Church Description

• Conservative Evangelical
• Established many years
• Approximately 130 attending (increasing)
• Good youth group with a Youth Pastor (.6 part time)
• New, but active, Seniors Ministry
• Small Sunday School
• Established Ladies work
• Active and enthusiastic Missions Committee
• Has an open membership policy

Current staffing

• Senior Pastor
• Youth pastor (part time)
• Elders ? 6
• Deacons ? 7
• Voluntary office help
• A number of auxiliary leaders (volunteers)

Reason for the new position

Current Pastor has had to resign because of treatment he is having for a health issue unrelated to church activity. We are, therefore, seeking a Senior Pastor who will replace our current one.

Expectations

Ideally our new appointee will be a man who is...

• Theologically trained
• Conservative Evangelical
• Baptistically convinced
• An able preacher/teacher
• A team Manager

One who treats the scriptures as...

• The divinely inspired Word of God
• The final authority for life and practise
• Inerrant in the original manuscripts

Duties

It is expected that the Senior Pastor will perform the normal duties of a pastor (visitation, counselling as required, sermon preparation, marriages, funerals, team meetings, etc.).

It is also expected that his wife will support her husband and, if she so desires, become involved wherever she is gifted. There is no expectation that the Pastor?s wife is to be involved anywhere within the church, only that she fully supports her husband.

Services are presided over by various worship leaders and others who lead in pastoral prayer, scripture reading, and notices. Also the celebration of the Lord?s Supper is presided over by one of the people in the congregation. All serve on a rostered basis.

Should the new Pastor want to be involved in worship leading or any other of the rostered roles he would be able to join the roster for those functions but this is not a requirement.

The Senior Pastor would be accountable first to God, and then to the Eldership of the church.

Term

The initial term would be for three years but is able to be extended by mutual consent and agreement of the Elders. The Appointee would commence as soon as is practical after the end of October 2008.

Applications

In the first instance application should be to...

The Elders
Hawthorn Church of Christ
42 Angas Road
HAWTHORN SA 5062

Application will be treated with the utmost confidentiality and should be ac companied by all references etc., any relevant data supporting current ministry.

Echuca-Moama is located approximately 200km north of Melbourne on the Murray River, servicing a community of approximately 20,000 people. Echuca-Moama is a tourist Mecca renowned for it's historic attractions and festivals. Boasting excellent educational facilities, strong community and sporting groups and access to a wide variety of cultural networks, Echuca-Moama is an attractive place for people of all ages.

Echuca-Moama Baptist Church is a growing fellowship of 70 people from diverse ages and backgrounds. The church has a contemporary focus, having been jointly planted in 2004 by the Baptist Union of Vic/NSW.

We are a church with a great care for each other and the wider community. We are looking for a Pastor/leader with good leadership and organisational skills, dynamic Bible preacher, experienced in community mission and an ability to inspire others into mission in our community.

Remuneration will be in line with Baptist Union recommendations.

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• jeffrey.kraak@bigpond.com