Cornerstone Community Church Pastoral Position

 

Job Title: Senior  Pastor	Schedule: Part Time
Board e-mail: cccboard@flmtgif.org	Location: King Ferry, N.Y.
Date:  July  2008	Advisor: Church Board

 

Position Overview

This bi-vocational position must provide Pastoral care for small rural congregation. Serve on church board and provides oversight for outreach, worship and prayer services and Sunday school. Oversee church programs and ministries.

 

Essential Job Functions

·         Serve as Senior Pastor

·         Be responsible for providing and/or coordinating Sunday sermons

·         Coordinate/oversee church out reach programs

·         Provide oversight of church meetings

·         Serve on church board as an Elder

·         Provide support for men’s ministries

·         Provide support (with spouse) for women’s ministries

·         Provide support for youth ministries

·         Respond to Church e-mail, telephone and postal mail

 

Non-essential Job Functions

·         Assist in caring for church building

·         Help provide ideas for community visibility

·         Improve networking with other area churches

 

Requirements

·         License and Ordination or intent of Ordination

·         Desire to see Holy Spirit to build this church

·         Husband /Wife team for church ministry development

·         Serve on the church board as an Elder in mutual submission with the board

·         Experience in church leadership

 

Other Skills/Abilities

·         Office skills helpful

·         Computer skills including word processing and e-mail helpful

·         Web page skills helpful

 

Compensations

·         Salary based on hours worked and resources available

·         Internet and e-mail

·         Reimbursement for Pastoral ministry expenses

 

Cornerstone Demographics

 

Church Government:

We are an independent church. Our Senior Pastor is Licensed and Ordained by Elim Fellowship Lima, N.Y. (http://elim.edu). We have two Elders, the head Elder being the pastor, and a church board made up of the Elders and three Deacons.  We have a newly revised Statement of Faith, Church By-laws and tax exempt status.  See our web page at  http://ministry-webs.com/church/cornerstone/index.html for more information and our Statement of Faith

 

Church Services:

We currently have adult and teen Sunday School classes Sundays at 9:00am with a church service following at 10:00am. We also have a mid week prayer meeting on Wednesdays. Our Sunday services include lively contemporary worship, a time of prayer and a sermon.   

 

Congregation:

Our current membership of sixteen includes married couples, single adults and teens. We have members who are local farmers along with members who are local businessmen. We also have others who attend regularly but are not members.

 

Church Building:

The brick Cornerstone Church building was purchased in full several years ago from The Church of The Brethren. It sets on about three quarters of an acre with a gravel parking lot. It has a main sanctuary with sixty five new chairs but is able to seat up to about one hundred thirty people. It has a pastoral office, small library room, school/meeting room and a small nursery/play room on the first floor. In the basement there is another meeting room, large open area, a kitchen and a utility/storage room. The utility room houses our oil fired hot water furnace.

 

Location:

Cornerstone Church is located in a small rural farm town. Following is an overview provided by Yahoo.

 

King Ferry	13081	National Average
Population of King Ferry	1202	11535
Median Age	38.9 years	37.47 years
Percentage White Collar	47.5%	47.14%
Percentage of Single Households	36.4%	41.53%
Percentage of Married Households	63.6%	58.46%
Percentage Families (households with children)	25.3%	24.32%
Average Household Size	2.65 people	2.57 people
Percentage College or Better	26.2%	20.14%

 

Position is available on or about February 2008.  Please send resumes to the Cornerstone Church board email address.   (Pastor Welch is also available via email, to provide more information or answer questions.)

 

 Pastor Richard Welch  – Welch@flmtgif.org

Cornerstone Community Church Board – cccboard@flm.tgif.org