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    <title>AGC Ministry Opportunities</title>
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      <title>Philpott Memorial Church, Hamilton, ON</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:4a577047-ac5c-4f8c-b693-5994391a36b1" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Visitation Pastor, Part-Time&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Purpose:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;To extend pastoral care to those who cannot worship with us at Philpott each week.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To oversee the many volunteers who help us care for those folk.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Duties:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;Serve as a staff member of PMC.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Report to the Senior Pastor.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Provide written ministry reports through the Senior Pastor to the Board monthly.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Coordinate all Visitation Ministries through the equipping and mentoring of volunteers.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mobilize and train volunteers as needed from the congregation.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Maintain ongoing ministries and develop new programs as the needs of the population changes and time allows.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;Competencies &amp;amp; Education:&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Christian commitment and spiritual maturity as indicated in the Bible.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ability to influence others, manage personal time, train and mentor others.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Passion for ministry to seniors, evidenced by either previous employment or extensive time as a volunteer.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Training in biblical studies is considered an asset for the position. &lt;p&gt;Part-Time Hours:&amp;nbsp; Fifteen to twenty hours a week &lt;p&gt;Salary to be arranged, based on experience &lt;p&gt;Hospital Ministry &lt;ol&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit members who are in hospital and inform the pastoral staff as necessary.  &lt;li&gt;Notify Senior Pastor when he should make the next visit. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;Criteria for a visit and what it entails -  &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;where possible phone to see if it is suitable to visit that day&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;if person is in hospital call the hospital to make sure they are still there and have not been discharged. Also find out their location in the hospital.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;A transponder provides free parking at the hospital&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Take the church bulletin to the home bound or to the patient along with a church newsletter if one available. &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Take church tape of service if person can handle a tape recorder and has asked for a tape&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;When Visiting in homes or facilities -&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Describe what is going on at the church and future events coming up.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Give some requests for prayer.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Read a passage of scripture, give them a promise, ask them what they would like to have prayed for regarding their needs.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Pray with them.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Visit is usually around 20-30 minutes long. Some are lonely and want to talk and the visit could last 45-60 min.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Other opportunities in connection with visiting-&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Take birthday card to person on their birthday - signed by seniors at their Tuesday meeting.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Make list of people who should receive a)lilies, b)poinsettias, c)Christmas box. The first two (a and b) given to Thelma and the latter (c) given to Dawna of seniors group who make up the boxes and fill them.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Take a communion service in chapel at Idlewyld; third Monday every two months is the previous pattern.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Call each volunteer worker at beginning of each month to record who they visited the previous month.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Make up monthly Pastoral report for the Board meeting.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Participate in funerals of homebound if asked.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Attend their birthday celebrations if possible and when asked.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Staff Team &lt;ol&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;Participate in the staff meetings as possible.  &lt;li&gt;Attend monthly Elder Couple &amp;amp; Staff Workshops, as possible. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;Application Procedure: &lt;p&gt;Submit a resume by 20 April 2008, to Lane Fusilier, Senior Pastor, at &lt;a href="mailto:lanefusilier@yahoo.com"&gt;lanefusilier@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;, or by mail,  &lt;p&gt;84 York Blvd.,  &lt;p&gt;Hamilton, ON L8R 1R6 &lt;p&gt;If you have further questions, please call Lane @ 905-527-4802x15&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/232/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Mon, 21 Apr 2008 17:01:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AGC Part Time Financial Manager</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;The Associated Gospel Churches is looking for a Financial Manager to join the AGC Head Office Team in Burlington.&amp;nbsp; This is a paid casual staff position requiring approximately 6 hours per week.&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;Duties will include: &lt;p&gt;- Attending staff meetings on Wednesday mornings &lt;p&gt;- Preparing monthly Financial reports &lt;p&gt;- Attending National Board meetings once yearly (meetings occur over 3 days) &lt;p&gt;- Working with the auditors during the annual audit each May &lt;p&gt;Qualifications: &lt;p&gt;- must sign in agreement with the AGC &lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com/About/Articles/articles_of_faith_and_doctrine_04.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Articles of Faith &amp;amp; Doctrine&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com/About/Articles/agc_standards_for_employment.pdf" target="_blank"&gt;Lifestyle Statement&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;- must have a background in Finance and/or Accounting &lt;p&gt;- must be familiar with the preparation of Financial Statements, Budgets and Financial forecasts &lt;p&gt;Remuneration to be discussed.