1. Conduct Sunday morning, evening and prayer meeting services.

2. Teach, or closely supervise the teaching of adult Sunday school and membership classes.

3. Be an adviser to Sunday school, youth group and vacation bible school programs.

4. Visit every active member in their homes at least once a year.

5. Visit members who are sick or in the hospital as well as requests.

6. Submit to the board of deacons for approval, an outline of any conferences that the pastor might want to attend.

7. Coordinate evangelistic activities and train members to effectively evangelize.

8. Be able to balance his personal and pastoral schedule to reflect full time devotion to the ministry of the church.

Senior Pastor Desired Characteristics

1. We are looking for an experienced full time pastor who has appropriate ministerial training and degree.

2. A pastor should possess the biblical qualifications of, pastor, as outlined in 1 Timothy ch 3, and Titus ch1.

3. A pastor should have effective communication skills, both written and oral, and demonstrate the ability to teach scriptural principals clearly, concisely and authoritatively.

4. He must be in agreement with the New Hampshire Confession and the Doctrines of Grace.

5. He must have experience in building the membership of a church with sound God-centered evangelistic methods for all ages. He should teach and encourage folks in the church to evangelize.

6. He should be a solid Baptist instructing and encouraging folks to be Baptist Christians.

7. Through solid biblical methods he must study and be well prepared to preach doctrine and Christian living with practical applications to daily life.

8. A pastor’s wife should be in total agreement in the decision for the family to minister to the church.

9. A pastor's family should be active in the ministry of the church as their personal schedules, responsibilities, and talents permit. Children living at home should participate in age-appropriate church activities and programs as their family responsibilities and convictions permit.

10. A pastor should demonstrate good planning and organizational skills.

11. A pastor should be mindful and understand the needs of the community and help as he can, and not isolate himself from them, but the needs of his congregation should always be his priority.

12. A pastor along with the deacons should be able to readily identify the God-given gifts and talents of those in his congregation, and encourage his church members to use and develop their gifts. A pastor should also be able to use the collective gifts and talents of his congregation in a balanced manner.

13. A pastor should collaborate with and actively participate in youth programs with other like-minded churches.

14. A pastor should work closely with his deacons in planning a path for the church, and not assume sole authority for church direction.

15. A prospective pastor should be satisfied with our “traditional” form of worship and music and not try to introduce more “secular” forms of worship.

16. A pastor and his family should not actively participate in ecumenical “ministries” that are not in keeping with our church doctrines and beliefs such as Promise Keepers, abortion protests, Bill Gothard, and Christian coalition groups seeking political solutions.