Lead Pastor – Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church

Job Description

Church Information

• Name: Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church
• Website: https://brgrace.com
• Location: 1025 Cedar Creek Grade Winchester, VA 22602
• Sunday average attendance: 80

Overview

• If you would be interested in leading a church that desires to move to the next level of effective ministry then you should highly consider Blue Ridge Grace Brethren Church. We are seeking to have a ministry that emphasizes reaching the un-churched, growing Christ-followers, equipping Christ-followers to actively minister; and developing leaders to own the various ministry segments. We have taken the time to assess our strengths and weaknesses and believe we are positioned to grow under the next strategic lead pastor. The church is averaging 80 in attendance and ultimately desires through strategic planning to be a highly effective multi-generational church. This strategic plan will involve initially focusing on reaching the primary sphere of influence of the majority of the current congregation (most are in the second half of life) and then over time incrementally reaching those who are in the 40s, 30s and 20s. It is our desire to double in size in the next three to four years.
• We are located in Winchester, VA (Frederick County), the oldest Virginia city west of the Blue Ridge Mountains and one of the fastest growing communities in the greater Washington, DC metro area. For the fourth year in a row the Frederick County-City of Winchester Metro Area was the fastest growing area in Virginia. Yet, our close-knit community prides itself on our small-town charm with modern conveniences. Winchester’s family feel provides a genuine sense of belonging that is often hard to find in growing cities. While it has been a widely recognized mecca for retirees over the past decade, current trends show that adults under 45 are compromising the largest segment of the population moving in. Winchester is rich in history, scenic beauty, and friendly people making it a phenomenal place to call home. There is something here for everyone!

Candidate Description

• The Lead Pastor will…
  • Be a growing, mature Christ-follower
  • Have a strong desire to lead and develop the church
  • Have a strong desire to build relationships
  • Be in agreement with Blue Ridge’s philosophy of ministry, which includes its mission, vision, and doctrine
• The Lead Pastor will have the following attitudes and desires:
  • Teachable
  • Willingness to work hard
  • Team player mindset exemplified by working alongside the members/attenders of the church
  • Always strives for excellence
  • Desire to finish what is started, bringing tasks to completion
  • Humble spirit
  • Is committed to the covenant of marriage between a man and a woman and if married, his wife wholeheartedly supports him in leading the church ministry
  • Willingness to take responsibility for decisions and plans and adapts them as necessary
• The Lead Pastor will have the following skills:
  • Able to think strategically
  • Able to make wise and Biblically sound decisions quickly
  • Able to develop and lead leaders
  • Able to develop, encourage, and coach ministry workers
  • Able to preach with a high degree of application and effectiveness
  • Able to manage ministry systems
  • Able to resolve any conflict that may arise
  • Ability to hold confidences with integrity
  • Able to develop and implement Ministry Vision and a clear strategy to see the church become highly effective
  • Able to plan both short-term and long-term projects, identify project goals and set timelines for achieving those goals
  • Able to galvanize others to participate in achieving the Ministry Vision

Responsibilities

• The Lead Pastor will oversee/develop the following areas:
  • Development and implementation of the Ministry Vision of the church
  • Development of ministry leaders
  • Development and oversight of ministry systems
  • Coaching ministry workers
  • Oversight of the Sunday services including preaching regularly
  • Oversight and development of an outreach culture
  • Oversight of the discipling system
  • Oversight of the guest follow up system
  • Oversight of the care and connection system
• The Lead Pastor maintains relationships with the following people groups:
  • Deacons
  • Church Board
  • Members and attenders of the church
  • The missionaries of Blue Ridge
  • Un-churched people within the sphere of influence of the church
  • Relationships within the community and community organizations

