Lead Pastor - Faith Community Church - O'Neill, NE

Salary: $85,000 - $92,000 DOE

LEARN MORE ABOUT THIS POSITION AT https://oneillfcc.weebly.com/ 

WHO WE ARE

Faith Community Church was founded in 1983 with a passion for reaching its community, region, and the world with the Gospel of Christ. Since its inception, FCC has been a non-denominational bible church with an emphasis on biblical teaching, family ministry, youth ministry, local outreach, and world missions. FCC averages approximately 340 people for Sunday worship service, 250 children and youth for mid-week ministries, has eight adult small groups, and regularly seeks creative ways to reach and disciple people. FCC strives to faithfully steward the resources entrusted to them with a total annual budget of over $600,000, annual missions giving of $90,000, a 6-acre campus, and no debt. With these resources, they currently staff an associate pastor, youth pastor, two secretaries, and support 34 missionary partners. From the beginning, FCC has viewed prayer as a hallmark of the church, and they practice this by making it a part of Sunday morning worship service and its church ministries.

 

WHERE WE ARE

O’Neill, NE, the county seat of Holt County, is a unique place where farming and ranching meet. Nestled between the picturesque Sandhills of western Nebraska, and the rolling cornfields of eastern Nebraska, O'Neill is a prominent north-central Nebraska community that resources many agricultural communities throughout the region. Population wise, O'Neill is the Irish Capital of the state, home to nearly 4,000 people. O’Neill’s businesses and services resource over 34,000 people within a 40-mile radius, of which nearly 10,000 are unchurched. As a regional resourcing community, O'Neill has intentionally invested in providing some of the best medical services in the area, a profitable business climate, recreational opportunities, a strong school district, excellent teachers, and a community college.   

WHO WE ARE LOOKING FOR

With FCC's vision for both spiritual formation and conversion growth, we are praying for a man who models a strong walk with Christ, relational outreach, and has a clear calling to pastoral ministry. We desire him to have strong pulpit skills in exegetical and expository preaching and to be able to communicate the Bible clearly and practically. As a growing church, we are looking for a pastor with a passion to reach the unchurched and who will help equip and structure our church for continued conversion growth. Our next senior pastor will regularly and effectively communicate the overall vision of FCC and lead the church in accomplishing it. His primary tasks will include preaching on Sunday morning (70-75% of Sundays), overseeing the staff, ensuring the church’s preparedness for evangelism and outreach, offering pastoral care, and making visits as needed. A seminary degree is preferred, but not required; however, preference will be given to those with a degree. Previous pastoral experience is preferred.

To apply, you will need to provide the following through our application form.

• A brief cover letter of introduction and overall fit for the position.
• A prepared resume in a PDF format
• Three references
• Two sermon samples (weblinks to audio or video recordings)
• A personal or family photo