Associate Pastor

Ministry Description

Midway Baptist Church is looking for an Associate Pastor to join their team. Midway is a growing, multi-generational church focused on glorifying God and making disciples. Our church family is unified, generous, and devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are located in Phenix, VA, a rural setting about 45 minutes from Lynchburg and 20 minutes south of Appomattox.

We are looking for a full‑time Associate Pastor to work with the whole church and have a focus on adults. Midway seeks to reach people for Christ and make disciples from children to senior adults. The Associate Pastor will help disciple people through Christ‑centered teaching, leading, and shepherding as well as seeking to reach the community with the Gospel.

• Provide vision, leadership, and management in line with the mission and vision of Midway Baptist Church
• Recruit, train, lead, and equip ministry volunteers and leaders

• Prepare and teach Christ‑centered lessons from God’s Word, aimed at transforming hearts, in multiple formats throughout the week

• Develop meaningful relationships with the congregation
• Minister through personal communication, prayer, counsel, and soul care
• Assist in creating a welcoming church environment by connecting with visitors and prospective members through personal outreach and follow‑up

• A life and ministry that are marked by humility, integrity, and spiritual maturity and meets the standards of 1 Timothy 3:1‑7 and Titus 1:5‑9
• Vibrant personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ
• Theological agreement and shared convictions with Midway Baptist Church and its Statement of Faith.
• Strong interest and experience in ministry
• Supportive of the church’s overall mission, ministries, and pastoral leadership
• Skilled at cross‑cultural and cross‑generational ministry within a socioeconomically diverse congregation
• Proficient at mobilizing members and executing strategy
• Gifted communicator in oral, written, and digital contexts
• Possess a graduate‑level degree in theology, divinity, or religious studies

• Follower of Christ
• Active devotional and prayer life
• Committed to the inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of the inerrant Word of God
• Personal holiness and integrity
• Leadership gifts with a shepherd’s heart
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Commitment to the Great Commission and heart for the nations
• A teachable spirit and willingness to be personally developed while also developing others
• Energetic, motivated, and creative
• Team builder and player