&amp;nbsp; For more information, or to submit a resume, please contact &lt;a href="mailto:bill@agcofcanada.com" target="_blank"&gt;Bill Fietje&lt;/a&gt; at the AGC Office, 905-634-8184 or &lt;a href="mailto:admin@agcofcanada.com"&gt;admin@agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Deadline for receiving resumes is&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt; May 15th, 2008&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/227/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 14:18:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Philpott Memorial Church, Hamilton, ON</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:6ab34ce1-f234-44b3-807a-174a07e90bf4" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for:&amp;nbsp; Urban Ministries Director&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;strong&gt;&lt;u&gt;Job Description: Urban Ministries Director, Part-time&lt;/u&gt;&lt;/strong&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Background: &lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;Over the past four years, we have developed a significant heart for the inner city. That heart is being expressed today with a significant number of volunteers giving time to programs that include immigrants and refugees, street-involved youth and families living in poverty. These programs and ministries require effective leadership. &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Vision:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;To provide a variety of opportunities for active involvement in the Hamilton core community of immigrants, refugees and those who are marginalized.&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Purpose:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;To facilitate the service of Hamilton’s inner-city by the congregation at Philpott: Immigrants and refugees arriving in Canada; Hamilton’s inner-city poor.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To manage a structure for on-going Urban Ministry commitments and opportunities at Philpott.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To strengthen and further develop an Urban Ministries Long-Term plan of Action &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Duties:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;Serve as a staff member of PMC.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Report to the Senior Pastor.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Provide written ministry reports through the Senior Pastor to the Board monthly.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Coordinate all Urban Ministries through the equipping and mentoring of ministry leaders.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Mobilize and train volunteers as needed from the congregation.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Cooperate with local church congregations as appropriate.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Partner with local community organizations as appropriate.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Maintain ongoing ministries and develop new programs as the needs of the population changes and time allows.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Competencies &amp;amp; Education:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;p&gt;• Christian commitment and spiritual maturity as indicated in the Bible. &lt;p&gt;• University or College graduate, or appropriate informal training. &lt;p&gt;• Ability to influence others, manage personal time, train and mentor others. &lt;p&gt;• Passion for inner-city ministry, evidenced by either previous employment or extensive time as a volunteer. &lt;p&gt;Training in social work is considered an asset for the position. &lt;p&gt;Part-Time Hours: Twenty to twenty-five hours a week &lt;p&gt;Salary to be arranged, based on experience &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Application Procedure:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;p&gt;Submit a resume by 20 April 2008, to Lane Fusilier, Senior Pastor, at &lt;a href="mailto:lanefusilier@yahoo.com"&gt;lanefusilier@yahoo.com&lt;/a&gt;.. &lt;p&gt;&lt;u&gt;Areas of Ongoing Ministry:&lt;/u&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Identify and mobilize appropriate UM Team members who will oversee the UM ministry.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Organize and facilitate regular UM Team meetings, so that oversight by the team will be proactive.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To support leaders with existing programs and explore new initiatives with recent immigrants and refugees (ie ESL programs, Immigrant and Refugee Women’s Cooking and Craft Groups, New-to-Canada Kids programs, Hamilton Ride for Refugees)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To support leaders with existing programs and explore new initiatives with street-involved youth in partnership with Living Rock Ministries (ie. “Spa Night”, Parenting Class, Young Women’s Self-Esteem Group) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Liaise with Micah House Refugee Reception Services to welcome newly-arrived refugee claimants&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Provide appropriate training for volunteers and leaders &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To support leaders in coordinating food / furniture / clothing distribution &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;To support leaders in coordinating Christmas Outreach endeavors (ie. Christmas Hampers, AngelTree Gifts)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ongoing development of Urban Ministries Plan of Action &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ongoing administrative tasks (ie. ensure police checks, monthly report, updated volunteer lists) &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Attend weekly staff meetings, occasional Town Hall meetings and the Annual General Meeting and the Annual Ministry Meeting of the congregation&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Provide oversight and support to Urban Ministries Intern(s) as appropriate&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Participate with the Hamilton TrueCity Movement of Churches working together as appropriate&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/226/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Tue, 15 Apr 2008 13:02:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Grace Gospel Church, Paris, ON</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:8925d7c4-f22c-4b14-9cf3-960e14111c0f" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Grace Gospel Church, located in Paris Ontario is prayerfully searching for a full time Pastor.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Paris is a quiet community of 11000 residents who enjoy the peace and familiarity of living in a small town with the convenience of many modern shops and businesses. The community is located between Brantford and Woodstock and will grow significantly in the coming years.&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Grace Gospel has a congregation of approximately 70 people with a vision of growing. The church is affiliated with the Associated Gospel Churches of Canada and the successful applicant must be in agreement with the AGC Articles of Faith and Doctrine.&lt;br&gt;Applicants must have a bachelors degree from an accredited Bible College, or Seminary, and have relevant experience in Christian ministry.