Pastoral Ministry
SENIOR PASTOR—An official worker licensed by the district and officially recognized as the one having general oversight of a C&MA church or, in some cases, a non-C&MA church within that district.
Why I'm thankful for serving with The Alliance?
• I am the son of an Alliance pastor.
• My childhood and teenage home was the campus of an Alliance college, which I later attended.
• An Alliance seminary granted me a graduate degree.
• I first ministered to students in an Alliance church.
• Two of my children were born while serving as an Alliance church-planter in Bangkok, Thailand.
• I served the Alliance Christian Fellowship on campus at Penn State University.
• And now I lead to equip a growing Alliance congregation of Jesus-followers in York, PA.
But none of these are the primary reasons why I am thankful to be serving with the Christian and Missionary Alliance. Heritage comes and goes with the daily obituaries.
In a culture where personal preference is the watchword and consumerism is the rule (even in the church), in a generation when multiple options can present such constant and reasonable distractions, I am grateful to be serving as a pastor in The Alliance because of the focused core values it pursues. The distinctives of The Alliance are not better than other organizations; but they guarantee eternal results. As a pastor in The Alliance, I am constantly prodded to nurture a ministry heart that embraces the supremacy and sufficiency of Jesus Christ and the need of a lost world to know Him. Those two priorities burned in the heart of our founder, A. B. Simpson, and continue today as a foundational impetus to every Alliance undertaking, local to global.
Serving with The Alliance means joining a growing host of Jesus-embracing, globally compassionate servants that are being used to produce fruitfruit that will last. I encourage you to consider fulfilling Gods call on you life in The Alliance.
David King
An official worker licensed by the district and officially recognized as an associate leader of a C&MA church within the district.
Why I love being an associate pastor in The Alliance?
A fundamental principle of scripture regarding the body of Christ is our absolute dependence on Him and our interdependence upon each other. God has designed His body, the church, in such a way that as we draw our strength from Him we must work together using our unique gifts and life experiences to accomplish the work of the kingdom. I love being an associate pastor in the Christian and Missionary Alliance because this position allows me to come alongside a senior pastor and a congregation. As we blend our energies, our giftedness and our individual ministry experience it is an incredible blessing to see a common vision come to fruition by God’s Spirit! When these combined ministries meld together in an effective and motivated church, it stands as a powerful illustration of the dynamic God desires for His people. Having been a senior pastor, I know what it means to have someone whom God has called to come alongside assisting to do what I cannot do to multiply the ministry of the church. There is no greater joy than seeing God work through His people using the combined giftedness of the leaders and the body to spread the good news of kingdom and to equip the saints for works of service as we await His second coming.
Scott Bartholomew
An official worker licensed by the district and officially recognized as spiritual leader of a C&MA church within the district. Must be designated as to a specific area of ministry like youth, disciple making, evangelism, seniors, worship, etc.
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Then He said to His disciples, "The harvest truly is plentiful, but the laborers are few. Therefore pray the Lord of the harvest to send out laborers into His harvest" (Mt 9:37-38 NKJV).
