Communitas International seeks a Planting Pastor to start and sustain a missionally-focused community of faith. Communitas has been planting churches worldwide for almost 50 years. The Planting Pastor will follow the proven methodology employed by the Communitas network of churches of embedding, initiating, practicing, maturing, hubbing, and extending to pattern the church and its community life, while also enjoying great flexibility to adapt to the specific cultural contexts of the area. The preferred candidate will have prior church-planting experience or extensive education in the areas of missional theology and practice. The efforts of the Planting Pastor will result in a thriving, self-sustaining, authentic, discipleship-oriented, outward-facing and reproducing community of faith in 3 to 5 years.   

As Lead Pastor, you give oversight to the staff and missionary team.  The Lead Pastor takes the initiating role in providing pastoral oversight and leadership to the health  of the community. With the aid of the elder board and missionary team, focus should  be shared among the areas of mission/evangelism, discipleship, leadership development and  establishing and sustaining essential functions of a growing and maturing church in the areas  of worship, community groups, children, operations, and other essential functions. As a natural process of living internationally, embedding in the culture and learning the language well should  be an ongoing work in progress. 

Communitas International seeks Interns who will assist Planting Pastors and Team Leaders to start and sustain a missionally – focused community of faith. Communitas has been planting churches worldwide for almost 50 years. The Intern will assist the Planting Pastor in the proven methodology employed by the Communitas network of churches of embedding, initiating, practicing, maturing, hubbing, and extending to pattern the church and its community life, while also enjoying great flexibility to adapt to the specific cultural contexts of the area. The preferred candidate will be at least a college Junior or volunteer adult who has a great interest in church-planting as well as missional theology and practice. The efforts of the Intern will result in greater personal and mission effectiveness which will in turn leave the host project more healthy and thriving due to the efforts of the Intern.

What Intern Can Expect from local Communitas Team: 

The Intern can expect the following from the leader and local team:

1. You will be welcomed into the place of ministry and given opportunities to embed in the culture.
2. You will meet with your team leader at least weekly to discuss your progress and the ministry/personal work that needs to be done.
3. You will be supported in the transition to the new culture – however, you will also be given the freedom to explore on your own. As an intern, you should expect that the local team will give guidance, but not seek to micromanage your stay there.
4. Times of prayer and support as you meet the challenges of living in a new culture.

We sincerely hope that your internship will lead you to a greater understanding of God’s plan and purpose for your life.

City Church is a church for people who don’t do church. What does that mean? It means that we are trying to make space for those who’ve been turned off by traditional expressions of religion and Christianity. This also means that our community will be diverse, messy and beautiful. Our community is based on mutual understanding that we are all broken people in a need of authentic and meaningful relationships.

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We are looking for new team members who are interested in coming alongside our existing staff that we have scattered around Italy. We would also love to see new teams form and plant vibrant missional communities in other parts of the country as well. The Lord is doing great things here in Italy! There is a huge need for more committed workers to join us in this harvest field.

Meeting Place International Church is a new English-speaking church 20kms west of Amsterdam in the ancient city of Haarlem.

The Dutch are highly multi-lingual and many nations of people are represented here but do not have sufficient places to encounter God in English. Our new church is set to be enabled to reach hundreds here with the message of Life that only Christ can provide. This is a wonderful opportunity for someone, or a couple, with a heart for international culture, outreach, and relationship evangelism.

There is no end to the possibilities here! Relational connections will provide the platform to share Jesus across many cultures.

Do you love working with and meeting people in new environments where every day is different? Do you like the freedom to prayerfully plan your day following God’s leading, listening to those in need and supporting people through active listening and practical help? Do you enjoy the rural small-town life, surrounded by beautiful countryside to explore and be restored within? Yes? Then keep reading, perhaps this role is for you.

Kelso Baptist Church (KBC) acting here in partnership with Communitas, is a church rebirth movement which seeks to create disciples through ways which conventional churches are not always set up for. Working with the small businesses in Kelso has therefore become one of our key target mission areas. Kelso itself is a market town for this rural part of Scotland, boasting a wonderful market square with over 50 independent trading shops.

This project has its beginnings in a supportive resource for a new worker, with a fledgling small business Christian network formed by people within the small but growing church. On the outworking side the Pastor Rob (who is also a trained workplace chaplain) has been spending time hanging out with people in the market-spaces of Kelso and surrounding towns; from cycle shops to cafes, flowers shops and watch-makers; and from this initial work he has seen a need much wider need than he can fill the potential for. So this is where you come in!

The church planter will: embed in the Englewood community, listening for the cultural heartbeat of the area; initiate Gospel-sowing worship and service; practice living out a faithful life with a core team while inviting others to co-journey; mature as a local and unique expression of the Body of Christ; hub to produce multiplying missional initiatives and churches; and extend to help fuel trans-local movements for church planting beyond Englewood. If the challenge of planting and reproducing such a missional community of faith is of interest to you, we would love to hear from you!

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