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Our ideal church planting pastor is someone with several years of ordained pastoral experience
who would be willing to serve on staff at SPPC and develop a core group for 12-24 months
before launching a new daughter church somewhere to the northeast.

Responsibilities
As a church planting pastor, on staff at SPPC, this minister’s time and energy will be divided
between two primary areas of responsibility:

• Church Planting Responsibilities
  • Praying for the gospel to flourish within the church plant’s core group and the area
    where the plant is located.
  • Being a servant leader who humbly collaborates with other leaders while
    spearheading the church planting process.
  • Working closely with the CFP and the Session of SPPC until such time as the
    church plant matures and can be organized into a particular church.
  • Building gospel-centered relationships with the core group members and leading
    core group meetings.
  • Preparing the soil for the church plant through community outreach, evangelistic
    efforts, and relationship building.
  • Participating in fundraising initiatives to support the church plant by meeting with
    individuals and groups to express the vision and need.
• General Pastoral Responsibilities
  • Regularly pray for St. Paul’s and her members.
  • Occasionally assist in worship.
  • Occasionally teach in St. Paul’s adult education ministry.
  • Occasionally preach and officiate the sacraments.
  • Assist with various pastoral shepherding needs as assigned by the pastor during a
    12-24 month residency.
  • Co-chair and champion St. Paul’s Local Missions Ministry.

Requirements

• Maintain an exemplary Christian testimony in humble dependence on the grace of the
  Lord Jesus Christ, the love of God, and the fellowship of the Holy Spirit.
• Meet the biblical and denominational requirements to be a PCA teaching elder.
• Possess a shepherd’s heart, desire to love people and be involved in their lives.
• Exhibit relational wisdom and discernment in handling difficult pastoral situations.
• Have proven Christ-centered, expository preaching and teaching skills.
• Be committed to planting a church that will bear a “family resemblance” to SPPC while
  being its own distinct and particular church, not a “clone” of the mother church.