Associate Pastor

Coppell Bible · Coppell, Texas · Full time with Benefits. (Salary commensurate with Education and Experience)

An elder-led church of about 500 in Sunday worship across two services, with a staff of eight and a board of 10 elders.

Coppell Bible is a Bible church where people come as works in progress and grow together. We teach through Scripture verse by verse, and we are a church of many generations, where young families and seasoned believers serve side by side and know each other by name. We are Dispensational and Free Grace in our Theology and hold the Inerrancy of Scripture.

We are looking for an associate pastor who preaches God’s Word with clarity and warmth and who loves building the teams that help adults follow Jesus together.

Our mission is to know God personally, follow Jesus together, and share Him with others on a life-giving journey in our community and around the world.

The value our people name first is refreshing authenticity. None of us has arrived, and we extend grace to one another as the ground for real relationships and real change.

A word from our Senior Pastor

I am looking for an expositor with high bandwidth: a free grace pastor who handles the text faithfully, applies it to everyday life, and loves to build teams to get things done. When we meet, I will be direct with you about who we are and what this role asks, and I want you to ask me your hardest questions. Neither of us is served by surprises after you arrive. If you take ownership, I will give you room to lead, time in the pulpit, and my investment in your growth as a pastor and preacher.

Barkef Osigian, Senior Pastor

The role

You will serve on our Pastoral Executive Team, where we plan the church’s year and calendar together. We want you contributing to those conversations from your first month and helping other ministries when the team agrees it is a priority.

Preaching

You will preach roughly every six to eight weeks at first, growing toward monthly as you develop.  This means collaborating with the Senior Pastor in ongoing sermon series. You will be given opportunities to teach adults in other settings as well.

You will own three areas:

•         You will take full ownership and oversight of our Life Group ministry to adults. Currently, we have fifteen small groups under this ministry. This is where we participate together in living out the “one another” commands all of which fulfill Jesus’ exhortation in John 13:34-35.  Your responsibilities include recruiting, equipping and encouraging Life Group leaders and starting new groups.

•         Our adult Sunday school classes are taught by gifted lay teachers. You will bring organization and support to adult classes and recruit, equip and encourage their teachers.

•         You will plan and lead churchwide events with volunteer teams so that each one gives our people an easy way to invite neighbors and draws newcomers into community.

As your work bears fruit, this role is expected to grow across adult discipleship.

What success looks like after your first year

•         The congregation looks forward to the Sundays you preach.

•         Life Group leaders are encouraged and equipped in their roles as leaders/shepherds and new leaders are recruited as needed.

•         More adults are connected to a class, study, group, or each other, and they are growing in their faith.

•         Adult classes are organized and supported, with new teachers being developed.

•         Our ministry leaders see you as a partner who helps them succeed.

•         The Executive Team is encouraged by your partnership and team approach in ministry

Who we are looking for

•         A pastor in the early years of ministry with a ThM or an equivalent seminary degree.

•         Character that meets the qualifications in 1 Timothy 3:1–7 and Titus 1:5–9, and agreement with our Statement of Beliefs at coppellbible.org/values-and-beliefs.

•         A solid expositor who can prepare a sermon and keep ministries moving in the same week.

•         A self-starter with experience recruiting, equipping, and leading volunteer teams.

•         A shepherd with high emotional intelligence who enjoys people of every generation.

How to apply

Before you apply, become familiar with our ministry and church culture by visiting us at http://www.coppellbible.org.  This will help you to form questions you may want to ask during your interview.

Then email info@coppellbible.org with the subject line “Associate Pastor – [Your Name]” and include your resume, links to one or two of your sermons or teaching videos, your Myers-Briggs type, and three ministry references, including one person who supervised you. We use the Myers-Briggs to start a conversation about how you work. Finalists meet with us in person.

Desired Degrees:  Th.M//M.Div.[or Equivalent]

[Compensation:  Salary commensurate with Education and Experience.]