PASTOR SEARCH PROSPECTUS

SAGE AVENUE BAPTIST CHURCH PHYSICAL PLANT

• WORSHIP CENTER

  • SEATING CAPACITY 900
  • CHOIR LOFT CAPACITY 70
  • CONTROLLED SOUND SYSTEM PRODUCING WELL DISTRIBUTED SOUND WITH NUMEROUS AND MULTIPLE INPUT OPTIONS
  • A FOUR OFFICE, CONFERENCE ROOM AND WORK ROOM COMPLEX NETWORKED WITH COMPUTERS AND MEDIA PRODUCTION EQUIPMENT
  • TWO 2ND FLOOR OFFICES AND CHOIR PRACTICE ASSEMBLY ROOM
     

• EDUCATION BUILDING

  • TWO-STORY COMPLEX CONSISTING OF THE FOLLOWING:
    • NURSERY FACILITY TO ATTEND 50 BED BABIES AND TODDLERS
    • CHILDREN'S CLASS ROOMS TO ACCOMMODATE 50 CHILDREN
    • A 4200 VOLUME, COMPUTERIZED MEDIA LIBRARY CENTER
    • 8 ASSEMBLY ROOMS EACH WITH A SEATING CAPACITY FOR 70
    • 53 CLASS ROOMS SEATING 12 MEMBERS
       

• KITCHEN AND FELLOWSHIP HALL 

  • RECENTLY RENOVATED TO MEET HEALTH DEPARTMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR FOOD SERVICE
  • SEATING AND SERVICE CAPACITY FOR 200 PEOPLE
     

•  A MULTIPLE USE GYMNASIUM

  • EQUIPPED FOR BASKET BALL, VOLLEY BALL AND OTHER INDOOR
     RECREATION AND EXERCISE VENUES.
  • ADJOINING FACILITIES FOR DRESSING, SHOWERING AND EQUIPMENT STORAGE
     

• STUDENT BUILDING

  • A TWO-STORY COMPLEX WITH ASSEMBLY, CLASS ROOM
  • REFRESHMENT FACILITY TO ACCOMMODATE 60 STUDENTS

SAGE AVENUE COMPLEX IS LOCATED ON THE CORNER OF TWO LOCALLY FAMILIAR AND MODERATELY TRAVELED STREETS. ADJACENT GROUNDS ARE NEATLY LANDSCAPED AND MAINTAINED. ADJACENT PAVED PARKING FOR 230 VEHICLES

MEMBERSHIP

• CHURCH MEMBERSHIP 1563
• SUNDAY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT 613

STAFF AND HISTORY

• PAID STAFF
• PASTOR (INTERIM)
• ASSOCIATE PASTOR OF MUSIC AND STUDENTS
• OFFICE MANAGER:
  • MINISTRY ASSISTANT FOR OUTREACH
  • STUDENTS AND MUSIC
• MINISTRY ASSISTANT:
  • PASTOR’S, FINANCIAL AND MEMBERSHIP SECRETARY
• PART-TIME MINISTRY ASSISTANT:
  • RECEPTIONIST AND GENERAL SECRETARY
• ORGANIST
• PIANIST
• SAGE AVENUE BAPTIST HAS A 52 YEAR HISTORY AND HAS BEEN PASTORED BY 7 MINISTERS
• SOME OF THE FOUNDING MEMBERS ARE STILL ON BOARD 

THE CURRENT MEMBERSHIP HAS SELECTED A PASTOR SEARCH COMMITTEE WITH A COMBINED MEMBERSHIP OF 110 YEARS TO SEEK GOD’S ANOINTED FOR OUR FUTURE PASTOR. OUR SEARCH COMMITTEE BELIEVES THAT GOD HAS NURTURED SAGE AVENUE BAPTIST TO OUR PRESENT THRESHOLD OF OPPORTUNITY. WE HAVE A NUCLEUS OF ENTHUSIASTIC LEADERS WHO ARE VERY OPTIMISTIC ABOUT GOD’S PURPOSE AND FUTURE MINISTRY FOR OUR CHURCH. 

OUR SEARCH COMMITTEE HAS BEEN SELECTED TO FIND A LEADER WHOSE ENTHUSIASM AND OPTIMISM WILL COMPLIMENT AND EXCEED OURS. IN VIEW OF THIS CHARGE WE ARE SEEKING GOD’S MAN WITH THE FOLLOWING POTENTIAL:

• CHARACTER OF JOSEPH
• HEART OF DAVID
• WISDOM OF SOLOMON
• COMPASSION OF JEREMIAH
• STEADFAST RESOLVE OF EZEKIEL
• PIETY OF DANIEL
• EVANGELISTIC ZEAL OF PAUL
• PASSIONATE VISION OF JERRY FALWELL
• PULPIT POWER OF DAVID JEREMIAH
• EVANGELISTIC ANOINTING OF BILLY GRAHAM

OUR LEADERSHIP IS COMMITTED TO SUPPORT THE VISION THAT CHRIST WILL BE EXALTED AND HIS KINGDOM ENHANCED IN OUR COMMUNITY. THIS VISION FALLS WELL WITHIN THE CONTEXT OF JESUS’ PROMISE OF JOHN 14:12 

THIS PROSPECTUS IS PRESENTED WITH THE VISION THAT GOD WILL USE IT TO STIR TO ACTION THE HEART OF HIS CALLED PASTOR.