Bi-vocational Pastor​/Elder Preaching and Teaching

# Bi-vocational Pastor/Elder for Preaching and Teaching Lead Pastor April 1, 2026

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Job Description Pastoral Position Posting Job Overview:  Position:
Bi-vocational Pastor/Elder ($20,000 yr.)  Place:
Grace Reformed Church – Wausau, Wisconsin  The Grace Reformed Church is seeking a bi-vocational Pastor/Elder candidate to join the current pastoral leadership who will faithfully co-shepherd God’s people through the preaching of the Word, spiritual care, and purposeful discipleship. We are a small (presently 25-35 attendees) but growing, Christo-centric congregation that is committed to the Scripture, Reformed theology, and Elder-led leadership.

The pastoral addition will be joining a church that cherishes expositional preaching, the gospel of Jesus Christ, and the fellowship of the saints.

About Grace Reformed Church:  The Grace Reformed Church is a Covenantal Reformed Baptist Church that substantially holds to the 1689 LBC. The Church was founded in April of 2012 and held her first service in a living room with 10 people. Within 3 months the church moved into a store front and then in April of 2017 the church acquired the building where she presently meets.

The Grace Reformed Church exists to glorify God by proclaiming the gospel of Jesus Christ, seeing the transformation of the lives of her membership by being conformed to the image of Christ, and to make disciples of Jesus Christ. We are a unified, familial congregation who loves each other and strives for intentional engagement in each other’s lives. Our leadership structure pursues a plurality of elders who minister together in equal authority, accountability, and function.

Our church is centered in a growing community with the city population census projecting between 39, people for 2026 with several more thousands in the immediate surrounding towns/villages. The community sits between old world logging and sawmill industry and modern manufacturing with dairy holding a respectable top 3 percent of the manufacturing. The age demographic is trending younger and presently stands at an average age of 38 years and the ethnic demographic of Wausau includes 79.44% White, 10.42% Asian(Hmong), and 3.27% for Black American, Mexican, and Native Americans making up the latter percentages.

Wausau (‘Wah-saw’) provides ample opportunity for ministries and outreach with needs found at the ends of many spectrums.

Role

Summary:

This Pastor/Elder position is looking for an individual who will serve as the primary preaching and teaching elder. Their tasks will include the care and spiritual oversight of the membership as they shepherd alongside the existing eldership. As a bi-vocational role, the church recognizes and supports a healthy rhythm of work, rest, and pastoral duties held in healthy balance. The individual filling this ministry position will be tasked with preaching the weekly Sunday sermons, teaching Sunday’s Early Study Hour, leading a Men’s Bible Study.

Primary Responsibilities:

Preaching & Teaching:  Deliver faithful, expositional sermons that clearly proclaim the gospel, find their end in Jesus Christ, and provide the textual content to the hearers for the purpose of enabling them to further study the Scripture and pursue the application of it to their lives.  Develop the congregation spiritually through Scripture in a way that promotes and strengthens biblical literacy and devotion and challenges them to grow in discernment.

Shepherding & Pastoral Care:  Provide compassionate, biblical care to members through prayer, counsel, and presence.  Model and cultivate a culture of humility, holiness, and spiritual growth.  Model relevant and practical faith in personal disciplines in such…