The Pastor Search Committee of Community Fellowship sought the input of our church family to help us understand the kind of man we will be searching for in our next senior pastor. Conversations have been full of expectation, and while there was a wide range of variety on answers in some degree, there was great unity overall. CF is searching for a pastor who is committed to the inerrancy and authority of the Bible. He will agree with the Baptist Faith doctrine and adhere 1 Timothy 3:1-7, and will lead our church on the strong foundations of biblical authority.
We desire a man who is being transformed by God’s Word himself, as he leads our congregation to be transformed by God’s Word as well. He will be a text-driven expositor of the biblical text. He will be relational in his delivery, and firm in his conviction.
Our next pastor will be easily approachable, a man who is skilled in relationship building. He will direct our leadership team and volunteers with a team-based approach, but will steward well the authority of the office of pastor for all matters of final say while including the council of our elders and church leadership team.
He will value the insight of long-time members of the church, but not cater to any one (or group’s) desire to the neglect of another’s. He will make biblical decisions concerning the direction of the church and communicate them with grace while leading gently over time. If he has a family, he will put God first, his family second and the
church third. We desire a pastor who models faithful leadership in the home and allows
that to overflow into his leadership at church.