New Harvest Community Church (Millerstown, PA) - Associate Pastor

Job Description

New Harvest Community Church (Millerstown, PA) – Associate Pastor

The Big Picture

New Harvest Community Church (newharvestcommunitychurch.org) is seeking an Associate Pastor to direct, lead and develop leaders across all ages of our church family, with a focus on young families.

RequirementsNEW HARVEST

q New Harvest is a 22-year-old community church in Millerstown PA, mainly reaching Perry and Juniata Counties.

q We began as a church plant in 2001, meeting in a school gym, then in 2014 purchased and renovated a building, where currently 200+ worship.

q Our mission is to worship, love, connect people to Jesus Christ.

POSITION PURPOSE

q We are seeking an Associate Pastor to direct, lead and develop leaders across all ages of our church family, with a focus on young families.

q The role of the Associate Pastor is to work in harmony with the Lead Pastor, have a firm grasp on the purpose, value and strategy of New Harvest and align with the Leadership Team.

THE CANDIDATE WILL DEMONSTATE THE FOLLOWING

q A vibrant faith, knowledge of the Bible.

q The ability to work effectively with teams.

q Leadership skills, with ability to teach in small and large groups.

q A commitment to the vision and goal of New Harvest and strong administrative gifts, with attention for detail.

JOB DESCRIPTION

q Support the Lead Pastor in the overall vision casting and leadership of the church, and help with teaching and weekend service planning.

q The ability to recruit, teach, train, spiritually support and effectively supervise volunteers for small groups and adult ministries within the church.

q Serve as main leader in developing small group and student’s ministries.

q Communication skills to effectively preach when called upon and be prepared to be the emergency back-up speaker.

q Develop relationships with the New Harvest family.

q Provide pastoral care to parents of children and youth families.

q Provide confidential pastoral counseling in emergencies and short-term basis.

q Preferably two years of pastoral experience, with a focus on ministry to young families and have some leadership experience.

q To sense a calling to ministry, be willing to be mentored and seek educational training.

q A bachelor’s degree in ministry or certification of ministry training, or willing to work toward ministry education.

ACCOUNTABILITY AND SUPERVISION

q This position will be under the supervision of the Lead Pastor, Terry Burton, and

accountable to the church Leadership Team and the mission of New Harvest.

FULL-TIME POSITION

q This position requires flexible hours, including weekends and some evenings.

Benefits

TBD

Full-time