LOGIN REGISTER SEARCH
South Eastern Baptist Association
 

3rd Regional Minister


Role Description

 

Overarching Vision/Objective

The Regional Minister is a visible presence wherever possible and an advisory friend where needed, offering pastoral support to churches, ministers and leaders across the region.

Key Responsibilities

  • Supporting and helping SEBA’s Team Leader to implement SEBA’s mission support strategy;
  • Offering spiritual support, wisdom and advice to our churches where invited;
  • Collaborating with leaders and churches of all sizes in a wide range of development and missional activities, thinking creatively to find solutions and offer practical encouragement and support;
  • Advising and assisting churches and ministers through times of significant difficulty;
  • Leading specific projects and areas of work;
  • Supporting the Team Leader and other members of the Leadership Team as needed;
  • Maintaining strong working relationships with colleagues from the wider Baptist family around the country and from other denominations in our area.

 

Core Duties

 

Mission/Development

  • Encouraging and resourcing mission across the association;
  • Supporting and helping SEBA’s Team Leader to implement SEBA’s mission support strategy;
  • Facilitating churches in sharing resources and working together for mutual benefit and mission;
  • Supporting the Network Ministers in developing the Networks and supporting the churches within them;
  • Ensuring appropriate computerised record keeping of regional team contact with member churches;
  • Encouraging ministers, leaders and churches to work collaboratively in witnessing to the range of communities present in the region;
  • Promoting the work of the wider Baptist Union and Home Mission;

Ministerial Support

  • Providing pastoral care and support to Ministers and Leaders and their families both current and retired;
  • Providing pastoral care and support to Baptist Ministers working in other sectors;
  • Advising those who feel called to ministry;   
  • Promoting Continuing Ministerial Development and advising on sabbatical programmes for Ministers;
  • Providing pastoral care and support to ministers looking for new roles or going into the settlement process;
  • Working with Baptist colleges in supporting Ministers in Training looking for placements;
  • Acting on behalf of the BU when appropriate and requested by the BUGB Ministries Team Leaders. 

Church Support

  • Providing guidance and pastoral support to churches working through the settlement process;
  • Arranging the services of a Moderator when required;
  • Representing the Association at inductions and ordinations;
  • Providing assistance and support to churches in difficulty and/or in crisis situations;
  • Enabling ministers, leaders and congregations to identify and resolve their problems at an early stage;
  • Engaging with conflict within and between churches in a constructive and biblically sound way working towards reconciliation wherever possible;
  • Preaching, teaching and leading worship as requested.


Experience

  • A fully accredited Baptist Minister;
  • Experience in being a minister within a Baptist Church affiliated to the Baptist Union;
  • Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to build positive relationship with people from all backgrounds and views;
  • Good evidence of past mission activity.


Skills and Abilities

  • Good verbal and written communication skills;
  • Ability to use MS Office 365, emails and other appropriate IT software;
  • Ability to help churches discern a good mission strategy for their context;
  • Ability to keep appropriate records;
  • Full Driving licence and ability to travel both regionally and nationally.


Personal

  • A healthy devotional prayer life and pattern of spiritual discipline;
  • The ability to listen and the desire to learn.

Person Specification

 
  Essential Desireable
Personal Attributes
  1. A Christian with a dynamic personal faith and committed to the Baptist Declaration of Principle.
  2. Able to model spirituality and committed to a growing relationship with God in the fellowship of the church
  3. Committed to mission through local Baptist churches
  4. Able to inspire confidence and trust, being approachable, personable and diplomatic; 
  5. Able to work collaboratively
  6. Able to build trust with ministers, lay leaders and churches
  7. A robust and resilient personality and temperament, with proven ability to cope with stress and withstand pressure.
  8. A person of honesty, openness and personal integrity combined with personal warmth, energy and cheerful enthusiasm.
  9. Committed to principles and practices of equality and diversity, building and maintaining anti-discriminatory work practices
  
Experience
  1. An accredited Minister of the Baptist Union of Great Britain
  2. Significant experience in pastoring in a local Baptist church setting
  3. At least three years' experience in regional or translocal ministry
  4. Pastoral care of Ministers and churches
  5. Team working and leadership 
  1. Community and partnership working
  2. Arranging and enabling effective and inspirational training and other events for groups of ministers, leaders and churches
  3. Formal training in pastoral counselling, negotiation and mediation
Knowledge
  1. A good theological education and commitment to continuous development
  2. An understanding of Baptist principles, history and traditions
    A thorough knowledge of mission and evangelism methods, of contemporary thinking and initiatives
  3. An understanding of Christian denominations and other world faiths
  4. An awareness of safeguarding issues, familiar with the BUGB Safeguarding Policies and appropriate responses to issues raised
  1. Able to read, understand and interpret accounts
  2. An understanding of charity law, financial reporting, health & safety legislation and employment law
Skills
  1. Able to lead, inspire and enthuse others; relate effectively with people of all ages and a wide range of cultural and ethnic backgrounds
  2. An effective preacher and teacher capable of inspiring, influencing and equipping and with the competence to apply theology to issues within society and the church.
  3. Able to communicate in a wide variety of formats and media
  4. IT literate and aware of the impact of contemporary media
  5. Able to relate effectively and represent the denomination at high level with other church leaders, inter-denominationally, with community and political leaders
  6. Able to engage with conflict in a constructive and biblically sound way, working towards resolution and reconciliation wherever possible.
  7. Strong interpersonal skills capable of building and maintaining networks and partnering arrangements. An accomplished negotiator and mediator.
  8. Able to work effectively with other leaders and trustees. 
  9. Personally and professionally well organised. Capable of discerning priorities, managing workloads and projects effectively for themselves and a team and supervising the work of others.
  10. Able to work long and unsocial hours, including regular evening and weekend working
  11. Able to travel widely in the UK
  12. A full driving licence and their own car available at all times
  13. Providing effective advice and pastoral support to organisations and individuals in a Christian context. 
  1. Able to lead worship in a variety of styles, as appropriate to the occasion and congregation 
  2. Able to coach, mentor and provide a role model for others

If you are interested in applying for this role - please contact us to request an application form
 
 
 

LoginRegister