Sr. Pastor Search
January 18, 2012 by admin
Filed under Sr. Pastor Search
Senior Pastor Position
Process of Inquiry
Thank you for exploring the possibility of becoming a member of the pastoral team at Sierra Bible Church. We are praying that God will clearly direct each of our paths for His glory and honor. We expect that this may be a lengthy process, but we hope to have our new pastor in place by summer of 2012.
Please take some time to look around our website (www.sierrabible.com). There is a wealth of information that will help you discover who we are and what we’re all about. Potential candidates should download and review our Senior Pastor Opportunity Profile (includes Ministry Description) and Statement of Faith (contained in our By-Laws).
If you feel led to pursue our opportunity after you’ve looked over everything and prayed about it, please email your resume and responses to the essay questions below in two separate attachments (Word/doc format, please) to search@sierrabible.com:
1. Resume
When writing the resume, substance is of more interest than brevity. Give enough information so that the breadth of your ministry experience is understood. While humility is appreciated, it is important for us to know the breadth and depth of your involvement and how God has used you.
Please include information on your full educational background (high school, undergraduate and post graduate work and all degrees earned). When describing your work as a church staff member, it would be helpful to know the total membership of the church, the worship style of the church, the size of the staff, where you were on the organizational chart, your specific responsibilities and what you feel were the highlights of that time of ministry. As we progress through our careers, many of us have changed jobs and/or employers several times. For each job change, be sure to include why you moved from that position to your next.
We would like to get a good picture of you holistically—your experience, your education, your family, your calling, your life as much as possible from a simple document. We are looking for a great match and want to know as much about you as we can glean from a resume.
For confidentiality purposes, please consider providing us a home/personal email address for us to communicate with you.
2. Responses to Essay Questions
In order to help us get a more complete picture of you and your interest in SBC, please provide succinct, but well thought out responses to the following questions:
- Share with us your spiritual journey, including a time that uniquely prompted your spiritual growth.
- How will you utilize your spiritual gift(s) at Sierra Bible to ‘help introduce people to Jesus and together become more like him’?
- What do you see as the greatest challenge the Church will face in the next 5 to 10 years, and how do you think the local church can and should respond?
- How do you view leading a church staff team, and what kind of manager are you?
- Share with us the kind of work/ministry environment where you tend to flourish. What kinds of working relationships energize you?
Should you have any specific questions or simply wish to talk with someone about the recruitment, we would ask that you email your request to SBC’s Search Team at search@sierrable.com. A member of the Search Team will get back to you promptly with the requested information by email or a phone call. We would request that candidates not call the church office directly since: 1) Search Team members will not be readily available to take your call; and 2) we wish to protect the confidentiality of potential candidates.
Once you have submitted the materials listed above, we promise to keep you apprised at each step of the recruitment process. You can expect notification confirming receipt of your materials and when our initial screening is complete, you will receive prompt notification as to whether you have been selected for the next round of the recruitment process or not. May God lead you to the place which he has prepared for you to do good works (Eph. 2:10).
The following are links to some specific information we thought may be particularly helpful to you in becoming better acquainted with Sierra Bible Church and the position of Senior Pastor:
Senior Pastor Opportunity Profile
By-Laws (including Statement of Faith)
