About Us:
Grace Bible Church of Boise is a 200–250 person church located in beautiful southwest Idaho, serving our community since 1991.
Our church body is comprised of committed believers who engage in deep fellowship and love, effectively ministering to one another. We are a missions focused church where the leadership and body support Christ-centered gospel outreach locally and globally. We have a loving, grace-filled, and generous body comprised of a strong core of long-time members alongside newer members due to the rapid growth of the surrounding area. We are an elder led church that believes God’s word is central for equipping his body through counseling, teaching, and discipling.
For the past 17 years, we have been under the leadership of our senior pastor, Joe Cacioppo.
Joe’s main ministry focus has been the faithful proclamation of the gospel through expository preaching, teaching of the Word and prayer. His role has primarily been as a shepherd overseeing the spiritual needs of the flock. He will continue to serve the body as Pastor Emeritus serving our Empty Nesters/senior population. We are prayerfully seeking our next Senior Pastor who has a similar approach to ministry. Ideally, our next candidate will lead with a shepherd’s heart and will have a deep conviction to teaching the whole counsel of God and who understands that gospel change happens through faithful ministry. As a church body, we are looking forward to our next pastor, who will continue to build on our solid foundation while leading us into the future.
We believe that this pastoral position is a wonderful opportunity for the right man because we have mature, committed, and devoted members. We faithfully support our missionaries, we are financially solvent, and have a healthy church body life.
Our Church Distinctives
Bible Interpretation
We believe in the literal, historical, grammatical, contextual method of interpretation, which means the Bible is to be interpreted literally, unless there is clear reason in the context not to do so. Each text is to be interpreted in light of its near, far, and historical contexts, giving priority to the original languages, grammar, and inspired sentence structure.
Calvinism Versus Arminianism
We believe theological labels are often not helpful because there are no standard definitions. In many instances, self-proclaimed followers of John Calvin or Jacobus Arminius don’t believe what Calvin or Arminius taught. Calvin and Arminius, though used by God, were fallible interpreters of the Word of God.
God’s sovereignty and man’s human responsibility
Scripture is clear that God determines who will be saved (Romans 8:29). Ephesians 1:4 tells us that God chose us “before the creation of the world.” The Bible repeatedly describes believers as the “chosen” (Romans 8:33, 11:5; Ephesians 1:11) and the “elect” (Matthew 24:22, Romans 11:7). The fact that believers are predestined (Romans 8:29-30; Ephesians 1:5, 11) and elected for salvation (Romans 9:11, 11:28; 2 Peter 1:10) is clear. The Bible also says that we are responsible for receiving Christ as Savior. If we believe in Jesus Christ we will be saved (John 3:16; Romans 10:9-10). So while the Bible asserts both God’s sovereignty and people’s freedom and moral responsibility, it never attempts to reconcile the Two. We believe both to be true and both to work together to God’s glory alone.
Expository Preaching
Expository preaching uses objective Bible study principles to extract from biblical texts what the original author meant for his original audience to understand by he wrote i.e., the interpretation of a text. The expository preacher seeks to package truth that is objectively taken from a text of Scripture and then proclaim the truth to his listeners clearly and accurately, so God can speak to His people. We believe sequential expository preaching through books of the Bible is, in general, the best approach and should be the main way of preaching. There are other kinds of preaching such as topical, that are sometimes necessary and helpful, but should not be the main source of teaching and preaching.
Future Events
We do not see these teaching points as faith issues, nor are they beliefs that should keep believers from worshiping together. The leadership at GBC though, holds to the teaching that:
The souls of those who have trusted in the Lord Jesus Christ for salvation will either pass immediately into His presence upon death or will meet the Lord in the air upon His bodily return to earth. Key Texts: Lk 16:19-26; 2 Cor 5:8; Phil 1:23; 1 Thes 4:13-18; 2 Thes 1:7-9; Rev 20:1-15. The church age will be followed by a seven year period of great tribulation culminated by the return of the Lord Jesus Christ to the earth with power and great glory to introduce the millennial age, to bind Satan and place him in the abyss, to lift the curse which now rests upon the whole creation, to restore Israel to her own land and to give her the realization of God’s covenant promises, and to bring the whole world to the knowledge of God. Key Texts: Ezek 37:21–28; Mt 25:31-46; Rom 11:25–27; Rev 19:11-20:3. At the conclusion of the millennial age, Satan will be released for a short time, deceive the nations, and lead a battle against the saints. God will defeat Satan and the false prophet casting them into the lake of fire along with the fallen angels. Then, Christ will resurrect and judge unbelieving souls at the Great White Throne judgment.
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About You:
We are seeking a man who exhibits a vibrant walk with Jesus Christ demonstrated by faith, passion, grace, and maturity, who also meets the biblical qualifications of an elder as outlined in Titus 1 and 1 Timothy 3. He will also have and MDiv or equivalent education in biblical studies with at least 5 years of pastoral ministry experience. Please read our statement of faith that is located on our website at https://gbcboise.org/About/Statement-of-Faith. Our purpose and vision are listed here: https://gbcboise.org/About/Purpose.
General Characteristics
He will possess, or be developing the following:
Responsibilities
If after reading about Grace Bible Church of Boise as well as our history and ministry focus, you find that you align with our statement of faith, purpose, and vision documents, we ask that you prayerfully consider submitting your resume for our open Senior Pastor position.
Interested Candidates:
Grace Bible Church of Boise is a 150–200 person church located in beautiful southwest Idaho, serving our community since 1991.
Our church body is comprised of committed believers who engage in deep fellowship and love, effectively mistering to one another. We are a missions focused church where the leadership and body support Christ-centered gospel outreach locally and globally. We have a loving, grace-filled, and generous body comprised of a strong core of long-time members alongside newer members due to the rapid growth of the surrounding area. We are an elder led church that believes God’s word is central for equipping his body through counseling, teaching, and discipling.