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Interested, qualified applicants should forward their resume to:&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Pastoral Search Committee&lt;br&gt;Grace Gospel Church&lt;br&gt;8 Silver Street&lt;br&gt;Paris, ON&lt;br&gt;N3L 1T6&lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;or electronically: &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:gracegospelparis@gmail.com"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;gracegospelparis@gmail.com&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; &lt;/font&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Closing Date: May 20, 2008"&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Trinity Bible Church, Canmore, AB</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:129188f8-8cde-4515-a0cb-16b30c612e36" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="alberta/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Alberta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Trinity Bible Church of Canmore, Alberta, is an active evangelical church in an alpine community, with an average attendance of approximately 70 people on Sunday morning. We are seeking a Senior Pastor who has a personal commitment to Jesus Christ which he clearly articulates, submitting to Holy Scripture as his authority for faith and life.&amp;nbsp; We are in search of a pastor who feels called to support our vision of impacting our community for Christ.&amp;nbsp; Contact Ron Hallam - &lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:rhallam@telusplanet.net"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;rhallam@telusplanet.net&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:22:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Discovery Bible Fellowship, Winchester, ON</title>
      <description>&lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:c2de5384-c77b-475a-83dc-691ee6b583c5" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Ministry Coordinator&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Discovery Bible Fellowship (Winchester, Ontario) is seeking a qualified individual to fill a new position on its ministry team. &lt;p&gt;The Ministry Coordinator will be responsible for partnering with Discovery’s lay ministry leaders in the planning, development, and, in some cases, implementation of their various ministries. &lt;p&gt;Initially, the position will be limited to 20 hours/week. If you are interested in receiving a copy of a detailed job description, please call Pastor Tim Edwards at the church office (613-774-0721). &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <pubDate>Wed, 19 Mar 2008 17:50:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Redeemer Bible Church, Niagara Falls</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:75af1e0b-e6af-4bb3-9008-2d55fd1b3150" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for:&amp;nbsp; Lead Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Denomination:&lt;/b&gt; Associated Gospel Churches&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Worship:&lt;/b&gt; Blended &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Church Size:&lt;/b&gt; 350 to 400 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Job Status:&lt;/b&gt; Full Time &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Deadline:&lt;/b&gt; February 29, 2008 &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;JOB DESCRIPTION:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Purpose of Position:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;To assure that Redeemer Bible Church continues to move in step with the will of God in becoming a disciple-making church, the Lead Pastor should demonstrate authentic, &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;servant-hearted leadership&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt;, powerful expository &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;preaching/teaching&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; from the Word of God, strategic &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;discipling&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;coaching,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;visionary guidance,&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; and modeling of &lt;b&gt;&lt;i&gt;Christ-like personal character.&lt;/i&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Preaching the Word of God:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;To prepare and deliver Biblically faithful and culturally relevant messages from God’s Word with the major emphasis being on the Sunday morning services.  &lt;li&gt;The messages are to be life-related and include teaching and admonition backed by a life that demonstrates what is being preached.  &lt;li&gt;To plan and oversee a strategy to assist in the process of spiritual formation in the lives of the member and adherents of Redeemer Bible Church.  &lt;li&gt;To take adequate time each week for prayer and to study Scripture, also keeping informed on matters relating to this area of ministry through books and periodicals.  &lt;li&gt;To co-ordinate with the worship arts ministry staff and leaders in preparing worship services with continuity and meaning. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Facilitating an Environment Where Needs are Cared For:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Educating, equipping and empowering the pastoral staff, ministry directors and key lay persons.  &lt;li&gt;Developing and encouraging the staff and leaders by offering direction, support and inspiration.  &lt;li&gt;Fostering an atmosphere of familial community, unity and common purpose. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Accountability:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;The Lead Pastor is accountable to God through prayer and leading by the Holy Spirit, looking to Jesus Christ as the Head of the Church.  &lt;li&gt;The Lead Pastor is also accountable to the Board of Directors of Redeemer, policies and constitutional bylaws. The Elders will evaluate him annually on the basis of his job description. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Providing Visionary Guidance:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;The Lead Pastor will collaborate with the pastoral staff and with other leaders in discerning and refining the Church’s vision.&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;li&gt;He will be the primary communicator and catalyst for implementing the vision.&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;li&gt;Through mentoring and preaching from the pulpit he will motivate the church to pursue the vision.&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Relationships:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;The Lead Pastor will give coaching leadership to the Board of Elders, Board of Directors and staff. He will be the “leader of leaders” coaching them through visioning, equipping, mentoring and modeling.  &lt;li&gt;The Board of Elders, Board of Directors, along with the staff are his key team to work with and through. Assisting them in their ministry responsibilities and moving the church forward in its purpose and vision.  &lt;li&gt;He will give coaching leadership and pastoral care to the congregations through the pulpit ministry.  &lt;li&gt;Therefore since the primary relationship with the congregation as a whole should be through the pulpit ministry, powerful Bible centered exposition of the Scriptures is of extreme importance.  &lt;li&gt;He shall recognize that specific gifts have been given to the church for the building up of the church community to a level of maturity, which demonstrates Christ likeness.  &lt;li&gt;Counselling individuals and families within his expertise, time and abilities and referring people to other counselors for areas outside his expertise, time or abilities. &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Reply in confidence by email or postal service. No phone calls please. &lt;p&gt;Church: Redeemer Bible Church &lt;p&gt;Contact: Roger Poirier &lt;p&gt;E-mail: &lt;a href="mailto:poirier.roger@sympatico.ca"&gt;poirier.roger@sympatico.ca&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Phone: 905-356-6888 &lt;p&gt;Address: Redeemer Bible Church &lt;p&gt;P.O. Box 756 – 3017 Montrose Rd., &lt;p&gt;Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada &lt;p&gt;L2E 6V6 &lt;p&gt;Website: &lt;a href="http://www.redeemerbible.ca"&gt;www.redeemerbible.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:d9072e5a-1965-402c-856a-68447ecadb6d" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/207/Image.ashx" atomicselection="true"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; margin: 0px 20px 10px 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="98" src="http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/208/Image.ashx" width="240" align="left" border="0"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Bethel Church, located in downtown Kingston, Ontario and affiliated with the Associated Gospel Churches, is prayerfully searching for a Senior Pastor. We are a congregation of more than six hundred people, almost half of which are college and university students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;The successful candidate will be a visionary servant-leader with well developed abilities to shepherd a diverse congregation, envision outreach potential to our neighbours, and motivate those within our community. With several years of ministry experience, preferably at an associate or senior level, he will have at least an undergraduate level education in a relevant discipline. He will be a gifted teacher who can apply academic and theological principles and communicate them to all adherents. His ability to develop and articulate a clear evangelical vision for the church is also a key component towards fulfilling our vision to&lt;br&gt;empower our congregation, impact our community, and engage our students.&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;Kingston is located mid-way between Toronto and Montreal at the gateway to the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands. Rich in culture, history, entertainment, and recreation, our community is considered to be one of the best places to live in Canada and in the world.&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;We invite qualified, interested applicants to send a letter of introduction and resume to;&lt;br&gt;Bethel Church&lt;br&gt;Attention Senior Pastor Search Committee,&lt;br&gt;314 Johnson Street,&lt;br&gt;Kingston, ON, K7L 1Y7&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;We welcome electronic (audio/video/DVD) samples of sermons that will demonstrate your ministerial style/approach. For more information please feel free to check our website at&lt;br&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bethelkingston.ca/bc.asp?action=main.Senior%20Pastor"&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;http://www.bethelkingston.ca/bc.asp?action=main.Senior%20Pastor&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt; &lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;font size="3"&gt;&lt;/font&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:59c047b4-44a0-4fdc-b74e-d9d31f4ff82f" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="worship/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Worship&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for:&amp;nbsp; Senior Pastor, Summer Intern for Worship/Music&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;King Bible Church in King City, Ontario is looking for a Senior Pastor and a Summer Intern for Worship/Music.&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Our church is located just north of Toronto with an average attendance of 150 people.&amp;nbsp; &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Further information about our church can be found on our website &lt;a href="http://www.kingbiblechurch.com"&gt;www.kingbiblechurch.com&lt;/a&gt;.&amp;nbsp; If you have further questions please contact Lisa Lethangue at 905-833-5104.  &lt;p&gt;Please send your resume and references to &lt;a href="mailto:info@kingbiblechurch.com"&gt;info@kingbiblechurch.com&lt;/a&gt; or fax them to 905-833-5481.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Bridletowne Park Church, Toronto</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:23cbe35d-3da7-48f7-9203-1fc1ebdd1170" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="youth/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Youth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Youth Outreach Worker (in Partnership with Youth Unlimited)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;By God’s grace, &lt;a href="http://www.bridletowne.com/" target="_blank"&gt;Bridletowne Park Church&lt;/a&gt; wants to become the best possible church for the Bridletowne community (Warden &amp;amp; Finch in Toronto). Day in and day out, we come together to love God, each other, and our neighbours. We are a multi-ethnic, inter-generational congregation emphasizing holistic community outreach, small groups, and practical Bible teaching whereby we help people, regardless of their culture or background, to love and follow Jesus. We have a proven track record of partnering with other Christian organizations to achieve exciting ministry results. &lt;p&gt;Youth Unlimited (Toronto Youth for Christ) envisions that through strategic partnerships and alliances as well as through our own front-line endeavours, we will reach out to all these young people and help them attain their full life potential. &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Position Description:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;This is a partnership position between Bridletowne Park Church and Youth Unlimited (YU). The staff member would invest part of his or her time as an Outreach Worker mainly to Chinese and Sri Lankan youth in the neighbourhood possibly providing a program at the local High School and part of their time providing a regular weekly program for the youth of the church. This individual must be able to initiate programs, recruit and train staff/volunteers, and monitor the programs and ministries once established. The youth worker will be expected to attend Bridletowne Park Church and become an active member. This position is partially funded by the church. The rest will be funded on a missionary basis, requiring the gathering of a personal support team. &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Responsibilities:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Develop and implement a program that is fun and spiritually challenging for the Jr./Sr. High youth of the church&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Develop and implement outreach ministries for after school and weeknights for the youth of the community targeting mainly Chinese and Sri Lankan youth&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Train and supervise a volunteer team required for programs&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Candidates should demonstrate the following: &lt;/b&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ability to work independently and in a team &lt;li&gt;Excellent communication skills verbal and written &lt;li&gt;Ability to motivate and mobilize others &lt;li&gt;Experience in youth work and ministry programming &lt;li&gt;Spiritual Maturity &lt;li&gt;Eligibility to work in Canada &lt;li&gt;Some Bible college/seminary training an asset&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;To Apply:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;Submit resume by mail, fax or email to: &lt;p&gt;Email: &lt;a href="mailto:trevor@bridletowne.com"&gt;trevor@bridletowne.