Bivocational Pastor Garland Community Baptist Church

Garland Community Baptist Church (GCBC) of Garland, Maine seeks a dedicated and spiritually grounded bivocational pastor to guide our rural congregation. The pastor is Biblically given three primary responsibilities: to shepherd the flock of God (1 Peter 5:2), to oversee the ministry of the church (1 Timothy 3:1-7) and to pay careful attention to himself (Acts 20:28). The bivocational rural pastor shares leadership in the church with the elders and deacons and serves as the primary shepherd and teacher.

The current size and income of our congregation is ready to financially support a bi-vocational Pastor. As we have done in the past, we would plan to bring the Pastor on to full-time as God grows and prospers our church.

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Garland Community Baptist Church is a welcoming and loving group of Christians who live in, or near, the tranquil rural farming community town of Garland in the Maine Highlands region of western Penobscot County, Maine. We are mostly an older congregation, with a few younger families. In theological outlook we are committed to sound biblical doctrine, emphasizing the importance of Scripture and the work of the Holy Spirit in guiding our beliefs and practices to become a mature family of brothers and sisters.

In purpose, we believe in sharing the love of Christ and the way of Salvation by serving others and as a harbor for the spiritually broken. Over recent years we have become more involved in outreach, including reaching children with the Gospel through after-school clubs, and providing food and fellowship through quarterly Community Outreach meals. We are excited to develop these and other ways of making our faith and church more available and relevant to those we seek to reach.

Around 45 adults make up the church at present (including ‘active’ non-members).

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