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Worship Pastor

Kingwood, Texas, United States

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Kingwood Bible Church is an independent Bible church. We are evangelical, Free Grace, and noncharismatic.

As evangelicals we emphasize salvation by faith in the atoning death of Jesus Christ through personal conversion, the authority of scripture, and the importance of preaching as contrasted with ritual.

As Free Grace proponents, we believe that the one condition for salvation is belief. We are not saved by works, by repentance, by reformation, or by commitment. Assurance of salvation is based on faith, not fruit, and is the birthright of every born again believer. Because we are free grace, we extend grace to others in all that we do and say. Free Grace proponents include Charles Swindoll, Charles Stanley, Andy Stanley, Charles Ryrie, Zane Hodges, Bob Wilkin, Joseph Dillow. The view to which we do not subscribe is spearheaded by John Piper, John MacArthur, R. C. Sproul, Louis Giglio.

As noncharismatics, we believe the miraculous sign gifts (tongues, interpretation, miracles, healings) died away with the apostolic generation. We are not anticharismatic or charismatic bashers.

KBC is a hugging church, very loving and caring. The former senior pastor was a loving, godly man, but the church slid from 450 to 140 in attendance. The church has bottomed out and is on the way back. We now average over 200. Our $3.5 million dollar church plant is a gymnasium auditorium with a seating capacity for 350. We have an excess of space for offices, education, and parking, so there is room to grow and we plan to add a second service in September. Our masterplan is approved for a future sanctuary to seat 650. We are nearly debt free.

I have been on the job since May 1, 2008. I was a Campus Crusade former staffer for five years, then went to Dallas Theological Seminary. Every church I pastored has seen significant growth. I once served as interim pastor of KBC from February 1997 to February 1998. Though you may not know what you are getting into if you come here, I did. I relished the chance to come back to this church and this community.

Kingwood is a delightful town of 80,000 northeast of Houston. Kingwood is called the Livable Forest because it is a heavily wooded, masterplanned community with 78 miles of greenbelt trails. It is family friendly and safe.

You’ll find great restaurants (Chinese, Tex Mex, Italian, French, steak, BarBQ, seafood, and even Cajun). Great shopping abounds with a mall just 15 minutes away. Entertainment abounds with a 24 screen AMC at the mall. Kingwood is situated on the shores of Lake Houston, a paradise for boaters, jet skiers, and fishermen. Kingwood Country Club is the largest country club in America with five 18 hole golf courses. The Kevin Costner movie, Tin Cup, was filmed here. Four public courses are in and around Kingwood. Kingwood has numerous health clubs. Houston is 30 minutes away offering pro sports and cultural arts. The Gulf Coast beaches are one hour away.

Health care is excellent with two hospitals. If you need world class health care, we’ve got it at the Texas Medical Center in downtown Houston. Texas Children’s Hospital is amazing. M.D. Anderson is one of the best in the world for cancer treatment.

The cost of living is low in Texas. We have no state income tax. Housing costs are soooo low. (Go to kw.com and search.) You can get a house as cheap as $90K or as expensive as $2 million. You will be able to live within minutes of the church. Each subdivision has its own large pool and swim team. Kingwood swimming is a big deal.

We have 2 high schools in Kingwood and there are two more across the lake that are also part of the Humble Independent School District. The schools are top flight. At Kingwood High, the 300 member marching band and several athletic teams are renowned. Half of all the juniors and seniors take dual credit courses at our local junior college so that a kid can enter college with 12 or more credit hours. There is also a Christian academy in town. A few families at KBC home school.

If you wish to get a theological education, several seminaries are nearby (Dallas Theological Seminary extension campus on the west side of downtown Houston, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary extension campus in southeast Houston, and Grace School of Theology in The Woodlands). The church will pay $2000 in tuition and books a year.

Most people commute to Houston. Many work in the petrochemical field (Exxon, Shell, Chevron) and quite a few work for airlines because we are 20 minutes from Houston Intercontinental Airport. The median income is $102,000. The educational level is high, with 16% of the people possessing graduate or professional degrees.
The demographics are Asian - 2.5%, Black - 3.8%, Hispanic - 7.8%, White - 89.8%, Other - 3.9%.

We are working to make KBC into a simple church (cf. Simple Church by Thom Rainer). Our mission is to make disciplemaking disciples who love God, love each other, and serve the world. To accomplish our purpose of loving God, we provide a blended worship service. To accomplish our purpose of loving each other, we offer Adult Bible Fellowships on Sunday morning. To accomplish our purpose of serving the world, we offer small groups that either provide a basic discipleship curriculum for new believers or provide ongoing nurture and service for mature believers. We anticipate that the incoming youth pastor will structure his ministry with the same purpose and process. We desire a strong discipleship and evangelism emphasis.

If married, the pastor’s wife must be strongly committed and involved in church.

The candidate for this position will possess instrumental skills (either keyboard or guitar). You need not have a great voice, but a moderately pleasing voice or know how to lead with someone else doing the lead vocals. We do a lot of Chris Tomlin, Paul Baloche, most of the top 25 CCLI songs, and we include a hymn done in a contemporary fashion (like Crowder’s All Creatures of Our God and King and Tomlin’s Amazing Grace, My Chains Are Gone or Baloche’s All Hail the Power). We have a drummer, a couple of bass players, a great pianist (who can read all the black notes but is now learning to do charts), and a few good backup vocalists. In October of 2008, we moved to two services and differentiated the worship styles. The early service is more nearly traditional and the late service is more nearly contemporary. Currently, we have a songleader and a pianist for the first service with soloists, instrumentalists, and ensembles providing special music. The contemporary service uses a worship band. The church has a paid pianist who is great at reading black notes and is on her way to learning to read charts.

We offer a competitive salary (salary is DOE—Depends On Experience) that is way beyond a church of our size because we live in an affluent area. The church pays for medical/dental insurance premiums up to a maximum of $625 a month and we pay $1250 of the first part of an individual deductible. You get $37 a month toward your cell phone bill and a discretionary expense allowance. We reimburse mileage at the current rate of $0.505/mile. And did you know that Texas has NO state income tax? Or that Fortune magazine recently said Houston is the best place in America to buy a house?

You get ten work days as vacation for the first year, fifteen days after five years, and twenty days after ten years of employment. You get nine holidays and one floating holiday at your discretion. The church has a retirement plan. After one year of service, we match your 2% contribution. After 3-5 years, we match 3%. After 6-7 years, we match 4%. After 7 years, we match 5%, which means that you are saving 10% of your salary and it will grow tax free. We have a sabbatical policy that is being formulated right now. We will probably grant 3 months sabbatical after 7 years service. We treat staff in a loving, yet professional, mannner.

If you are interested, respond with your resume and attach a recent picture to churchdoctor@yahoo.com. If married, include a pic of your wife. Include a video or DVD or link to a youtube or GodTube of you playing and singing. Do something fast and something slow. Better yet, send an entire worship service.

To review, we need a resume, a recent picture of you and the fam, and a DVD or youtube or godtube posting. We will not advance your candidacy to the next level until those items are taken care of. You can reach me at churchdoctor@yahoo.com

Woody Woodward
Pastor, KBC