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fax: 416 497 3600 &lt;p&gt;Mail: Bridletowne Park Church, 2300 Bridletowne Circle, Toronto, ON M1W 2L2 Attn: Trevor Seath&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Berean Bible Church, Woodstock</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:284f362b-5352-4fb2-9498-565423c02728" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Berean Bible Church, in Woodstock, Ontario, an affiliate of the AGC, is prayerfully seeking a Senior Pastor. We are looking for a mature and caring Pastor who would model and teach the truths of Scripture in both an expository and practical manner, who has a passion for God and a heart for outreach, and who has a desire and ability to motivate and mobilize believers for service. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We have a wonderful facility, built in 1995, that has not yet been used to its full potential. However, we believe we have a great opportunity for growth, as we are located in a large residential growth area. We are also situated near the very large Toyota plant that is nearing completion. This facility and all its supportive industries are expected to bring several thousand people to Woodstock. We are looking for a Pastor that has the leadership qualities necessary to encourage and empower our people to reach out to families and individuals in our expanding community with the gospel, and with the love of Christ. &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;If you are interested in this opportunity for ministry, you can find more information at &lt;a href="http://www.berean.ca/"&gt;www.berean.ca&lt;/a&gt; , and you can email your resume to the Pastor Search Committee at &lt;a href="mailto:office@berean.ca"&gt;office@berean.ca&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;. &lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Grace Gospel Church, Niagara Falls</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:c91c29fb-afef-4233-b91e-437e039c7407" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="children/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Children&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Part-time Children's Ministries Coordinator&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Position Description:&lt;/b&gt; We are seeking a mature Christian with ministry gifts and experience in Christian Education to direct the ministry of the church to children ages 3 to grade 5. This person should display a love for children and a desire to reach out in our community to help children experience a relationship with Jesus Christ. Must have good teaching and organizing skills, be energetic and enthusiastic in working with children and a team of workers.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Responsibilities:&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;· the supervision of weekly Sunday School, selecting curriculum, recruiting and training teachers. &lt;p&gt;· the supervision of our mid-week children’s Bible club, selecting curriculum, recruiting and training leaders. &lt;p&gt;· planning and supervision of outreach events primarily for young children and their families, including summer VBS. &lt;p&gt;· participate with other ministry staff and church events, setting an example to children and volunteers as a Christian, both in word and conduct and through faithful attendance as a member of Grace Gospel Church. &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Qualifications: &lt;/b&gt;include training in Christian education with emphasis on children’s ministry, as well as teaching and supervisory experience in a Christian context. Applicant must be in theological and philosophical agreement with Grace Gospel Church and meet basic compatibility requirements of the Associated Gospel Churches. &lt;p&gt;This is a part-time position, 15 hours per week; 12 months per year. Flexibility of hours is assumed, based on CMC programming. &lt;p&gt;For information or application, please contact Donna Miller at the above address, number or email. A more detailed job description is available. Applicants will be initially asked for a personal resume, written testimony and specific references. &lt;p&gt;Application Deadline: July 16, 2007 (midnight).&lt;img height="93" hspace="12" src="http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/126/Image.ashx" width="240" align="right"&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p align="right"&gt;5855 Valley Way, Niagara Falls, Ontario&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p align="right"&gt;L2E 1X9&amp;nbsp; 905-354-2811 &lt;a href="mailto:ggc.ggc@bellnet.ca"&gt;ggc.ggc@bellnet.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking to apply for AGC Ministry?&amp;nbsp; The first step is to familiarize yourself with our process by reading through the document " &lt;a href="Download.ashx?ID=4698762f-0b3e-43cb-bd92-db29224f2230"&gt;Entering AGC Ministry&lt;/a&gt; "&amp;nbsp; For a snapshot of our credentialing procedure, see the &lt;a href="Download.ashx?ID=749882d1-072c-4d5a-a8ef-81214cd4a093"&gt;Credentialing Brochure&lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com/Download.ashx?ID=e01c7828-45ac-49e8-9e04-40ae66723dca" target="_blank"&gt;&lt;img style="border-right: 0px; border-top: 0px; border-left: 0px; border-bottom: 0px" height="67" alt="j0432670" src="http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/223/Image.ashx" width="67" align="right" border="0"&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Once you are ready, applying for AGC ministry is easy as 1-2-3!&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;Take the Self Test Questionnaire by clicking the white arrow&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Click on the &lt;a href="Download.ashx?ID=e7217755-7523-4795-b3ca-101c0400c7b9"&gt;Compatibility Questionnaire&lt;/a&gt; link (application form) at the end of the Self Test, fill out the form and when finished click on the "submit by e-mail" button &lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Forms are reviewed by our Doctrine &amp;amp; Credentials committee (once all supporting documents are received) and you will receive a letter confirming compatibility &lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Doctrine &amp;amp; Credentials committee will contact you to arrange an interview.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For more info, contact the &lt;a href="mailto:admin@agcofcanada.com"&gt;AGC Office&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>Metropolitan Bible Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:1b0bc08f-9648-43a1-94ce-3db260e6abbc" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="youth/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Youth&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Junior High Pastor/Director&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;The Metropolitan Bible Church, Ottawa,&amp;nbsp;Ontario is looking to hire, full time, a young man who has graduated or ready to graduate from Bible College/Seminary. This entry level position would be full time focused on a Junior High (grade 6-8) group that ministers to approximately 90 students and 25 volunteers. This candidate would be working under the immediate supervision of the Youth Pastor.