Local Lead Pastor NGC: Westside

Northwest Gospel Church is currently made up of five local churches in Clark County, Washington (Portland, Oregon metro area). These five churches are interdependent, locally led, and missionally linked. Being interdependent, each church relies on the others in multiple areas of ministry and operations. Being locally led, each church is a representation of the local community where it meets. And being missionally linked, we plan to train church planters, and planting Gospel-centered churches in the Portland metro area and beyond.

As a church staff, we see Ephesians 4 as our primary job description, "to equip the saints for the work of ministry, for building up the body of Christ." As leaders within NGC, we are not primarily "doers" of ministry, but "equippers" of ministry. You should see this play out in every Ministerial and Pastoral role within NGC.

Northwest Gospel Church (NGC) exists to glorify God by equipping the church to be the church to fill our region with gospel churches.

The Local Lead Pastor at NGC:
Westside serves the local church through three primary functions: preaching and teaching, leading vision and mission, and oversight and development of the local leadership team, embodying the call of a pastor in all he does. This pastor must exhibit a clear calling to pulpit ministry, manifested in a track record of excellence, fruitfulness, and consistent development in weekly Christ-centered expositional preaching.

The Local Lead Pastor carries the charge of castingvision for Westside and leading its elders and staff to run after it. As a member of the NGC Directional Lead Team, he both shapes the broader culture and DNA of Northwest Gospel Church and is responsible for cascading that DNA faithfully to the Westside congregation.

Here is a quick sketch of the kind of person we believe will thrive in this role:

• A called and proven preacher who has demonstrated consistent growth and fruitfulness in weekly expositional pulpit ministry
• A shepherd first, who is known for his genuine love of people and his instinct tomove toward his congregation with care and intentionality
• A vision-carrier who can hold the big picture of NGC’s mission and translate itinto concrete, local terms that move a congregation
• A leader of leaders who finds his greatest satisfaction not in doing ministryhimself, but in developing the elders, staff, and lay leaders around him to do itwell
• A humble collaborator who is secure enough in his own calling to follow well,contribute generously within NGC and remainaccountable to shared leadership
• A man of the Word whose private life with God is the obvious source of hispublic ministry
• A culture-builder who understands that the tone, health, and direction of a local church flows directly from the character and clarity of its pastor
• Ideal Team Player — works well within the NGC ecosystem, contributes toshared decisions, and follows through on commitments

The Local Lead Pastor is called first and foremost to be a pastor. This includes:

• Being a man of prayer and humility, filled with the Spirit and saturated in God’sWord
• Shepherding those within his charge through knowing, leading, feeding, caringfor, and protecting the church
• Exemplifying the qualifications of 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, and 1 Peter 5:1-5as an example to the flock
• Prioritizing his marriage and family as his primary ministry
• Maintaining a shepherding list within the Westside congregation, ensuringmeaningful and consistent pastoral care
• Studying God’s Word with focus and humility, consistently growingtheologically
• Handling God’s Word with precision and integrity, preaching Christ from all of Scripture