Lead Pastor

Hot Springs, SD - USA

Monthly Salary: Not Disclosed

Posted on: 21 hours ago

Vacancies: 1 Vacancy

Job Summary

Shepherd Staff is honored to be working with Balboa Baptist Church in Hot Springs Village as they search for their next Lead Pastor. Balboa is a warm and friendly Southern Baptist Church seeking to bring Christ to their community.

The Lead Pastor is responsible to the church to proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ to teach the Biblical revelation as the inerrant and inspired Word of God to engage in and oversee pastoral care ministries to provide administrative leadership in all areas of church life and to act as the lead minister of the ministry staff and support staff.

The ideal candidate will be:

Biblical Preacher and Teacher: A Southern Baptist committed to the inerrancy of Scripture skilled in expository preaching for diverse audiences.
Relational Shepherd and Leader: Builds strong community ties across demographics balancing tradition with growth through collaborative leadership.
Servant-Hearted Visionary: Prioritizes pastoral care outreach and evangelism with Christlike humility engaging both older and younger congregants effectively.

POSITION OVERVIEW

Balboa Baptist Church seeks a Lead Pastor who will proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ uphold the inerrancy of Scripture and shepherd the congregation with Christlike humility and vision. This person will love to be out and about in this active community.

This role requires a Southern Baptist background collaborative leadership within a committee-driven structure and a passion for engaging people to find and follow Jesus. Located in Hot Springs Village AR the role involves serving a predominantly older congregation while welcoming younger families championing the churchs mission and cultivating its long-term growth.

RESPONSIBILITIES

Act as spiritual leader and overseer of the congregation carefully maintaining his own prayer life and close walk with the Lord led by the Holy Spirit.
Lead and conduct the worship services; prepare and deliver sermons; lead in observance of the ordinances of the church.
Work with church leaders program directors church committees and the Church Council in the planning training conducting and evaluation of church ministries.
Act as the lead minister; serve as chief administrator of the paid church staff; supervise the work of the ministry staff organization both lay and paid ministers and directors.

Much more detailed information is available to you after an initial consultation with Shepherd Staff. During that consultation you should be able to articulate your provable experience as outlined above. Take the first step by clicking on the APPLY FOR THIS JOB button to confidentially make us aware of your interest. By confidential we mean that we wont share your information or interest with this or any other church prior to a full discussion with you and your permission to do so.

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