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As an INDEPENDENT CHRISTIAN CHURCH, we seek a minister with an appropriate educational and experiential background and a strong commitment to outreach whose personal beliefs and practices are consistent with those historically associated with churches of our kind.

The DUTIES of the minister shall be those commonly associated with this calling, in partnership with and under the direction and counsel of the other overseers of the church. These duties include but are not limited to the following:

• Call on members of the church, associates of the church, and –especially –who are homebound and/or in assisted living or nursing homes and on those persons reasonably construed to be interested in or good candidates for fellowship with and/or membership in the church. We understand the calling ministry to be the first duty of the minister.
• In addition to active personal calling, the minister should encourage other members of the church to participate in the calling ministry, too.
• Serve as the principal speaker in providing Sunday morning sermons, but also involve other members of the church in the work of giving sermons in accord with existing practices of the church at this time. At present, members of the congregation other than the salaried minister provide sermons from time to time.
• Collegially exercise leadership in the scheduling, organization, and implementation of church activities and programs (such as couples ministry, youth ministry, etc.).
• Participate in the activities of the Ministerial Alliance of Ellis County, Kansas.
• Participate in the program of the Lakeview Christian Camp.
• Participate in efforts to advertise the church in the community and region.
• Explore the possibility of reviving a campus ministry.
• Work closely and with the advice and consent of the Overseers in all matters.

Our MOST PRESSING PRESENT NEEDS are to attract and retain a critical mass of younger adults with children. We are willing to consider applicants for EITHER A PART-TIME OR A FULL-TIME MINISTRY. The exact SALARY is subject to negotiation between the minister and the overseers and then ratification by both the board and a congregational vote. As a rough guideline, we would be thinking in terms of offering about $30,000 and a parsonage to live in to a full-time minister who lacks substantial prior experience, and somewhat more to a minister with substantial successful experience. Given the cost of renting in Hays, this is a total compensation package worth at least $45,000.