To provide pastoral oversight and strategically shepherd the Fruit Cove Baptist Church body (the church); provide organizational vision, leadership, and management for the mission and ministry of the church; serve as the primary teacher and communicator at scheduled services; and serve as the Pastor.

1. Developing Leaders: Build and equip a leadership team that leads the church to make disciples. 
2. Stewardship: Exercise stewardship of the financial, physical, and personal resources of the church.
3. Expanding the ministry: Expand the structure and scope of the ministry of the church.

1. Fulfill the Biblical role of a Pastor: lead by Christlike example, teach and equip, refute wrong doctrine, manage the church, and pray for and offer appropriate pastoral care for the church.
2. Provide organizational oversight and management to the church. 
3. Serve as the primary teacher and communicator at scheduled services, teaching the vast majority of the services, and serving as the Lead Pastor.
4. Provide servant leadership as the “first among equals” with the other pastors/church staff, helping to ensure that the church is spiritually cared for by himself as well as other members of the staff team.
5. Provide servant leadership and oversight to the Staff, helping to ensure that each team member is properly equipped, empowered, and resourced to do his or her job successfully.
6. Collaborate with the pastors, staff, and lay leadership to provide solutions and systems that will help the church be more effective in fulfilling its vision, and then lead/administrate the implementation of solutions and/or systems to improve the ministry together.
7. Give time and attention to pastoral care of the church.  The Lead Pastor shall have a growing understanding of the soul needs of the members of the church and a knowledge of counseling or appropriate referral sources.
8. Cast vision, under God’s leadership, for the ministry and mission of the church.
9. Lead the church to be missional and outwardly focused on needs of the community and those outside the walls of the church facility.
10. Be a model of evangelism and diligent in sharing his faith, making disciples and leading others to do so.  Is a growing disciple of Jesus Christ.
11. Serve, inspire and educate as the primary fundraiser/stewardship development leader of the church.
12. Lead the church in steps of growth as opportunities are present in the community, state and beyond.
13. Support and serve the ministries of First Coast Churches, the Florida Baptist Convention, and the Southern Baptist Convention.
14. Apply and model principles of personal growth in leadership as well as Biblical, theological, and church management materials.
15. Hiring and termination in cooperation with appropriate staff, committees and other lay leadership.

1. Meets the Biblical qualifications of elder/overseer as set forth in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1. Demonstrates a growing Christlikeness in demeanor and character.
2. Can articulate a clear sense of calling to pastoral ministry.
3. Has completed a full graduate seminary degree at an accredited Southern Baptist institution or its equivalent.  A doctorate is preferred but not required.
4. Is supportive of and in alignment with the articles set forth in The Baptist Faith and Message 2000. 
5. Demonstrates a growing love for and devotion to his spouse and commitment to his family.
6. Committed to encountering God in personal quiet time and soul care.  Demonstrates a stewardship of self-care that is wholistic. 
7. A person of integrity who ministry team members as well as the church body can respect and follow. 
8. Practices Biblical stewardship and teaches others to do so.
9. Supportive and encourages others and their family members on the leadership team.