&amp;nbsp;Effective Biblical Teaching and High energy are our top two requirements. &lt;p&gt;Please contact Pastor Joey Molloy for more info: &lt;a href="mailto:pj@metyouth.com"&gt;pj@metyouth.com&lt;/a&gt; &lt;p&gt;QUALIFICATIONS &lt;p&gt;Experience &lt;p&gt;As this is an entry-level position, experience acquired through the academic process will be looked at &lt;p&gt;Education &lt;p&gt;The incumbent will have a Bible College Degree (Third year students may be considered)  &lt;p&gt;Character &lt;p&gt;The incumbent should be a mature Christian, the traits being described in “Description of a Trained Ambassador” (1 Tim. 3; Titus 1), and have a particular heart for youth and families. The incumbent must be a member of the Church in good standing. &lt;p&gt;Leadership: &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Teacher: communicates biblical truth effectively to youth&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Self-starter: internally motivated to serve.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Discipler: mentors individual students and sponsors.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Planner: plans ahead and follows to reach goals.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Influencer: assembles a team of adults to assist with the ministry&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Delegator: wisely entrusts others (students and staff) with ministry&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Administrator: organizes ministry to make it effective.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Relational Style.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Relates well to students.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Active listener, sensitive to needs.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Works well with parents and students.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Team player.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Good sense of humour&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;&lt;/b&gt; &lt;p&gt;SALARY &lt;p&gt;$32,500 the position is eligible for the Clergy Residence Deduction. &lt;p&gt;Reporting Relationship &lt;p&gt;Reports to the Youth Pastor/Senior Pastor. Meets weekly with senior pastor and staff team for a time of prayer, training, review, encouragement and planning. Works with a team of lay sponsors to achieve program objectives &lt;p&gt;RESPONSIBILITIES &lt;p&gt;% of Time &lt;p&gt;1. Ministry Strategy and Planning 15 % &lt;p&gt;In concert with Youth Pastor, develop and maintain an overall strategy and plan for Junior High ministry that fits the mission (training ambassadors for Christ) and affirms the values of the Met (biblically-faithful, mission- minded, people-developing, relationally-strong and regionally involved).  &lt;p&gt;a. reviews and understands the Met’s mission and values as they apply to the JH Ministry; &lt;p&gt;b. determines current JH ministry issues and trends at the Met and beyond; &lt;p&gt;c. consults academic and ministry resources to evaluate existing and new strategies for an effective youth ministry; &lt;p&gt;d. develops an overall draft strategic plan for the youth ministry at the Met which is discussed at the Board for approval in principle, vetted at the pastoral staff level , with input from other leaders, and then submitted to the Church Board for final approval. &lt;p&gt;e. Plans and implements retreats, training venues and outreach activities. &lt;p&gt;2. Teaching 25% &lt;p&gt;Teach and oversee teaching times and activities for Junior High students that help accomplish group purposes and goals. &lt;p&gt;a. reviews teaching plans to ensure a solid Biblical content and consistency with the Met’s doctrinal position; &lt;p&gt;b. oversees teaching plans to involve other capable teachers who can communicate effectively with JH; &lt;p&gt;c. develops teaching plans to address specific needs and goals of the group &lt;p&gt;d. incorporates meaningful worship teaching and participation into teaching opportunities. &lt;p&gt;3. JH Outreach &amp;amp; Discipleship 10% &lt;p&gt;Develop and implement appropriate outreach and discipleship ministries for JH. &lt;p&gt;a. reviews and understands the role of outreach in the Met’s JH Ministry; &lt;p&gt;b. identifies and plans activities that are clearly “outreach” in nature, with specific goals and objectives; &lt;p&gt;c. reviews and understands the nature of discipleship in the context of the Met’s mission and the “Description of a Trained Ambassador”. &lt;p&gt;d. plans and implements activities or programs that have clear discipleship objectives; &lt;p&gt;e. mentors, disciples and counsels youth and families , and enlists and equips mentors to assist Youth in the discipleship program; &lt;p&gt;f. ensures that the Senior Pastor/Youth Pastor is consulted on JH Ministry plans early in the process. &lt;p&gt;4. Leadership Recruitment &amp;amp; Training 25% &lt;p&gt;Recruit and oversee a ministry team of adults to assist and lead ministries with junior high.  &lt;p&gt;a. reviews the Child and Youth Protection Policy of the Met to ensure full compliance in all JH ministry activities; &lt;p&gt;b. solicits advice from staff and ministry leaders for possible candidates to approach as JH sponsors; &lt;p&gt;c. proposes JH sponsor candidates to the Board for acceptance; &lt;p&gt;d. guides and leads teams of JH sponsors to support the youth ministry; &lt;p&gt;e. conducts regular training programs for all JH workers to ensure the ministries objectives are being consistently followed, and relevant policies adhered to. &lt;p&gt;5. Family Supportive Relationships 10% &lt;p&gt;Communicate with parents (&lt;i&gt;by occasional meetings, letters, and newsletters) &lt;/i&gt;to better assist them in their responsibility of raising their junior high young people. &lt;p&gt;a. reviews the youth ministry programs to ensure they are family-supportive and not creating wedges or divisions between youth and their parents; &lt;p&gt;b. establishes and builds effective relationships with youth and their parents; &lt;p&gt;c. communicate regularly with parents via newsletters, meetings and updates; &lt;p&gt;d. employs teaching which will strengthen and encourage family relationships and dialogue &lt;p&gt;6. Personal Ministry Development 10% &lt;p&gt;Follow a ministry development plan as directed by church leadership. &lt;p&gt;a. develop a personal training and development plan to enhance ministry performance and potential; &lt;p&gt;b. follow a reading plan to be fully acquainted with available ministry resources; &lt;p&gt;c. take appropriate action to ensure your personal ministry is broadened to provide greater flexibility in ministry assignments in the future, by accepting broader ministry tasks and opportunities on occasion. &lt;p&gt;7. Related Duties 5% &lt;p&gt;a. Assist the Senior Pastor in other areas of ministry as directed &lt;p&gt;b. Participates in Regional ministry activities representing the Church &lt;p&gt;c. Attends work-related conferences, seminars, staff meetings, etc.  &lt;p&gt;8. Academic Advancement &lt;p&gt;Provide plan to achieve academic goals&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/89/post.aspx</link>
