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Pastoral Search 2020ŸWestview Methodist Church/Big Patch Church, Platteville, WI

 

Seeking Pastor-The Westview Methodist Church and Big Patch PM Church circuit is actively searching for a pastor. The two evangelical churches are affiliated with the Primitive Methodist Church in the United States of America.  Westview Methodist Church is located in Platteville Wisconsin a city of over 11,000 and the home of the University of Wisconsin-Platteville. Westview has 30 members and an average attendance of about 36 with a capacity of about 200. The Big Patch Church is a rural church about 6 miles from the Westview church.

 

Our Mission: To provide a warm and welcoming place for all people to learn to love God and His Word, worship together with joy and fulfillment, and demonstrate the outreach of their faith as they serve the local body of Christ, the community, and around the world through acts of care, commitment and fellowship.

 

Our Purpose: To be a community of believers, who, by worshiping God with sincere hearts and serving others with open arms, bring praise to God.

 

The ideal candidate would be gifted in evangelism, preaching and teaching with a desire in his heart to lead outreach to youth and their parents for Christ. We know that there are unchurched in the community that must be reached. Our congregation demographic at this time is on the older side, but we have a strategic location and a strong desire to grow and reach out to our community.

 

Qualifications:

  1. A strong personal testimony of faith in Jesus Christ.
  2. A consistent spiritual and moral character and lifestyle.
  3. Biblical leadership qualifications of an elder as described in 1 Tim 3 and Titus 1.
  4. Competent in organization and interpersonal relationships/skills.
  5. Potential and desire to remain in a long-term ministry.
  6. Competent in Bible teaching and preaching.
  7. Successful ministry experience.
  8. A strong desire for church growth and equipping the body as partners.
  9. A full alignment with the Primitive Methodist Doctrines and Beliefs.
  10. A heart for missions.

 

Responsibilities:

    Worship

  • Lead, organize & plan the weekly worship services.
  • Teach/Preach the word of God.
  • Provide leadership to church/community.

    Church Leadership

  • Join with Church Council and Trustees in exercising oversight and vision setting.
  • Team builder who can work with leadership and the body to accomplish God’s vision for the churches. Ÿ Organize and develop gift-based ministries to the body and community.

     Administration

  • Partner with the Church Council and Trustees toward effective management of the church and property. Ÿ The Church Council, Board of Trustee’s and Sunday School are the formal bodies of the church

     Relationship Building

  • Get to know the body of the church through interaction, church events, pastoral visits and other activities. ŸBe an advocate for the church body and reach the unchurched in our community.
  • Get to know the community we serve and identify effective ways to minister.

    Training

  • Assist in finding and presenting training for staff members such as for Sunday School and/or youth groups.

    Salary and Benefit Package

  • Dependent on experience Ÿ Church has adjacent parsonage.

 To apply send your resume’, your personal salvation testimony, how you received your call to the full time ministry, and cover letter explaining why this position would fit your strengths, gifts and passions to:

    Pastoral Search Committee 

            Ernest Thalmann  -Committee Member

            Jane Carns  -Circuit Secretary

westview_bigpatch20@yahoo.com