Shepherd Staff is honored to be working with New England Bible Church in Andover, MA as they search for their next Associate Pastor. New England Bible Church is a place to find strong Biblical teaching and preaching as well as a warm, close-knit community of believers and those seeking God. During there nearly 35 year history, many have walked through the doors feeling unsatisfied and frustrated with life, but have been transformed by finding hope and healing through Christ and a welcoming church community.

The primary responsibility of the Associate Pastor is to oversee and provide leadership for the ministries of New England Bible Church.

The ideal candidate will be:

• A Pastor with strong relational skills
• A Flexible Administrator
• An Experienced second chair leader
• Conservative theologically
• A Missionary who feels called to New England
• A worship leader

POSITION OVERVIEW

This is a role for someone that loves a small church that feels like family. You will be a generalist who likes the variety that comes with having your hands in a multitude of ministries in the church. Ideally, you can lead worship, but for the right candidate, the church would be willing to figure out other ways to make worship happen. The church is hoping to bring someone on who can bring some consistency to their worship which currently is entirely volunteer led.

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Serve as the point person for most ministries. Additionally, he will manage the start-up, training, execution, and accountability for new ministries.
• Provide day-to-day management of the staff, volunteers, and facilities.
• Ideally be a capable musician, able to lead the congregation in worship through music.
• Champion the Small Group Ministry. He will develop new leaders, new groups, and strategies to help connect as many people as possible to a group.
• Oversee the assimilation of new attendees. This includes connecting individuals or families with ministries as well as equipping them for service.
• The Associate Pastor will share responsibilities with the pastoral staff, including Counseling, Congregational Care, and Preaching & Teaching

Experience/Education:

• Hold a bachelor’s degree or higher in a field related to ministry
• Possess at least 3 years of vocational ministry experience

Much more detailed information is available to you after an initial consultation with Shepherd Staff. During that consultation, you should be able to articulate your provable experience as outlined above. Take the first step by clicking on the “Apply for this Job” button to confidentially make us aware of your interest. By confidential, we mean that we won’t share your information or interest with this or any other church prior to a full discussion with you and your permission to do so.

The Fine Print

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Please do not contact the church directly. Doing so will result in your information being forwarded to us. All applications for this position should come through the inquiry process here.

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