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      <title>Chapelle Evangelique Emmanuel</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:5d84d71a-bbce-4d89-adad-e3c13f99698d" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="quebec/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Quebec&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor - Francophone&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact: &lt;a href="mailto:wpeach@ee2m.org"&gt;Wes Peach&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (450)974-1422&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;2600 rue Dickson, Montreal, QC&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; H1N 2J3&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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      <title>New Life Christian Assembly, Toronto</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="scid:EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:e793418f-6eb8-4726-bd3e-d5a64ccf1581" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;New Life Christian Assembly of Toronto (NLCA), an affiliate of AGC, is prayerfully seeking a pastor to provide a solid Bible-based preaching and teaching ministry to a congregation drawn from various ethnic backgrounds and socio-economic positions.&amp;nbsp; NLCA exists, as a body of believers in Christ, to glorify God, to make disciples by bringing people to Christ, building people up in Christ and equipping people to serve Christ.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Formed twenty years ago, NLCA is an urban church with approximately 100 congregants.&amp;nbsp; As a commuting church, most of our members live within a thirty-five kilometer radius and span a broad cross-section of ages.&amp;nbsp; One of our challenges is to find more effective ways of incorporating our young people into the activities of the church and equipping them to become more spirit-filled leaders.&amp;nbsp; Our strength as a caring congregation is worthy of note.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;We are seeking a pastor who is a mature pastor who would model and teach scriptural truths; demonstrate the leadership required to successfully challenge and equip our leadership and develop new leaders; have the ability to reach out to a multicultural community in new and meaningful ways in response to the Great Commission.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;As a pastor, he would be expected to;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Inspire spiritual growth of the congregation  &lt;li&gt;Place strong emphasis on youth ministry  &lt;li&gt;Possess good verbal and written communication skills (preaching, teaching, facilitating)  &lt;li&gt;Demonstrate good interpersonal skills (mentoring, discipling)  &lt;li&gt;Foster healthy and spiritual working relationships between members and leadership, facilitating Christ-like resolution of issues that may arise.  &lt;li&gt;Be committed to missions locally, nationally and globally.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Educational requirements;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;Minimum Bachelor's degree in Divinity, Theology or equivalent form an approved seminary of Christian college.  &lt;li&gt;Current accreditation or potential accreditation through AGC.&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Please send resume to;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;573 Albion Rd., Toronto, ON&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; M9V 1A1&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(416)742-6689&amp;nbsp; (phone and fax)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;For more information, contact one of the following;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;NLCA&lt;/b&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Athill Fahie, Chair, Search Committee&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Email: &lt;a href="mailto:NLCA@Primus.ca"&gt;NLCA@Primus.ca&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Phone: 416-742-6689; 416-904-1433 &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fax: 905-793-4080 &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mailing address: 573 Albion Road, Etobicoke, ON. M9V 1A1; Attn: Athill Fahie &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;AGC&lt;/b&gt;:&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Rev. Bill Fietje, Canada East Superintendent&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Email: &lt;a href="mailto:bill@agcofcanada.com"&gt;bill@agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Website: &lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com"&gt;www.agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Phone: 905-634-8184 &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Fax:905-634-6283 &lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; Mailing address: 1500 Kerns Road, Burlington, ON, L7P 3A7 </description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/85/post.aspx</link>
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      <title>Minden Bible Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:4b93613b-3b6d-4675-80b6-48fc6a95ff31" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Box 485, Minden, ON&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; K0M 2K0&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(705)286-1338&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/84/post.aspx</link>
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      <title>Fair Havens Community Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:fdf7180f-1ffe-4e66-9e3b-09581649d21d" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="associate/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Associate&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Fair Havens Community Church Beaverton, Ontario seeks applicants for a full-time Associate Pastor position. The applicant must . . . &lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;• have at least 10 years of pastoral experience.  &lt;p&gt;• have a post-graduate, Seminary degree.  &lt;p&gt;• have strong people-skills.  &lt;p&gt;• be AGC-compatible and comfortable with the full AGC Doctrinal Statement.&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://www.agcofcanada.com"&gt;www.agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt;  &lt;p&gt;• be experienced in discipleship, disciple-making, evangelism &amp;amp; equipping the saints to reproduce.  &lt;p&gt;• the candidate must be able to work in an environment with a variety of responsibilities  &lt;p&gt;Send your personal resume to &lt;a href="mailto:fhcc@on.aibn.com"&gt;fhcc@on.aibn.com&lt;/a&gt; or mail your resume to: Fair Havens Community Church, B2355 Hwy. 48 East, RR 3 Beaverton, ON LOK 1AO.  &lt;p&gt;Attention: AP SEARCH &lt;p&gt;&lt;b&gt;Application deadline: March 31, 2007. &lt;/b&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/83/post.aspx</link>
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      <title>Somerset Bible Chapel</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:eb8364a0-e3e8-4d53-a5fd-90ba003d545a" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="manitoba/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Manitoba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact: &lt;a href="mailto:rpicard@gov.mb.ca"&gt;Rejean Picard&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (204)744-2800&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Box 67, Somerset, MB&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; R0G 2L0&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/78/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 20:06:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Pierson Bible Chapel</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:dd8b6099-f6b7-48a6-84ba-8abbc7b297a9" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="manitoba/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Manitoba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact: &lt;a href="mailto:jim@agcofcanada.com"&gt;Jim Houston&lt;/a&gt; (403)274-5811&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Box 9, Pierson, MB&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; R0M 1S0&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/77/post.aspx</link>
