Lead Pastor

Lead Pastor

Hope Bible Church
• Roanoke, Virginia

Full-Time
• Salary + Housing Allowance

Hope Bible Church is a small, established congregation in the Hollins community of Northern Roanoke, Virginia. We have a faithful core of people who love God and one another. After a period of plateaued ministry, we have entered a partnership with Assist Church Expansion and are working through a structured revitalization process with their coaching and support.

Our purpose is to help people find hope through Jesus Christ. At the conclusion of this revitalization process, we want to be a church that is actively reaching people who are far from God, and a place where the un-churched can find a genuine spiritual home, and the de-churched re-engage with their faith, and grow in their relationship with Jesus. We desire to be a church that the families and neighbors of the Hollins community of Roanoke want to be part of, one that is welcoming, authentic, and seeing many begin to follow Jesus.

The Hollins community of Roanoke is a working and middle-class community of approximately 17,000 people. Most residents are homeowners with deep roots in the area. The median household income is just over $77,000. Many in our community have little or no meaningful connection to a local church, which represents a significant and genuine ministry opportunity.

We are looking for a pastor who is comfortable with a smaller congregation that desires to grow, patient with the process of becoming a highly effective church which emphasizes both evangelism and discipleship, and genuinely motivated by the prospect of reaching people who are not yet connected to a faith community.

Preach and teach regularly with a high degree of application, genuinely invest in those who are a part of the church, and lead the congregation with clarity through this season of revitalization.

Engage fully with the Assist Church Expansion process, receive coaching from their team, and work collaboratively with the Elder Team to move the church toward a healthier, more outward-focused future.

Be genuinely invested in the Hollins community of Roanoke beyond the walls of the church. This involves building real relationships with neighbors, local residents, and people who are far from God, not as a program, but as a natural expression of who the pastor is. As those relationships grow, the pastor will help cast a vision for the whole congregation to engage their community with the same intentionality, creating a culture where evangelistic impact flows from the life of the church as a whole.

We value preaching that is grounded in Scripture and motivates people to passionately pursue Jesus and apply it to see their lives change and live on mission for Jesus. What matters most is that the Bible is central, handled with integrity, and applied in ways that move people toward Christ and toward others.

We are looking for a pastor with the following character and competencies:

• A genuine love for unchurched and de-churched people. Not as a category, but as neighbors and friends. This pastor should be naturally warm and curious toward people who have no church background or who have drifted from faith.
• Humble and coachable. The revitalization process requires the pastor to receive input, stay teachable, and adjust course as needed.
• A passion for discipleship. We want a pastor who is not satisfied with people simply knowing God's Word, but who is committed to helping the congregation actually live it out. This means building intentional discipleship into the culture of the church, equipping people to minister to those within their spheres of influence and reflect Jesus in their everyday lives.
• Emotionally mature and steady under pressure. Ministry can be difficult, relationships require ongoing attention, and seasons of stress are inevitable. We are looking for a pastor who remains calm and grounded when things get hard, someone who will stay the course without becoming reactive or…