Pastor In Training/ Assistant Pastor (depending on experience)

City Evangelical Church Leeds is a growing vibrant multi-cultural, multi-generational church family gathering from all around Leeds. We proclaim Jesus Christ to those who do not yet know Him as Lord and Saviour and to one-another. Through and in Jesus' strength, we seek to make disciples of all nations being transformed into the likeness of Jesus by the power of the Spirit through the word for the glory of God the Father.

This role is for a man who is either starting or early on in serving as a fulltime Pastor. You will work under the supervision of the Pastor and the elders. We are seeking to train up future pastors as 2 Timothy 2:2 mandates us to. Therefore you will be significantly involved in preaching and service leading. Personal spiritual formation is an important part of this role. You will also be overseeing the children and youth teams (under the oversight of the elders) this will involve leading volunteers and help develop your leadership skills. You will also have the opportunity to serve the church family through Bible teaching, prayer, pastoral care and practical service. As the role is a training role you will receive regular feedback and support.

This role is open to a man hoping to start theological training, is in the middle of theological training or who has recently completed theological training but would benefit from some more hands-on ministry training experience. (please do contact us if you are not sure you fit this description to discuss this.)

Required Skills

Person Specification We expect certain qualities from all staff members:

• A Christian who is in good standing with their local church
• A commitment to the authority and teachings of the Bible
• A determination to live consistently as a disciple of Christ, including honesty, integrity and general godliness
• Someone who loves the Lord and loves people
• Someone who is seeking to live wholeheartedly for the Lord and growing in godliness
• A commitment to the beliefs and vision of the church, in particular wholehearted agreement with our Statement of Faith and our ethos statements.
• An ability to understand and encourage others, work as a team and communicate well
• As a condition of employment, all staff are expected to operate as active members of this church, including attending the corporate gatherings, modelling discipleship and contributing to the life and witness of the church

Person specifications: In addition to the above, for this particular role, we are looking for someone who

• Is a man, as the role is heading towards a church pastor role. (see occupational requirements)
• Shows the character traits of an elder as set out in 1 Tim 3 & Titus 1 (this role is not linked with becoming an automatic elder in the church), as the man would be preaching regularly, teaching and leading services and character is a central component of biblical qualification for such a role.
• Has a heart for shepherding God's people.
• Has a heart to learn and be trained as a gospel minister.
• Who is showing some gifting in being able to teach and preach from the Bible.
• Who is willing and eager to support the children's and youth ministry teams as described in the job description.
• Who is showing some gifting in being able to lead.
• Who has a heart to serve the local church.
• Someone who is recognised by others as suitable for ministry.

Occupational requirement : There is an occupational requirement that the job holder must be a Christian man in full agreement with our Basis of Faith and our ethos statements. Also there is a requirement that the job holder undertakes an Enhanced DBS, agrees to adhere to our Safeguarding policy and Staff Handbook.