Job Description:
Church Experience is a dynamic, 10 year old church that originated in central Florida with rapidly expanding locations in the United States! We are passionate about our vision of being "one church with many experiences". This Lead Pastor opportunity involves leading (and preaching most of the time) at a new CE location you start from scratch or relaunch from merger (in a city/state you prayerfully select)! We have 13 CE campus locations in several states (some established and some new/developing) with more being added regularly. We work extremely hard at 'helping more people experience a full life in Jesus Christ' and have a lot of fun in the process! We have an amazing and growing team that all primarily work from home in their communities! You can learn more about Church Experience at: www.churchexperience.tv
This opportunity consists of your selection of a location, building a launch team, and raising funds to launch (along with financial resources invested by CE)! Financial funds at the beginning come from a combination of your external fundraising (that we train/coach you through and provide lots of systems/support), the tithes & offerings from your launch team/campus, and our CE financial support. Church Experience contributes financially to help you get off to a bigger start! Also, you may choose to raise more funds to start full-time if you're able or you may choose to be bi-vocational at the start. We have powerful systems, a helpful team, big vision, experience in successfully launching well, and many available tools/resources/team members to help you start faster and we believe, be much stronger by doing it together long term!
Our model is to have a Lead Pastor at each CE location who leads and preaches around 70%+ of the time (supplemented by Central Campus teaching videos). High flexibility for envisioning unique local groups, local outreach, building your team, etc... are anticipated, but an incredible amount of time and money are saved by combining things you don't need to replicate since we are "one church" (kids curriculum and background check process, database, website/app, software, graphic design, support for your additional online service, lots of supplies, forms/guidelines, online giving, giving statements, collective 501c3/legal, financial reports/tracking, and countless other details if alternately starting alone). Church Experience is "one church with many experiences". We are looking for a great leader/communicator who loves building God's Kingdom within a healthy team context!
Ministry Description:
>Strong preacher
>Inspiring leader & team builder
>Experience in growing a group/service/ministry (will be building up to a big/quick launch from a small team)
>Fundraiser (will need to raise funds through personal network & other churches with our help along with CE financial support)
>Some college level education necessary (but degree completion not always required)
Requirements to Apply:
>Ability to start planning and fundraising relatively soon (but relocation to the city of your choice for planting not needed immediately).
>Successful ministry experience valued over formal education, but some ministry/Bible education may be required
>Items to include in/with resume if possible (recent preaching/teaching video, primary ministry experiences listed with start/end dates, education, contact info, & social media accounts)
On January 11, 2014 Brandon & Jennifer Bruce arrived in the Clearwater (FL) area with a God-given vision to start a new church. On January 19, 2014, 9 adults and 6 kids gathered in an apartment living room in Clearwater. Then, exactly one year from when the Bruce family arrived, Church Experience launched on January 11, 2015. It was an incredible moment that impacted hundreds of people, but only the beginning of a greater movement to help more people experience a full life in Jesus Christ! Since that time, a growing number of people have experienced God's amazing grace and love! In 2019, First Christian Church of Dunedin (FL) began discussion about merging into Church Experience, which was made official early the following year. In early 2020, a launch team began to form in Wesley Chapel (FL) to start a new CE campus! After much prayer and planning, God began to birth our "Better Together" vision making CE "one church with many experiences". CE is not a denomination, network, or association (we are "one church") and we offer unique customized ministry in each community with a Lead Pastor at each location ("many experiences"). In late 2020, The Intersection Community Church in Butler, PA merged into CE to form CE Northeast. New campuses are being added regularly through church planting and through mergers. We believe we're only experiencing the first chapter of the great story God is writing through this church to help more people experience a full life in Jesus Christ!
