Reverend JOHN DOE
333 BLANK BLANK AVE.
ANYWHERE, ANY STATE, 210000
PROFESSIONAL OBJECTIVE
Seeking a Baptist congregation that will enable me to exercise my calling as a pastor to create a clear vision for a church in the areas of executive leadership, preaching, teaching, and encouraging spiritual growth among God鈥檚 people.
QUALIFICATIONS & MINISTRY PHILOSOPHY
I am dedicated to deepening my calling to the ministry. I am equipped with a spiritual gift for building people, families and communities to further the commission of Christ. I have been practicing in the ministry for 9 years. For the past four years, I have been called to pastor 鈥淏LANK-BLANK Baptist Church of Taverville in 鈥淏LANK-BLANK鈥? North Carolina. Amburg has grown spiritually, numerically, and financially during my tenure as pastor. In addition to being called to the ministry, I am also a Fine Arts teacher in the ?????? City Public Schools system in Carson City, North Carolina. Teaching has enabled me to develop skills to build a youth and youth ministry that address the total needs of children through education, recreation, spiritual support and mentoring. My ministry philosophy is that the African American church should not simply be an isolated institution that is only connected to the community because of its physical location. Rather the African American church should strive to be the heartbeat of its community by addressing the holistic needs of individuals and the community in which it serves. The most important needs include spirituality, economic improvement and social justice.
SKILLS AND PROFESSIONAL ASSOCIATIONS
鈥?Dedicated Pastor/Motivator
鈥?Expositor of God鈥檚 Word
鈥?Teacher/Strong Educational Leader
鈥?Community Activism
鈥?Member of N.A.A.C.P
鈥?Southside Rappahannock Baptist Association
鈥?Baptist General Convention of Virginia
鈥?Outstanding Student Leadership (Virginia Union University)
鈥?Ministers Alliance, President 1999 (Virginia Union University)
鈥?Metro Tidewater Ministers Conference
EDUCATION
University of Phoenix
Doctorate Degree in Educational Leadership, (EDD) Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction candidate
(Anticipated date of graduation-2010)
Master of Arts in Education, (MAED) Emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction-2006
Virginia Union University
Master of Divinity (M. Div.) -2006
Bachelors of Arts (B.A.) -Major, Speech and Drama-1999, *** Laude
Associate of Religion and Philosophy-1999
MINISTRY CREDENTIALS
Certificate of Ordination-December 10, 2000
Certificate of License-September 7, 1997
Evangelism Training-September 7, 1993
MINISTRY
BLANK-BLANK Church 鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?1/02-Present
Pastor
鈥?Responsible for delivery of up-lifting sermons and sermon series to the congregation
鈥?Responsible for delegating and planning church events such as Revivals, Men鈥檚 Days, Women鈥檚 Days, Church Anniversary, Homecoming services and Community Birthday Celebrations
鈥?Developed effective programs in the church that address the needs of the congregation; Sunday School Ministry and Bible Study
鈥?Insured the church maintain transparency in financial record keeping and made sure that the church maintained fiscal responsibility
Major improvements at Amburg
Spiritual Improvements
鈥? The church re-implemented a Sunday School Ministry that had been inactive for many years.
鈥? The church implemented a Bible Study Ministry Series, 鈥淛ourney through the Bible鈥?br>
鈥?Newly implemented annual events; Black History Program and Christmas Gospel Extravaganza
鈥? Numerical growth
Structural and Operational Improvements
鈥?Church parking lot paved
鈥?Upgraded kitchen appliances; refrigerator and a microwave
鈥?Sunday School resources; television and DVD/VCR was purchased for Bible Study usage
鈥?Musical Department; Keyboard with multilayered sounds, and a drum set was purchased
鈥?Office Materials; Computer with faxing capabilities, and a printer/copier was purchased
鈥?Upgraded church bulletins, implemented Church Newsletter Ministry
BLANK BLANK Church of Amburg鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?09/01-09/02
Associate Minister
鈥?Worked under the pastor to develop a stronger Sunday school and develop special events such as revivals, Men鈥檚 Day services, Woman鈥檚 Day and etc.
鈥?Assisted Pastor with Communion and visitations with sick and shut in members
鈥?Minister of Music
SECULAR CAREER
BLANK-BLANK High School鈥?鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?2002-Present school year
BLANK-BLANK Public Schools, Carson City, North Carolina
Fine Arts Teacher
Courses: ????? I, II
Lindsey Middle School鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?.鈥?鈥?001-2002 school year
Hampton Public Schools, Hampton, Virginia
Long term substitute Teacher, P.E.
Newport News Recreation Department鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?08/00-08/01
Recreation Center Supervisor Newport News, Virginia
鈥?Responsible for creating a safe and structured environment in which students can explore their creativity and athletic ability.
鈥?Responsible for the overall financial management and fiscal responsibility of my site and its resources.
鈥?Liaison between parents, staff and central office
鈥?A member of the hiring committee: conducted interviews, reference verifications and assisted in composing training materials
Summer Positions/ Part time/Volunteer
Tidewater Crisis Taskforce鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?03/03-05/05
Volunteer AIDS Crisis Counselor Norfolk, Virginia
鈥?Counseled HIV/AIDS patience on treatment, participated in group counseling sessions and offered spiritual advisement
Calvary Bible College鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?..鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?1/00-08/...
Part-time
Instructor Hampton, Virginia
Courses: Christology, Old Testament, New Testament and Public Speaking
Hampton University鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€︹€?.鈥︹€︹€︹€︹€?.鈥︹€︹€︹€?06/0...
Upward Bound Program
Drama Instructor Hampton, Virginia
鈥?Prepared high school college bound students for upcoming production I tried to copy this several different ways, but the formate keeps changing. This is the "raw" content of my resume. I the presentation is much better; "fonts, centering and etc." This is an excellent resume. You have presented yourself and qualifications quite well.
Having been in the position of leader of a pastoral hiring commitee I can honestly say I wish I had someone like you knocking on my door.
Best of luck in your search. You will be in my prayers, God Bless Remember God is working all around us, we just need to find out where and join in. He has something terrific planned for you, and only you so hang in there. :-) Report It
Is this a way to post your resume...not bad...Slick though. It's really good it sounds like you are dedicated to your jobs and the community around you. I think the fact that you have taught young adults and teens will help, because I think most pastors only have experience with adults. Looks good, but you have a better resource for inquiries of this sort since you are a college grad, you could ask a professor. they should know better than anyone. That is why you paid them after all. It looks great, I think knowing a little about your personal life would be helpful. Married w/children, single? The whole appearance thing. I know a lot of southern baptist churches still consider these things very important in a church leader. Is this Right or Wrong is debatable. God Bless! It looks pretty good.
Some constructive criticism?
I agree with some of the other posts that you need more personal information, like your family and hobbies.
You've told us what you want and why you're qualified to get it, but you haven't told us WHY you want it. What is driving you to be(come) a pastor? You've had a "calling," but why did you answer it?
Finally, I'd omit anything prior to post-secondary education - at this point it's irrelevant. Virginia State University in the house (lol).
You have an excellent and professional resume. |