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Retirement
• Vacations

Charis Fellowship Statement of Faith

• Member churches in the Charis Fellowship, in harmony with our historic position, believing the Bible, the whole Bible, and nothing but the Bible to be our infallible rule of faith and practice, and feeling our responsibility to make known the divine message of the Bible, present the following articles as a statement of those basic truths taught in the Bible which are common to our Christian faith and practice:
  • The Bible
    • The Word of God, the sixty-six books of the Old and New Testaments, verbally inspired in all parts, and therefore wholly without error as originally given of God (II Tim 3:16; II Peter 1:21).
  • God
    • The One True God Existing eternally as three persons–the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit (Luke 3:22; Matt. 28:19; II Cor. 13:14).
  • The Lord Jesus Christ
    • His preexistence and deity (John 1:1-13), incarnation by virgin birth (John 1:14; Matt. 1:18-23); sinless life (Heb. 4:15), substitutionary death (II Cor. 5:21), bodily resurrection (Luke 24:36-43), ascension into heaven and present ministry (Heb. 4:14-16), and coming again (Acts 1:11).
  • The Holy Spirit
    • His personality (John 16:7-15); and deity (Acts 5:3-4); and His work in each believer: baptism and indwelling at the moment of regeneration (I Cor. 12:13; Rom. 8:9); and filling (Eph. 5:18) to empower for Christian life and service (Eph. 3:16; Acts 1:8; Gal. 5:22-23).
  • Man
    • His direct creation in the image of God (Gen. 1:26-28), his subsequent fall into sin resulting in spiritual death (Gen. 3:1-24, Rom. 5:12), and the necessity of the new birth for his salvation (John 3:3-5).
  • Salvation
    • A complete and eternal salvation by God’s grace alone, received as the gift of God through personal faith in the Lord Jesus Christ and his finished work (Eph. 2:8-9; Titus 3:5-7; I Peter 1:18-19).
  • The Church
    • One true Church, the body and the bride of Christ (Eph. 1:22-23; 5:25-32), composed of all true believers of the present age (I Cor. 12:12-13); and the organization of its members in local churches for worship, for edification of believers, and for world-wide gospel witness, each local church being autonomous but cooperating in fellowship and work (Eph. 4:11-16).
  • The Christian Life
    • A life of righteousness, good works and separation unto God from the evil ways of the world (Rom 12:1- 2), manifested by speaking the truth (James 5:12), maintaining the sanctity of the home (Eph. 5:22-6:4) settling differences between Christians in accordance with the Word of God (I Cor. 6:1-8), not engaging in carnal strife but showing a Christ-like attitude toward all men (Rom. 12:7-21), exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit (Gal. 5:22-23), and maintaining a life of prayer (Eph. 6:18; Phil. 4:6), including the privilege, when sick, of calling for the elders of the church to pray and to anoint with oil in the name of the Lord (James 5:13-18).
  • Ordinances
    • The Christian should observe the ordinances of our Lord Jesus Christ, which are: (1) baptism of believers by triune immersion (Matt. 28:19), and (2) the threefold communion service, consisting of the washing of the saint’s feet (John 13:1-17), the Lord’s Supper (I Cor. 11:20-22, 33-34; Jude 12), and the communion of the bread and the cup (I Cor. 11:23-26).
  • Satan
    • His existence and personality as the great adversary of God and his people (Rev. 12:1-10), his judgment (John 12:31), and final doom (Revelation).
  • Second Coming
    • The personal, visible and imminent return of Christ to remove His Church from the earth (I Thess. 4:16- 17), before the Tribulation (I Thess. 1:10; Rev. 3:10), and afterward to descend with the Church to establish His millennial kingdom upon the earth (Rev. 19:11-20:6).
  • Future Life
    • The conscious existence of the dead (Phil. 1:21-23; Luke 16:19-31), the resurrection of the body (John 5:28-29), the judgment and reward of believers (Rom. 14:10-12; II Cor. 5:10), the judgment and condemnation of unbelievers (Rev. 20:11-15), the eternal life of the saved (John 3:16), and the eternal punishment of the lost (Matt. 25:46; Rev. 20:15).

Application Details

• To express your interest please send a cover letter and your resume to:
  BlueRidgeGraceScreeningTeam@gmail.com