Pastoral Search

Tri-City Baptist Church has a vision to develop Chinese gospel ministry for the younger generation, and is searching for a Mandarin or Cantonese Pastor with a clear calling and passion for this vision. The church seeks a strong pastoral leader, modeling our Lord Jesus Christ, to shepherd our Mandarin or Cantonese congregation.  As an undershepherd of our Lord, he is a servant leader, exhibiting godly character competencies of a minister of the gospel.  Interested applicants please inquire with our Pastoral Search Committee.

• Preaching and Teaching
  • Preaching in Sunday worship services
  • Responsible for teaching, and provides leadership and direction on theological education.
  • Provide spiritual counseling on personal and spiritual matters.
• Evangelism and Outreach
  • Responsible for training and equipping the congregation on gospel ministries.
  • Personally engaged in sharing the gospel with non-believers.
  • Personal evangelism and outreach to college students, young career professionals and youths.
• Caring Ministry
  • Provide counseling and be directly involved in caring for the congregation’s spiritual needs and visitation.
  • The scope of caring includes the elderly, adults, youths and children ministries.
• Leadership
  • Overseer, shepherd and advisor to the Mandarin or Cantonese ministries.
  • Exemplify servant leadership through speech, conduct, love, faith and purity as a disciple of Jesus Christ.
  • Lead and provide ministry directions according to Biblical principles and consistent with the Church Constitution and Bylaws. Foster a team ministry to glorify God in shepherding, evangelism, teaching, counseling and equipping.

• Having received a clear calling to a pastoral ministry.
• Biblically based preaching and teaching
• Possessing pastoral gifts demonstrated in spiritual leadership according to the Bible. (1 Tim 3:1-4; Titus 1:6-9)
• Adherence to the Southern Baptist Faith and Message.
• Possesses a Master of Divinity degree
• We are open to an internship from graduating seminary students
• Fluent in Mandarin or Cantonese, and conversant in English.

Thank you for your interest in the Mandarin or Cantonese pastor position at Tri-City Baptist Church. If you would like to pursue this challenging and rewarding shepherding opportunity, please submit the following application package to search@tccbc.org.

1. Your resume
2. Your personal faith experience of how you became a Christian
3. Your calling to pastoral ministry
4. The completed Pastoral Candidate Doctrinal Questionnaire to search@tccbc.org.

Shortly after submitting the application package, one of the members of the Pastoral Search Committee will contact you.  Don’t hesitate to contact us should you have any questions on the process.

Tri-City Baptist Church is a congregational church.  The church will go through a discerning process on God’s will on your fit to the church’s pastoral ministry, and vice versa.  God willing, the final decision for calling the Mandarin pastor will be made by the church members at a special business meeting.