Overview:
Believers Fellowship is looking for a teaching pastor who loves God's people and loves to preach God's Word; who is trained in understanding and applying Scripture; and who feels called and equipped by the Spirit to teach the congregation and lead the church staff.
Responsibilities:
· Prayerfully prepare and deliver exegetical, Gospel-centric sermons 30+ times per year. Sermons should point people to Jesus, be faithful to the text, and be crafted in such a way as to disciple Christians and reach those who do not yet believe.
· Shepherd, oversee, lead, and represent the church staff.
· Pastor the congregation, leading them through the power of the Spirit to greater spiritual maturity, love for God and love for others.
· Pursue spiritual growth in community for himself and with his family.
· Together with the elders, prayerfully participate in the governance, mission, and direction of the church.
· Disciple, equip and empower volunteers and emerging leaders within the church.
· Pursue other ministry areas in accordance with interests and giftings, such as counseling, administration, outreach, small groups, etc.
Qualifications:
· Master of Divinity.
· 5-10+ years of ministry experience leading a staff or in a lead role in a church with greater than 500 average weekly attendees.
· Meets the qualifications of an elder in 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9.
· Demonstrates humility, wisdom, integrity, sincerity, approachability, and relatability; having experienced true and on-going change by the power the Gospel.
· Holds firmly to the supreme authority of Scripture for life and worship.
· Agrees with Believers Fellowship's doctrinal statements.
· Demonstrates ability to collaborate with others and lead a staff in a way that models the servant leadership of Jesus.
Benefits:
Competitive salary; health and vision insurance; paid time off; professional development opportunities.
Application Process:
Interested pastors should submit a resume, cover letter (including philosophy of ministry), and references to chad.vansomeren@gmail.com by 30 Nov 24.
Overview:
Believers Fellowship is a vibrant, biblically-rooted nondenominational church in Gig Harbor, WA. The church was founded in 1978 in a living room and has grown to a church with 500-600 weekly attendance spread between two Sunday morning worship services. We are generationally diverse with a significant number of young families. Relationships are strengthened in small groups and ministry teams. We are known in our community for our strong biblical teaching, our top-notch children and youth ministries, and the work we do outside the walls of our church.
Mission:
Worship God in Spirit and Truth.
Grow in authentic relationship with God and each other.
Share the life-changing truth of Jesus with grace.
Strategic Priorities:
Inter-generational, participatory worship that engages the heart and mind.
Spiritually formative, biblically-rooted songs and prayers.
Biblical, Christ-Centered preaching that engages both believers and unbelievers.
Celebrating communion and believers baptism.
Truth, beauty, and excellence for the glory of God.
Promote the next step for spiritual growth for every person at every age.
Foster friendships, mentorship, and discipleship in vibrant small group settings.
Equip saints for the work of ministry (Eph 4:11-14).
Share Jesus with our lives, words, and actions.
Give, share, and serve in our community and beyond.
Follow Jesus’ ministry to the “least of these” (Matt 25:40).
Values:
Humility, Authenticity, Honesty, Servant-Heartedness, Personal Growth, Accountability
Doctrine:
We believe that the Bible is God's Word and, as such, our supreme authority for life and worship. We do not expect Christians to find anything particularly controversial in our basic doctrinal statement. We view these as entryway doctrines that faithfully summarize biblical truths and we always remain open to re-wording our doctrinal statement to better summarize scriptural truth in our time. Some distinctives of our church are that we teach and practice believers baptism, we follow the elder model of church government, we have weekly communion, and we are complementarian. Our surrounding culture would likely find our statement "Human Sexuality and the Gospel" to be controversial, but we see this statement as simple adherence to biblical teaching with regards to human sexuality, the image of God, the reality of sin, and our need for Jesus (we all need Him!). With respect to more particular doctrines beyond our basic doctrinal statement, we invite believers to search the Scriptures together and be united at the foot of the cross. We do not rally around particular political parties or agendas, we rally around the cross and our identity as God's people on mission for His glory.
Demographics and Staffing:
We are a multigenerational church with up to four generations of family members worshiping together! Weekly attendance averages 500-600, with one quarter of our people being children. We have lots of families in our community and lots of families in our church. If we count people who attend once or twice a month, we have 1000-1200 people who would consider our church to be their church home. Our Family Ministry Team is robust, consisting of a part time Children's Ministries Director, three part time Children's Ministry Associates, and one full time Student Ministries Director. Additionally, we are in the process of hiring a High School Ministry Associate. We typically bring in 3-4 interns to help out during the summer months, and also have a year-long residency program. We have Middle School and High School students who gather mid-week. We are known in our community for our MomCo program that also meets mid-week, and our summer VBS program. In addition to all the families and children, God has seen fit recently to add some singles and single parents in their 20s to our midst, for which we are grateful. We have some skilled interim worship leaders. We intend to hire a full time worship leader after hiring a lead pastor.
"Now to him who is able to do far more abundantly than all that we ask or think,
according to the power at work within us,
to him be glory in the church and in Christ Jesus
throughout all generations, forever and ever. Amen."
Eph 3:20-21
