Job and Ministry Opportunities: July 2023
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Ministry Jobs
SENIOR PASTOR AT HEARTLAND GMC (CAPE GIRARDEAU, MO)
Recently disaffiliated with the UMC, Centenary Methodist Church is looking for a lead pastor. Our mission is “to nurture the faith in ourselves and others with small groups, Sunday school, bible studies, and supporting each other with love and compassion. To reach out to our friends, family, and community to make disciples of Jesus Christ through Wednesday night meals, local assistance, Preschool, and VBS, to name a few. We live our mission and vision through our worship together and being community oriented.”
Helping people out through our local service projects and mission dollars has been a cornerstone of our church. We are striving to increase the number of members involved in our current mission services allowing us to grow our existing mission services while adding new services to meet the needs of our community.
Church Financial Overview:
- Annual Giving: 800K
- Budget for Programming: 62K
- Budget for Administration: 24K
- Annual Budget Total: 800K
- Budget for Trustees/Facilities: 213K
- Total Budget for Staffing: 266K
Pastoral Compensation Package:
- Pastor Salary: 90K-110K
- Professional Expense Budget: 4K-5K
- Insurance Budget: 10K
- Parsonage Included and Utilities Included
- Continuing Education Budget: 3K-4K
- Pension Budget: 13K
Other Important Information About the Church:
- Salary and compensation package are negotiable.
- Financially healthy:
- Debt-free
- $2M in liquid assets
- $6M in real estate
- Church improvements and upgrades:
- $350K to the parsonage
- $50K new playground and equipment
- $1.1M in remodeling of our education building
- New gymnasium floor and stage in Family Life Center
For more information, email peterdkinder@gmail.com.
How can I put an add in for a senior pastor
We are former UMs with a beautiful facility.
Hello! If you can just email the job description to alumni@asburyseminary.edu, we can put it in the Link for you. The Career and Calling Office (career.calling@asburyseminary.edu) can post it on our jobs board.
Is there a way to post that you are open for a pastoral or staff ministry position? Graduated ‘82 MDiv.
Hello! If you have a job description, you can email it to the Alumni Office (alumni@asburyseminary.edu) and/or Career and Calling Office (career.calling@asburyseminary.edu).
Looking for a ministry that I could visit in form of a months sabbatical or exchange. I live and serve in Nigeria