Teaching and Prayer Pastor

Summary:

Working with the Pastoral Leadership Team, the Pastor 1 will give leadership in preaching, prayer, and pastoral care. The Pastor is responsible for serving as the primary preacher for the Sunday worship services and for oversight of the adult teaching ministries of the church. The pastor plans and preaches sermons each Sunday that will spiritually nourish, encourage, and prompt the congregation. We strongly emphasize a practical and sensible approach to the Scriptures that goes deep, transforms lives, and enables believers to live a life of obedience. The person in this role also works with the other pastors to plan and carry out weekly worship services. The Pastor will also provide the pastoral care ministry team with leadership, vision, and implementation. The Pastor will assume the primary responsibility for visiting, counseling, and encouraging the members of the Yellowknife Vineyard and addressing spiritual needs. The Pastor will also work to uphold the congregation and its ministries and the community in prayer by building and teaching the different types of prayer and the Vineyard 5 step prayer model. This will educate, empower, and inspire the congregation in their prayer lives.

The job description is divided into two parts, Section A: Major Responsibilities and Section B: Other Considerations.

Yellowknife Vineyard’s pastoral structure is designed for each pastor to have major responsibilities that are their primary focus. The secondary focus is to support and assist one another.

Integration expectation

The teaching and prayer pastor carries responsibility for all areas of responsibility outlined in this job description and is fully autonomous to fulfill these responsibilities within the accountable relationships outlined in the addendum attached hereto. Because the teaching and prayer pastor works within a team of pastors and is accountable to the other pastors and to the PLT, the practice will be toward the integration of team effort by broad and intentional sharing of information. To integrate the team’s effort, the expectation is:

• That the pastor will give quarterly feedback to the PLT on each area of responsibility outlined in the job description.
• That at least one other PLT member will understand, and have access to, any technical or password and security type applications in the case of the sudden unavailability or indisposition of the pastor.
• The goal is always toward a coordinated team effort, the broad sharing of information, and an intentional avoidance of siloing.

SECTION A: MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Major Responsibilities are allocated on a Part time basis as follows:

1. Pastoral Care- 25%
2. Discipleship- 15%
3. Corporate Worship- 40%
4. Missional - 10%
5. Personal Prayer & Devotion – 10%

The allocations are understood to be averages and that, as circumstances arise, from time to time shifting of emphasis between the categories may occur as needed, or at the request of the PLT or the senior pastor.

Major Responsibility: Pastoral Care

Pastoral Care/Crises Response.

• Provide ongoing visitation and counseling.
• Respond to crises as they arise (i.e. hospital visitation, etc.).
• Visit shut-ins and serve Communion on special occasions (i.e. Easter, Christmas etc.)

Major Responsibility : Discipleship

Prayer.

• Work with all ministry leaders to ensure that prayer is an integral and appropriate part of all church ministry programming and activities.
• Ensure that each ministry leader has identified at least one prayer intercessor for their ministry area and that they are regularly connecting with that intercessor so that effective prayer can take place.
• Ensure that prayer needs are communicated (i.e., through the prayer contacts or VNEWS). Establish and develop a prayer ministry team to help meet the ongoing prayer needs of the congregation.
• Lead, guide and motivate the congregation to lead a prayer-oriented life.
• Teach the congregation to pray meaningfully.
• Prayer should be important and communicated meaningfully throughout Sunday worship service.

Major Responsibility: Corporate Worship

Relevant Biblical Preaching.

• Ensure that relevant biblical preaching occurs with appropriate dedication to thoughtful and prayerful consideration of sermon components.
• Sermons need to appeal to all ages and the unique cultural mosaic of Yellowknife Vineyard in a spiritually inspiring and convicting way.

Local Community.

The mission of Yellowknife Vineyard Church begins in our neighborhood. Ministry (the Jesus model) begins with presence. It begins with who we are and where we are. Importantly, our pastors must model it.

SECTION B: OTHER CONSIDERATIONS

You will be expected to support the other members of the pastoral team by:

• aligning with the vision
• being engaged in the administrative leadership process as appropriate
• being personally involved in missional activity
• being personally involved in pastoral care as appropriate
• being personally involved in the discipling process
• being involved in corporate worship (visible presence, regular preaching and involved in prayer ministry)

Core Competencies and Attributes:

• Communications – Spoken and Written
• Leadership & Team Building
• Creativity and “Out-of-Box” Thinking
• Commitment To Task
• Intercultural and Egalitarian Capacity
• Decision Making and Adaptability
• Perceptivity
• Energizing/Interacting
• Team Player
• Developing People
• Assertiveness
• Big Picture Thinking & Goal Setting
• Policy, Procedures & Process Improvement
• Organization and Planning

Experience and Training:

• Minimum Education: Bachelor's Degree with 3-5 years’ experience
• Preferred Education: Master's Degree with 3-5 years Ministry Experience

Spiritual Gifts:

• Prayer: This is the unique ability to intercede faithfully and constantly before God for the needs of people and ministries. Often these “prayer warriors” see God answering prayer in exceptional ways. Colossians 4:12.
• Knowledge:This is the special ability to discover and comprehend truths one gains in Bible study – the details, the various themes, and the message of the Bible as a whole as it applies to any situation. 1 Corinthians 2 & 4.
• Shepherding:The special ability to guide, nurture, and care for individuals and groups in the church so that they grow in their faith and spiritual maturity. This is the gift of being responsible for the welfare and unity of Christ’s disciples. 1 Peter 5:1-9.
• Teaching:The ability to teach, train, and encourage Christians in the way of Christ with clarity and faithfulness to the Bible. John 21:15-17, 1 Timothy 4:6, 11 and 5:17.
• Administration: The special ability to be a leader for the church in directing and planning its life and order. The special ability to plan and execute procedures that increase the church’s organizational effectiveness. Acts 15.
• Leadership: The unique ability to motivate, equip, and direct others in ministry of Christ. This ability is always tempered by a loving concern for the ones being led. Acts 13: 1-3 and Acts 15.
• ProphecyThe gift of prophecy is a miraculous act of intelligible communication, rooted in spontaneous, divine revelation and empowered by the Holy Spirit. Acts 19:6.
• Discernment:The special ability to see through to the spiritual motives in people, events and actions and to determine whether or not they are of God. 1 John 2 &3.
• Vision or Faith: It is an exceptional ability to see what isn’t and to believe and act as though it will be because God will do it, especially in terms of the advance of the Kingdom or the increase of the church. Acts 16:9,10,18 18:9-11, 27:21-26.

Related Expectations and Responsibilities:

In addition to the duties outlined in this job description, the Co-Pastor will fulfill any additional responsibilities and requirements outlined by the policies and structure of both the Yellowknife Vineyard Church and AVC Canada. As well, the Pastor’s behaviour, attitudes and conduct is expected to be consistent with and guided by the policies and structure of Yellowknife Vineyard Church

Areas of Pastoral behaviour, attitude and conduct that are considered:

• Evangelism, missional activity (be involved in a community or ministry opportunity beyond the church)
• Small group participation
• Accountability
• Growing worshipper (through the practice of spiritual discipleships/ means of grace)
• Lifelong learner
• Personal and spiritual growth (may be obtained through continued regular pastoral development activities)

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: $32.00-$40.00 per hour

Expected hours: 25 per week

Flexible language requirement:

• French not required

Schedule:

• Monday to Friday
• Weekends as needed

Work Location: In person