Job Description
Work closely alongside the Interim Lead Pastor to shepherd and disciple the church community during an important season of discernment and renewal......
The Bridge Church Williamstown (VIC) is a Church in the Inner West Suburbs of Melbourne. We are a seeker friendly church, looking for different ways to engage and build bridges with our local community. We are seeking a relational, spiritually mature and ministry-minded Associate Pastor to join our team on a temporary part-time basis as we prayerfully discern the future direction of our church community.
This is a 3-day-per-week (0.6 FTE) role offered initially as a 6-month contract, with flexibility and terms open to negotiation for the right applicant.
The Associate Pastor will work closely alongside the Interim Lead Pastor to shepherd and disciple the church community during an important season of discernment and renewal.
We are looking for someone who:
- Demonstrates a vibrant Christian faith
- Resonates with the values of The Bridge Church (https://thebridgechurch.au/about/our-beliefs)
- Communicates effectively and engages well with not only different generations but different faith journeys and experiences
- Can work both in a collaborative team environment and independently
- Open to learn and grow
- Some ministry experience, including preaching would be helpful but not necessary
- Has a love for the local church
- A theological degree would be helpful but not necessary
The role will be shaped in collaboration with the successful candidate, the Interim Lead Pastor and Church Council. Responsibilities will be tailored to the applicant’s gifts, experience and calling, with a focus on a selected portfolio of ministry areas but sharing overall running of the Church with the Interim Lead Pastor.
This role is 3 days a week, ideally with Sundays and Mondays on site. However, there is room for flexibility with the weekday work schedule.
If you are passionate about ministry, community and helping people follow Jesus in everyday life, we would love to hear from you.
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(Formerly Williamstown Church of Christ)
We are a small church community from the Inner West suburbs of Melbourne, where people from all walks of life can come and encounter Jesus.
What brings us together is our faith in God, our desire to follow and serve Jesus together as one faith community, and share with our wider community the love, compassion and grace of God in Jesus, through the way we live our lives.