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      <title>Church of the Open Bible</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:0f5ff08b-7eed-4739-883b-139aa63e721e" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt; &lt;div class="tags" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="alberta/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;Alberta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;3704 - 42nd Street, Ponoka, AB&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; T4J 1A7&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(403)783-6500 (phone and fax)&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:openbibl@telusplanet.net"&gt;openbibl@telusplanet.net&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.churchoftheopenbible.ab.ca"&gt;www.churchoftheopenbible.ab.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/75/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:51:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>AGC Candidates</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;As pastoral ministry candidates, the AGC seeks passionate pursuers of God who are energetically involved in a lifestyle of Bible study, prayer, personal spiritual growth, holiness, worship, preaching and living out the gospel in building God's Kingdom.&amp;nbsp; Such candidates will evidence;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ol&gt; &lt;li&gt;demonstrable academic achievement;  &lt;li&gt;self-awareness, good interpersonal skills, conflict management  &lt;li&gt;ability to communicate (teaching, preaching, facilitating)  &lt;li&gt;leadership skills (II Tim. 2:2, be leaders others want to follow; mentoring, discipleship); and  &lt;li&gt;administrative and management skills&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/li&gt;&lt;/ol&gt; &lt;p&gt;Scroll through our&amp;nbsp;postings below, or use the search feature above to look for AGC ministry opportunities.&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/73/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Wed, 21 Mar 2007 19:25:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Provost Associated Gospel Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:ac5baa1a-1169-41b8-83c9-bdbdab3a27f0" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt; &lt;div class="tags" style="font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="alberta/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;Alberta&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-weight: normal; font-size: 8pt; font-family: tahoma"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Box 62, Provost, AB, T0B 3S0&lt;br&gt;Please contact Jim Houston, &lt;a href="mailto:jim@agcofcanada.com"&gt;jim@agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;(403)461-9721&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/28/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:31:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Silver Heights Bible Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:d82ce557-6cc8-4e63-aa0c-780bcb79b12b" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="saskatchewan/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Saskatchewan&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact: Ross Bobier&amp;nbsp; (306)842-1211&amp;nbsp; fax (306)842-7572&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;1610 Clark Ave., Weyburn, SK, S4H 3G3&lt;br&gt;(306)842-6466 fax (306)842-7572&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:shbc@sasktel.net"&gt;shbc@sasktel.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/25/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Ethelbert Grace Bible Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:b4b43c9b-3e91-4809-848e-1f8ec90fb4b1" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="manitoba/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Manitoba&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Box 278, Ethelbert, MB, R0L 0T0&lt;br&gt;Please contact Jim Houston, &lt;a href="mailto:jim@agcofcanada.com"&gt;jim@agcofcanada.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br&gt;(403)461-9721&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/24/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:30:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Chinese Gospel Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:bc64fd85-dccb-45af-b115-076e9a265948" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt; &lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: English Ministry Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Contact: &lt;a href="mailto:sabellera67@rogers.com"&gt;Stephen Abellera&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp; (416)689-9005&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;450 Dundas St. W., Toronto, ON, M5T 1G7&lt;br&gt;(416)977-2530 fax (416)977-3182&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.gospelchurches.net"&gt;www.gospelchurches.net&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/21/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:28:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Grace Chinese Gospel Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:bceaa0f8-6c86-4c9a-a671-a9649bb51a02" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Mandarin Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;201 Tempo Ave., North York, ON, M2H 2R9&lt;br&gt;(416)499-0111 fax (416)499-9879&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="mailto:yipchan@ipoline.com"&gt;yipchan@ipoline.com&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/18/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:21:00 GMT</pubDate>
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      <title>Maple Creek Community Church</title>
      <description>&lt;p&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt; &lt;div class="wlWriterSmartContent" id="EEB133E1-6550-4426-8D58-BC8E158A30D0:cfc55061-d9b7-4d15-92ad-d5ebe4e060e3" contenteditable="false" style="padding-right: 0px; display: inline; padding-left: 0px; float: none; padding-bottom: 0px; margin: 0px; padding-top: 0px"&gt;&lt;div class="tags" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt;"&gt;&lt;span class="header"&gt;Tags: &lt;/span&gt;&lt;a href="ontario/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Ontario&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;, &lt;a href="senior+pastor/Tag.aspx"&gt;&lt;span class="tag" style="font-family:Tahoma; font-size:8pt; font-weight:normal;"&gt;Senior Pastor&lt;/span&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/div&gt;&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Looking for: Senior Pastor&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;110 Inman Rd., Dunnville, ON, N1A 3B8&lt;br&gt;(905)774-6410 (phone and fax)&lt;br&gt;&lt;a href="mailto:thecreek@execulink.com"&gt;thecreek@execulink.com&lt;/a&gt;&amp;nbsp;&amp;nbsp; &lt;a href="http://www.thecreek.ca" target="_blank"&gt;www.thecreek.ca&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>
      <link>http://www.agcofcanada.com/blogs/opportunities/17/post.aspx</link>
      <pubDate>Thu, 28 Sep 2006 01:20:00 GMT</pubDate>
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