Pastor in Training

Job description
Harper Church has been serving the local community around Plantation and Kinning Park in Govan with the Gospel of Jesus Christ for 128 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 Pastor in Training to join the staff team. This is a training role that will focus on the development of character, competence and conviction.

Required Skills

• Qualities & gifts sought
  The successful candidate will be in agreement with the church's statement of faith. The church is a member of the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches and the successful candidate will also be in support of agreement with the FIEC Statement of Faith and Ethos Statements.
  Further, the successful candidate will have:
  1. A clear evangelical Christian commitment and consistent integrity in life and doctrine especially given the desired outcome of a man who meets the biblical requirements for eldership, including being above reproach.
  2. A commitment to prayer and serious-minded study of the scriptures.
  3. A real love for people (young and old), including a desire to see them mature and follow Jesus throughout life. You will have an evangelistic heart.
  4. Experience of leading and co-ordinating work in a local church setting, ideally in the context of a team ministry setting. A willingness to work as part of a team is especially important.
  5. An approachable personality and an understanding nature. Strong people skills to build relationships for the gospel.
  6. A proven ability to teach the Bible to others in discipleship and evangelical contexts.
  7. Ideally the candidate will have completed an internship.
  8. A real sense of call to Christian work, and the affirmation of their current local church.
  9. A willingness to live in the immediate area of the church