Grace Church continues to be an exciting place to worship and serve the Lord together. I am thrilled at what God is doing and I continue to be dependent on Him as we move forward as a ministry in our efforts to meet people where they are and move them to where God wants them to be.
As we continue to evaluate and improve our ministries as a whole, we have come to the realization that one of our greatest hindrances is the internal structures we have in place as a ministry. The current operating structures we work under were designed back when the church was 400-500 in size. We are now three times that size but we are still functioning under those same outdated structures which create a lot of internal pressure.
As a result, I have shifted the role of Pastor Tim Auld (far left in picture) to the role of Executive Pastor, putting all of the day to day operations of the church under his pastoral leadership. In doing so, I have given Pastor Tim the task of evaluating all of the systems that we function under and adjusting those systems to better fit who we are as a church today and where we are going.
This role will give Pastor Tim oversight of the following areas of our ministry…Church Staff; Office Operations; Finances; Human Resources; and Internal Technology. As Executive Pastor, Tim will be empowering managers over each of these areas to implement that proper structure that is needed. This position will also give Pastor Tim oversight over all adult ministries of our church that are led by lay leaders including Adult Bible Fellowship classes, women’s ministry, men’s ministry, missions and all areas of first impressions.
This will not only allow our ministry to function with greater effectiveness but it will free up more of my time, especially as we move into adding a third worship service in October, to make the preaching, vision casting and long range planning of our ministry a priority. This will also allow me to work directly with Pastor Tim as Executive Pastor of our church ministry and Rick Bernhardt as Senior Administrator of our educational ministry to see our ministry continue to move forward.
Pastor Tim is suited perfect for this position. His passion is leading people and his administrative skills are strong. He has great experience in local church ministry, is completely sold out to our vision as a church and our philosophy of ministry and he also has the respect of our entire staff as well as our congregation as a whole. I believe that Tim will prosper greatly in this position. And in taking this position, Pastor Tim is also communicating that he believes that God has called him to be here at Grace for many years to come. For that, I am very excited and thankful
Please be praying for Pastor Tim as he assumes this new role of leadership here at Grace Church. After all, nothing of eternal importance ever happens apart from prayer.
As we continue to evaluate and improve our ministries as a whole, we have come to the realization that one of our greatest hindrances is the internal structures we have in place as a ministry. The current operating structures we work under were designed back when the church was 400-500 in size. We are now three times that size but we are still functioning under those same outdated structures which create a lot of internal pressure.
As a result, I have shifted the role of Pastor Tim Auld (far left in picture) to the role of Executive Pastor, putting all of the day to day operations of the church under his pastoral leadership. In doing so, I have given Pastor Tim the task of evaluating all of the systems that we function under and adjusting those systems to better fit who we are as a church today and where we are going.
This role will give Pastor Tim oversight of the following areas of our ministry…Church Staff; Office Operations; Finances; Human Resources; and Internal Technology. As Executive Pastor, Tim will be empowering managers over each of these areas to implement that proper structure that is needed. This position will also give Pastor Tim oversight over all adult ministries of our church that are led by lay leaders including Adult Bible Fellowship classes, women’s ministry, men’s ministry, missions and all areas of first impressions.
This will not only allow our ministry to function with greater effectiveness but it will free up more of my time, especially as we move into adding a third worship service in October, to make the preaching, vision casting and long range planning of our ministry a priority. This will also allow me to work directly with Pastor Tim as Executive Pastor of our church ministry and Rick Bernhardt as Senior Administrator of our educational ministry to see our ministry continue to move forward.
Pastor Tim is suited perfect for this position. His passion is leading people and his administrative skills are strong. He has great experience in local church ministry, is completely sold out to our vision as a church and our philosophy of ministry and he also has the respect of our entire staff as well as our congregation as a whole. I believe that Tim will prosper greatly in this position. And in taking this position, Pastor Tim is also communicating that he believes that God has called him to be here at Grace for many years to come. For that, I am very excited and thankful
Please be praying for Pastor Tim as he assumes this new role of leadership here at Grace Church. After all, nothing of eternal importance ever happens apart from prayer.
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