Nechako Community Church

Job Title

Lead Pastor

Location

Vanderhoof, BC

Description

Nechako Community Church (NCC) is seeking a full-time lead pastor who:

- Loves the Lord and is growing in relationship with Him.
- Effectively develops leaders and develops ministry leadership teams
- Shares the vision of "We exist to be an authentic community to grow in Jesus Christ"
-  Will provide leadership to and work with the NCC elders and leadership team to regularly review and refine as appropriate the vision and its implementation in a manner consistent with the Bible.
-  Will lead and manage a multi-staff team.  The team currently includes a full-time Assoc. Pastor and part-time secretary, facilities manager and custodian.
- Will demonstrate collaborative approaches to ministry in the community with other churches and/or community agencies in meeting community needs.
- Will work as a ministry coach to staff and church leadership in fulfilling the vision of the church.
-  Will be the lead preaching pastor.
-  Adheres to the doctrinal statement of the Mennonite Brethren Conference Confession of Faith.


Required qualifications:

-  Proven ability to coach and develop leaders
-  Proven ability to lead a staff team of 3 or more or volunteer team in a Christian Ministry setting over at least 2 years.
-  Effective communications skills - preaching and teaching
-  Personal relationship with Jesus
-  Related degree from an accredited Bible College and a minimum of 3 years of church paid Christian Ministry
or equivalent years of church leadership experience and education related to this type of ministry (either lay leadership ministry or paid Christian ministry)
-  Adheres to the doctrinal statement of the Mennonite Brethren Conference Confession of Faith.
-  Credentialed by the BC Conference of MB Churches (if the applicant has not already been credentialed, this will be part of the process for selecting the lead pastor)

How to Apply

Send resume to jbclarkco@uniserve.com.  For more information, please visit the church web site at www.nechakocommunity.com or call June Clark, Search Committee Chair at 250-567-2150.

Updated: 12.8.08