Pastor Profile for Shoup’s Grove Baptist Church
The Pastor Search Committee of Shoup’s Grove Baptist Church sought the input of our church family to help determine the kind of man we will be searching for in our next pastor. While there was a wide range of variety on answers in some degree, there was great unity overall.
Shoup’s Grove is searching for a pastor who is an effective teacher and preacher of well-prepared sermons, one who emphasizes evangelism and the importance of missions, and a visionary with a well-developed perspective on the future of the church. He will be committed to the inerrancy and authority of the Bible and agree with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000. We desire a man who is being transformed by God’s Word himself, as he leads our congregation to be transformed by God’s Word as well. He will be a text-driven expositor of the biblical text, down-to-earth in delivery, and firm in his conviction.
Our next pastor will be easily approachable by the congregation, and skilled in relationship building. He will lead the church in making biblical decisions for the direction of the church and communicate with grace while leading gently over time. He will value the insight of long-time members but not cater to any one desire to the neglect of another.
If he has a family, he will put God first, his family second, and the church third. We desire a pastor who lives his faithful leadership in the home and allows that to overflow into his leadership at church. While we prefer a married pastor, and one with at least a few years of experience being a pastor, we are open to the leading of the Holy Spirit in this direction. We are excitedly looking forward to who God chooses to send to lead this church.
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Email: shoupsgrove@gmail.com
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Shoup’s Grove Baptist Church
Attention: Pastor Search Committee
P O Box 240
Icard, NC 28666