Pastor Immanuel Baptist Church

Immanuel Baptist Church

1900 F Ave NW, Cedar Rapids, IA 52405 Website: immanuelcr.org | Facebook:
Immanuel Baptist Church Cedar Rapids

Immanuel Baptist Church is prayerfully seeking its next Lead Pastor to shepherd our congregation into a vital new season of ministry. Nestled in a mature residential neighborhood in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Immanuel is a deeply faithful body of believers founded on September 11, 1959.

We are a stable, multi-ethnic group with an average attendance of 75, with a history of long tenured pastors of 10+ years. Our previous pastor served with us for 20 years, before being called home to be the Lord. We are seeking a generational bridge-builder who values our mature congregation while passionately pursuing the hearts of young families. We are seeking a visionary leader who faithfully preaches and teaches God’s Word, shepherds God’s people, honors our rich history of local and global mission engagement, while effectively equipping our diverse membership for future local impact.

• Affiliations:
  Proudly cooperating with the Southern Baptist Convention and actively affiliated with the Baptist Convention of Iowa (BCI)
• Cultural Fabric:
  Our church family is enriched by diverse multi-cultural backgrounds.
• Financial Health:
  Debt-free, financially conservative, and stable.
• Great Commission Focus:
  We allocate 10% of all undesignated receipts directly to external missions, including BCI state church planting support and targeted local ministries within Cedar Rapids.
• The church leadership structure includes elders and deacons. The pastor is the head elder. Elders provide spiritual oversight of the church. They serve the church by teaching sound doctrine, protecting the church from errant teaching, and equipping the members for the work of the ministry to build up the body of Christ. They can assist the pastor in visitation and spiritual counseling and prayer as needed.
• Deacons serve as vital caregivers, ensuring that the facilities’ needs are met in a manner that upholds the unity and spiritual health of the congregation. They oversee the use of benevolence funds, supervise custodial staff, control & supervise all physical property, building use, property inventory, support all phases of the church programs and other duties as delegated to them by the Lead Pastor and elders.

Our next Lead Pastor will step into a warm, structurally stable environment that is culturally ready for collaborative growth. We are seeking a leader who meets the following criteria:

• Plan and conduct the worship services; prepare and deliver sermons; lead in observations of baptisms and the Lord’s Supper.
• Demonstrates a high view of Scripture, delivering deep, doctrinally sound, and relevant sermons.
• Cross-Cultural Competence:
  Possesses the cultural intelligence to preach across diverse cultural and linguistic backgrounds, utilizing broadly relatable illustrations.

• Transition Leader:
  Possesses the patience and wisdom to guide a mature church through structural and generational transition without sacrificing unity.
• Collaborative Builder:
  Able to partner effectively with our active lay leadership and elder board to cultivate structural diversity and develop leadership pipelines.
• Guide and train leaders to effectively lead and serve
• Lead and encourage members in spiritual growth

• Cooperative Program funds support both state level and global missions, theological education, and national ministries.
• Lottie Moon-Funds international missions
• Annie Armstrong-Funds North American Missions
• State Missions-Church plants & missionaries in the state of Iowa
• Cultivate intentional personal relationships and lead strategic…