Ministry Trainee

Job description
Harper Church has been serving the local community around Plantation and Kinning Park in Govan with the Gospel of Jesus Christ for over 125 years. Our church is together on a mission to make and grow disciples of Jesus, seeing lives changed around our doors, in our city, across our nation and over His World.
Harper Church is an intercultural church with approximately 40 nations represented in our church family. By the Lord's grace we are a growing church with Sunday morning attendance around 240. Harper Church is investing in training men and women for gospel work in an intercultural context. As part of this commitment we have an Antioch Academy which has the aim "To train intercultural leaders to be effective church members, deacons, elders and full time ministers"
Harper Church is looking to recruit a Ministry Trainee to join the staff team. This is a training role that will focus on the development of character, competence and conviction.

Required Skills

The role would include:
● Shadowing and learning from experienced individuals.
● Internal training times with the associate and lead pastors, focusing on practical ministry and intercultural church.
● Preaching responsibilities with feedback prior to and after preaching opportunities. Given our complementation convictions, if the candidate is a woman, appropriate teaching opportunities will be provided with feedback before and after.
● Developing 1 to1 and smaller group discipling relationships.
● Offering pastoral care to those in our church, particularly in times of personal trials; this may involve visits to care homes, hospitals and homes,
● Involvement in ministry to young people as this proves to be a useful training ground.
● Building relationships with those in our community who are not Christians, seeking to share the Gospel with them; this may include the organising of evangelistic courses.

Please send a CV and covering letter to [email protected]