LEAD PASTOR

Job Description

This is a full-time position. The pastor will be accountable to and reports directly to the Deacon Board. The pastor will be a member of the Deacon Board with voting rights.

This is a full-time position. The pastor will be accountable to and reports directly to the Deacon Board. The pastor will be a member of the Deacon Board with voting rights.

Cavalier Baptist Church is located in Cavalier, North Dakota, the county seat of Pembina County, which is located in the northeastern corner of the state bordering Minnesota and the Province of Manitoba.

Cavalier Baptist is one of nine churches located within the city, but the only Baptist Church.

The Church was established in 1892 shortly after the settlement of the city and celebrated its 125th Anniversary in 2017.

Additionally, in 2016 Cavalier Baptist Church celebrated 50 years of being a Missionary focused Church.

We are a multi-generational community of believers ranging in age from 1 to 107 that believes strongly in the mentorship of youth by mature church members.

Cavalier Baptist Church is a Conservative Baptist Church associated with the Venture Church Network.

(Article V, Section 3 of the Church Constitution) The duties of the Pastor shall be to preach, administer the ordinances of the Gospel, be an exofficio member of all boards and committees of the church, and perform various other duties in consultation with the Deacon Board.

• A personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Baptized by immersion
• Spiritually mature and enthusiastic about their faith
• Positive moral character and a good reputation with others
• Demonstrated leadership
• Strong communicator, oral and written
• Positive, healthy family relationships
• Substantial agreement with our Statement of Faith

• Preferred seminary experience
• Preferred involvement with Venture Church Network
• Preferred pastoral experience
• Preferred Ordination

• Demonstrated effectiveness in preaching
• Demonstrated effectiveness in teaching small and large groups
• Demonstrated effectiveness in organization and implementation skills
• Demonstrated counseling skills
• Demonstrated effectiveness with interpersonal relations and communications

• Worship
• Oversee the regular worship services of the church
• Preach the Word of God
• Administer the ordinances and ceremonies of the church
• Leadership
• Cooperate with and assist Deacons in exercising their responsibilities
• Work with the Deacons to develop the spiritual vision and mission of the church
• Recruit and train leaders to assist with church ministries
• Provide leadership and guidance for the church ministries
• Pastoral Care
• Provide counseling, visitation, and pastoral care
• Perform baptisms, weddings, funeral services, and parent/child dedications
• Direct the orientation and assimilation of new members into the life of the congregation in conjunction with the committees and organizations of the church
• Training
• Oversee and encourage the discipleship and training of ministry members
• Oversee the development of appropriate training programs as needed or necessary
• Administration
• He shall be an ex-officio (voting and participating) member of all boards and committees and a counselor of all departments
• Oversee all communications of the church
• Conduct evaluations with the staff of the church regularly
• Association Representation
• Actively participate in Venture Church Networks and their association activities, including regular contact with the Regional Director
• Local ministerial participation
• Working Expectations
• Establish office hours
• Establish regular, weekly days off
• Maintain an active devotional life
• Seek appropriate continuing education opportunities

• Resume
• Personal Profile (i.e., brief biography, a testimony of salvation, strengths and weaknesses, family info, etc.)

We believe that the Scriptures of the Old and New Testament are verbally inspired by the Spirit of God and are without error in the original writings; and that they are of supreme and final authority in faith and life. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three persons:
Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. We believe, according to the scriptures that Christ was begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, and is God and true man. He died on the cross, shedding his precious blood as a sacrifice for our sins. He was bodily resurrected, ascended into Heaven, and is present there as our High Priest and Advocate.

We believe that the ministry of the Holy Spirit is to glorify Jesus Christ, and during this age to convict men, regenerate the sinning believer, indwell, guide, instruct and empower the believer for Godly living and service. We believe that man was created in the image of God and became a living soul. Man sinned and incurred not only physical death, but also spiritual death which is separation from God.

All beings are born with a sinful nature and are sinners in thought, word,…