- Bachelors Degree
- Seminary experience preferred
Faith Community Church, an Evangelical Free Church of America, is searching of our next lead pastor to take over the role of senior leader within our healthy and growing church family! God is moving in our church and as our former Lead Pastor transitions into a new ministry setting in Milwaukee, we are trusting God to bring the right person to continue leading Faith Community Church into seasons of fruitfulness.
Specifically, the Lead Pastor needs to be a man who has a proven track record of strong ministry leadership. He needs to have experience overseeing, developing and equipping multiple staff or volunteers to fulfill their ministry potential. He needs to be a gifted communicator who has the ability to communicate God’s Word in an engaging, relevant and applicable way. We’d prefer candidates with a seminary degree, or seminary experience.
Faith is a healthy and growing church which values effective ministry and mission. Currently, around 500 people attend worship services on any given weekend, with over 800 attending special services such as Easter or Christmas Eve. Our church family is quite diverse, with attendees ranging in age from teens, to young singles to retirees, blue and white collar professionals who all call Faith home.
Faith is enjoying a season of health and fruitfulness and values being an externally focused church that actively reaches out with the truth of Jesus Christ into our community and into the world. Being missional is a core value of the leadership and the body here. Faith has developed excellent relationships with our community and beyond, and also enjoys great reputation within our denomination on both a regional and national level. We are blessed with a gorgeous 15 acre campus and a beautiful 26,000 square foot facility that features an acoustically designed worship center, a large cafe area, a cutting-edge student wing and an alternative worship center, all of which sits across the road from Waupaca High School.
Among our greatest assets at Faith is our staff. We have a Pastor of Discipleship, a Pastor of Students, a Global Outreach Director, a Worship Arts Director and an Alternative Worship Arts Director on staff, as well as two administrative and one custodial staff member.
Faith Community Church is nestled in the picturesque vacation community of Waupaca, Wisconsin, which has the small town feel, with the benefits of large cities just minutes away. Among many unique features of Waupaca are the Chain O’ Lakes, which are 22 spring-fed, crystal clear lakes that draw vacationers from all over the country, as well as the 1500 acre Hartman Creek State Park—both of which are just minutes from the church campus.
Faith Community Church
OBJECTIVE:
- Provide senior leadership to Faith Community Church, overseeing the fulfillment of our purpose, which states: “Connected together as God's family, we are here to Reach Out to people with the truth of Jesus Christ, to Serve the needs around us, to Grow in Godliness and to Honor God above all.”
- Strategic Leadership
- The Lead Pastor is to be a leader who is able to identify, equip and empower other leaders to fulfill the mission of Christ
- Provide visionary and strategic leadership that will boldly move the church toward a God-inspired vision
- Specifically the Lead Pastor oversees the fulfillment of the biblical purposes of outreach/evangelism and fellowship
- The Lead Pastor is to oversee the Men’s Ministry, working with the leadership team to strategically develop a strong leadership pool of men within the church
- Oversee, evaluate and develop all paid staff positions
- Serve on the Elder Team, as an equal with the other elders in providing spiritual oversight and direction to the church as a whole
- Serve on the Church Council (financial stewardship board), and provide insight, wisdom, direction to the financial stewardship practices of Faith Community Church
- Serve as an ex officio member on all other church boards, providing strategic leadership and insight to each
- Preaching and Teaching
- The Lead Pastor is responsible to ensure biblical preaching, both expository and topical, is communicated from the pulpit of Faith Community Church each week
a) As a church, Faith Community Church values a dynamic and engaging preaching style that is biblical, relevant and applicable
- The Lead Pastor is also encouraged to teach in other venues outside of Sunday morning and evening messages, as the Lord leads
- The Lead Pastor is responsible to ensure biblical preaching, both expository and topical, is communicated from the pulpit of Faith Community Church each week
- Shepherding
- The Lead Pastor is to have an approachable demeanor to the congregation at-large
a) Oversee a healthy church system that ensures all people of Faith Community Church are shepherded in a loving and biblical manner
- The Lead Pastor is to oversee the pastoral, ministry, support staff providing for their personal and spiritual development, to ensure excellence in ministry, to maintain a healthy team environment, and to challenge each leader to develop their full potential in ministry.
- The Lead Pastor is to have an approachable demeanor to the congregation at-large
- Meets the qualifications of an elder
- Has a growing, healthy relationship with Jesus Christ
- Member of Faith Community Church who fully supports and endorses the vision, mission and distinctives of the church
- Possesses gifts, as a minimum, in the area of leadership and preaching/teaching
- Good communicator who has an engaging speaking style
- The ability to be a team player
- Experience overseeing a staff and developing leaders
- Seminary training with at least five years of ministry leadership preferred
- The Lead Pastor is accountable to the elder team which carries the ultimate responsibility for the spiritual oversight of the church
- Serves as the staff liaison to the elders
Lea FergPlunkett
N2541 Cty Rd K
Waupaca, WI USA 54981
Phone: (715)258-8857
Fax: none
E-mail: gstrike@charter.net