Evangelical Bible Church is an active and healthy church. We seek a full-time pastor with the calling, understanding, and skills to shepherd our ministries to the Christian home, children and youth. The Family Pastor will be passionate about evangelizing and discipling young people. The Family Pastor will also be passionate about ministering to the Christian home. He will inspire and equip Christian families to excel in godly marriage and parenting for the glory of God.
The Family Pastor is responsible to shepherd the youth and children's ministries and to promote and teach Biblical principles and practices in marriage and parenting. The Family Pastor will advance the kingdom of God by establishing a strong and equipped base of youth and children's ministries volunteers who work together to accomplish a clear vision of making Biblically mature disciples withing the home and at church.
Learn more about Evangelical Bible Church and this opening on our website: www.dickinsonebc.com.
Apply by submitting a letter of application and a resume to pastor.ron@dickinsonebc.com.
Introduction
EBC enjoys good health with an active membership. As a local church, we exist to glorify God through worshipping Him, edifying His people, and evangelizing the world. We are committed to the Great Commandment to love God with all our heart, soul, mind, and strength and the second to love our neighbors as ourselves. We are committed to preaching and teaching the truth of God’s Word so God’s people may be thoroughly equipped for every good work. It is our desire that people will be rooted and established in love, that they may have the power together with all the saints to grasp how wide and long and high and deep is the love of Christ, and to know His love that surpasses knowledge – that they may be filled to the measure of the fullness of God. (Ephesians 3:17-19)
Church History
Two groups of Christians meeting separately in Dickinson merged together in 1974 to form one new congregation. Following the call of a pastor, the name Evangelical Bible Church (EBC) was chosen and a church constitution adopted.
After four years of renting facilities, a gift of two acres of land encouraged our growing number of believers to pray about our own church building. God answered that prayer with amazing speed, and meetings began in the new place of worship in May of 1979.
EBC sought the fellowship and accountability of a denomination and found the Conservative Congregational Christian Conference (CCCC USA). EBC continues active membership and fellowship with the CCCC to this day.
EBC also houses a Christian school, Hope Christian Academy. Hope Christian Academy operates within the church facilities, but they maintain their own school leadership, employees and budget. The church and school both recently experienced a surge in growth which caused the church to purchase land and build a substantial addition to the existing building. That building project was in 2015 completed without debt.
Our Local Community
Dickinson is a thriving community in southwest North Dakota. The primary industries are agriculture and oil production. We love our local community and enjoy bringing the gospel to the community through various ministries and relationships. Our pastors, staff, and members serve in a wide variety of ministries in our community. We also partner and engage with local organizations, businesses, and emergency services for certain ministry opportunities. Our pastors have served as chaplains for police and fire. Our church administrator volunteers as a middle school coach. We have permitted the use of our facilities for certain programs such as foster care training. We do not value being busy for the sake of being busy, but we do celebrate productive relationships. The gospel is always our primary purpose for partnering with our community.
Church Leadership
The church is a congregational church. The church constitution and bylaws direct which matters require congregational approval. These include the annual budget, board elections, calling a pastor, and changes to the constitution or bylaws.
The church board consists of four elders and seven deacons. Men who have been official church members for at least one year are eligible to be selected for the church board. The elders and deacons meet separately before convening together as a full board. The senior and associate pastors meet with the elders to consider the spiritual matters of the church, and the church administrator meets with the deacons to consider the physical matters of the church. The church administrator serves full-time as a professional deacon attending to the facilities, budget, and benevolence of the church.
We also have a number of leaders who help shepherd the various ministries of the church (see below).
Church Membership
The church is interdenominational in character and attitude. It is a community church whose members acknowledge their union in Christ with true Christian believers everywhere and are content to be known as Christians. Our fellowship includes a balance of older couples, younger married families, single working parents, and young adults. We have a strong representation of young families. We have about 700 people from 250 families that attend EBC. Of those, 167 are official members. On a given Sunday, we generally have between 400 and 500 people attend services. EBC is comprised of people from diverse set of church backgrounds. Southwest ND is predominantly white. However, the community has grown recently, and we have seen a small increase in ethnic diversity. A high percentage of our church comes from a hard-working middle class.
Ministries
The church ministers to the congregation and community in a number of ways. Some of our ministries include the following:
Church Finances and Property
The church maintains strong fiscal responsibility. Our financial approach is conservative in nature with a strong aversion to church debt. A recent multi-million-dollar building expansion was accomplished without incurring any debt. We also want to avoid hoarding money as we prefer to invest wisely in the kingdom of God. Our finances are handled with full transparency of the entire congregation.
The church owns a primary campus of four acres where the church building is located. The church is in the process of purchasing an additional four acres adjacent to our current property. There are currently no hard and fast plans for this land, but we wanted to avoid becoming land-locked. The church also owns a duplex for the purpose of providing affordable housing to church and school staff.
Key Challenges
Core Beliefs and Values
We Believe
The church holds to the Biblical doctrines which mark and conserve Evangelical Christianity. These are stated below; we consider these minimal for participation. Christians have exceeded these seven statements with entire systems of Biblical theology. We recognize these systems and cherish the opportunity to examine them with one another.
Furthermore, We Believe
It Is Our Vision
As we are faithful to the gospel of Jesus Christ to make this happen, we value the following Christian distinctives as a way to grow in a closer relationship to God.
In themselves, these are good, but they do not save. Jesus Christ is the only mediator between God and man. And it’s through His birth, death, resurrection and ascension that this is made possible for us. We are called to believe upon Him and His finished work on the cross for this salvation. For there is no other name by which men can be saved.
