Position: Church Planting Associate Pastor
Employer: Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church (Allentown, PA):
Description: Under the oversight of Living Hope Orthodox Presbyterian Church, serve as the organizing pastor of the Park Church church plant.
Responsibilities:
Public Worship: Preaching of the Word (Sunday morning service); administering the sacraments and performing all other duties in accordance with the Orthodox Presbyterian Book of Church Order.
Pastoral Care: Leading in the development of congregational resources for visitation and counseling; participating in pre-marital counseling; conducting weddings and funerals; providing biblical counsel to members; participating in congregational activities (service projects, meals, Bible studies, etc.)
Teaching: Facilitating/teaching Adult Sunday School, mid-week Bible studies, and regular men’s ministries; teaching new membership and communicant classes.
Administration: Leading and participating in Session meetings; coordinating and delegating administrative tasks as needed; providing general oversight and responsibility of managing the church as a while; serving our local presbytery and the wider denomination as needed.
Evangelism and Outreach: Training, leading, and motivating congregational efforts in local evangelism and foreign missions; encouraging the church to love their neighbors through good works; comfortable with personally sharing the Gospel; coordinating outreach projects with partners outside the church and partaking in various ministries of service and leading a life of faith in accordance with the doctrine of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church as contained in the Westminster Confession of Faith and its Larger and Shorter Catechisms.
Requires a Master of Divinity in Pastoral Ministry or related discipline, ordination in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, and 6 months of experience preaching, teaching, and counseling within the OPC. Remote work permitted up to 80% of the time based from home in the Doylestown area. Minimal (5%) local travel within Bucks, Philadelphia, and Lehigh Counties to attend church governance meetings and visit church members and those who are sick or dying to provide ministerial support.
Please download and complete a Ministerial Information Form (MIF) and send to:
The Ministerial Information Form (MIF) can be found online at:
https://www.chmce.org/mif