JOB DESCRIPTION. FELLOWSHIP PARAGOULD. Fellowship Paragould is a young church growing in and by the grace of God. Compri
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JOB DESCRIPTION FELLOWSHIP PARAGOULD
Fellowship Paragould is a young church growing in and by the grace of God. Comprised of individuals and families from nearly every demographic of the community, Fellowship is enjoying a contagious unity that can only be explained by the gospel. This unity flows from a carefully cultivated culture of grace where we revel in the reality that it’s okay to not be okay but by the power of the gospel we don’t have to stay that way. Out of this culture of grace, we’re seeing more than just great gatherings, as disciples are being made in the context of everyday life together. Even while we’ve held to our uncompromising goal of making disciples, Fellowship Paragould has experienced a growth rate of 51% over the past year. We launched the church in September of 2012 with 29 adults and 21 kids, in two missional communities (an MC is a family of missionary servants seeking to make disciples). At present, we see an average of 245 people at our Sunday gathering each week. We also have eight MC’s totaling 259 people. Within the missional communities, fight clubs meet weekly to fight their sin with the gospel, alongside their brothers and sisters. Within the past three years we have baptized 30 adults, 27 of which are still actively involved in the life of Fellowship. We also launched a church planting residency and will be sending out our first church planter in June of 2016. As part of our commitment to making disciples through planting more gospel-saturated churches, Fellowship is a part of the Acts29 Network and the Soma family of churches.
The vision of Fellowship Paragould is simple. We want every man, woman and child to have a daily encounter with the Real Jesus. We believe this will happen when we establish one missional community per thousand people in our city.
SHEPHERD / TEACHER
PARAGOULD, AR
Paragould is a fast growing community (18.6% growth rate in the past decade) of 28,000 tucked away in the Northeast corner of Arkansas. Paragould is only 88 miles from Memphis, 153 miles from Little Rock, and 208 miles from St. Louis. Arkansas State University sits in Jonesboro, 20 miles south of Paragould. Jonesboro is a city of 72,000 and is one of the fastest growing cities in the state of Arkansas. Paragould has two public schools, one private school, one small college and an extension campus from Arkansas State. Paragould provides families a great place to enjoy life together, whether it be through visiting Crowley’s Ridge State Park (camping, hiking, swimming, etc.), hunting and fishing at one of the many public areas, competing in youth sports, or hanging out at our new community center (equipped with it’s own mini-water park!). It is important to note that Paragould citizens enjoy a low crime rate and low living cost. For more information visit http://www.paragould.org
ROLE SUMMARY
As a church, we are led by a team of elders. We currently have three elders, however, one will be sent out to plant in June 2016. In light of this, we are looking for someone who can step into the full time role of a Shepherd / Teacher. Together as elders this team will oversee and equip deacons, MC leaders and entire church body.
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We are looking for an emotionally and spiritually healthy individual who is humble and hard working, has a burden for the city of Paragould, meets the qualifications of an elder found in 1 Timothy 3 & Titus 1, understands our church DNA, is compatible with the existing elders and models a life of repentance.
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Committed to our mission of making the Real Jesus known. Able to develop reproducible resources that equip our local church. Devoted to the heart development of leaders (elders, deacons, MCL). Ensures that MC leaders are equipped in developing the hearts of their MC. Oversees gospel shepherding (biblical counseling) and pastoral care. Willing to preach 12-20 times a year on Sunday mornings. Assist elders in developing sermon series. Willing to oversee and teach membership classes (3x a year) Committed to teaching any additional equipping classes. Continues to learn and develop gifts for the sake of building up the body. Committed to meet with elders weekly for sermon review/preview, staff meetings and bi-weekly elder meetings.
C O M P E N S AT I O N • Salary will be negotiated to meet family needs. • Pastor will receive a macbook for work use. • 14 vacation days a year along with 8 personal days
HOW TO APPLY::. NEXT STEPS
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(1) Familiarize yourself with the church website (www.fellowshipparagould.com). Only apply if you agree with beliefs, understand the church vision and feel you can happily get behind it. (2) Please request an application by emailing
[email protected] (3) Submit your application to
[email protected] (4) If the elders are in agreement on pursuing an applicant, an elder will set up a one hour phone conversation with the applicant to discuss the application and staff Page 3 ! of 4 !
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position in more detail (salary, etc). If the applicant has yet to take a DISC assessment by this point a link will be emailed to the applicant to complete the assessment before the phone call. An elder will email applicants we have decided not to pursue at this time. (5) If after the phone conversation both parties would like to pursue a potential partnership, a Fellowship weekend will be set up. The candidate will preach at the 930, the candidate and his wife will have a dinner with the elders and elders’ wives, and also receive a tour of the area. (6) If both parties feel led to continue forward, the elders and new pastor will officially agree on a start date.
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