spiritual growth within the congregation.
• Provide shepherding leadership suitable for a small rural church in Northern California.

Skills

Pastoral leadership

Teaching and preaching

Pastoral ministry

Education

Formal training in theology or ministry

Job description

Glenburn Community Church in Fall River Mills, California, is seeking a full-time Pastor to lead a small rural congregation with a Baptist-leaning, expository teaching tradition. The ideal candidate will have formal training and experience in teaching, preaching, and pastoral ministry, and a heart of compassion to encourage and guide the church toward sanctification and evangelism.

We value a genuine appreciation for country life and understand the rhythms of seasonal farming and the timber