JOB DESCRIPTION HIGHLIGHTS

Calvary Church is looking for a Lead Pastor who:

Is able to work well with older adults, is organized, and continues the spiritual growth the previous pastor led the congregation into.

The congregation is eager to continue this growth and not allow itself to stagnate, or plateau, at its current level.

With a dominant senior population we need a pastor that will grow the church population where needed – young families, and bringing another vital component to us, youth, and children.

The congregation is a friendly, loving group and needs a pastor to “fit into” this mentality.  The Pastor should be a loving person, filled with The Holy Spirit.

LEADERSHIP EXPECTATIONS

Education: The candidate should have a Post-Secondary education and Bible College experience.

Credentials: Must hold an Active PAOC Credential

Ministry Experience: Must have some experience with a small congregation of an older demographic.

They must also be filled with The Holy Spirit and continue the growth shown by the previous pastor.

Giftings: They should be musically inclined as the worship team, while excellent, is small and needs someone to fill in as required.

MISSION

Calvary Pentecostal Church exists to worship and serve our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ, by seeking to be a Missional Church, one that trains believers to reach out to their community, province, country, and the world.
By being a fully New Testament church that seeks to experience the Glory of God, the fullness of Pentecost, and the dynamic power of the Person and work of The Holy Spirit in everything that we do, both personally and corporately.

VISION

The church wants to grow not only in size but in its dedication to God the Father, His Son, and The Holy Spirit.
While our outreach to the community has remained important to us, it has become somewhat limited because of our size.

The leadership firmly believes that as small as we have become we are still mighty in the Holy Spirit and are trusting in God to make our church even mightier.

CORE VALUES

We believe in the Trinity, preach it and teach it. Yet, while we have God’s love, we want even more.

We are striving for it and we want everyone else to savor the love and joy that salvation brings to us.

OUR STORY

Calvary Church was first established in the early 1930s. Since then the church building has changed location four times in its almost 100 years. Currently it sits on almost three acres of land at the corner of Victoria Street and Pannell Lane.

Geographically, we are in the Township of Adelaide-Metcalfe, but directly across Pannell Lane is Strathroy-Caradoc, a community of approximately 16,000 people.
The current building was built in 1985, and has three offices, kitchen, nursery, as well as a children’s classroom.

The church also has a Fellowship Hall and “The Hub”, intended for games nights and in-house movies (we have an 85 inch television as well as two smaller TVs)

Staff & Key Leaders

Renee Bjorkman: Church Secretary

Dave Brock: Secretary-Treasurer

Pastor’s Council: Richard MacMillan, Paul Stuckless, Xander Nieuwets, Sheila Starling

Demographics

Most of the church attendees are 65+, although we do have a mixture of younger people and couples.

On average we host 35+ each Sunday.

Community Bio

Strathroy is a diverse community.  We are seeing now increased diversity, not only in culture, but in age as well.