Associate/Assistant Pastor (depending on experience)

Worthing Tabernacle

Worthing Tabernacle is a growing, diverse, bible teaching church with over 120 members, and around 40 children based in the heart of the seaside town of Worthing, West Sussex. We are a warm, independent, conservative-evangelical church and are members of the FIEC and the Sussex Gospel Partnership.
Our mission is to be God's people, proclaiming Jesus.
God's people: We have been gathered together by Jesus Christ, the Son of the Father, called from darkness and into Jesus' light through the good news of His death and resurrection. Since Jesus has loved us so much to save us, we love each other too.
Proclaiming Jesus: God's purpose in saving us and gathering us to be His people is that we would proclaim Jesus and all that He has done for us. Everyone has a role in serving this mission of proclamation to Worthing, Sussex and beyond.
We would like to appoint an Associate or Assistant pastor (depending on your experience) to work alongside Pastor Rich Owen and our other elders to provide pastoral leadership and to help with the growing needs of our church.

Required Skills

The Associate/Assistant Pastor will be a man with a Christ-centred conviction to lead, mature godly character, and the gifts and graces necessary for the role as detailed below.
What we are looking for:
- A committed Christian with a mature faith in Christ and proven experience of church-based gospel ministry.
- A qualified (1 Tim 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9), gifted and experienced man.
- A team player who is excited about and has proven ability to disciple, equip and train members and leaders.
- Strong levels of emotional intelligence, preferably with experience in a 'secular' workplace as well as in church.
- A passion for preaching Jesus!
He will develop a good working relationship with the current Pastor, other elders, church staff, and team leaders. He will be given increased responsibility in areas of ministry that particularly suit his gifting, but will be involved in the general leadership of the church at every level. Our desire is to have a man minister in the way God made him and which glorifies God.
In particular this includes:
Leadership - The Associate/Assistant Pastor will have a full share in shaping and implementing the church's vision to be God's people, proclaiming Jesus. He will be an Elder and Trustee, contributing fully to Elder's meetings. He will be expected to contribute fully to discussions about the church's mission and strategic development.
Pastoral care - The Associate/Assistant Pastor will share the pastoral oversight of church members, and take a lead in facilitating aspects of more private care as appropriate in conjunction with the current Pastor and elders. We anticipate this pastoral worker possessing a high level of emotional and cultural intelligence in sharing biblical wisdom with God's people.
Training - The Associate/Assistant Pastor will use his skills and resources to help equip church members for works of service. Depending on his experience, the pastor will help to develop and deliver a new discipleship program to help raise up leaders within the church. He will share with the current Pastor and others in other aspects of training and discipleship.
Preaching - The Associate/Assistant Pastor will share all aspects of the public preaching and teaching ministry of the church (Sundays and midweek) with the current pastor and other elders. This will usually includes ministering to children/youth as well as adults.
Evangelism - The Associate/Assistant Pastor will contribute wholeheartedly to the evangelistic outreach of the church. He will be Gospel-hearted in his personal life and set an example to the church of personal witness. His level of involvement in specific outreach activities will vary and play to his strengths.
What we can offer you:
- A wonderful, loving and growing church family that will pray for you.
- A generous pay package including pension and support for moving costs.
- The opportunity to live and work in a desirable seaside location, just over an hour from London by train, and with the rolling downs to our north.

Applicants should arrange for an initial conversation with Pastor Rich Owen (pastor@worthingtab.org.uk), read all the documents in our application pack and then submit an application form.

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