SERVE PASTOR

at First Baptist Tillman's Corner

Job Description

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Serve Pastor

About the Job

First Baptist Tillman’s Corner, a Southern Baptist church in the heart of the Mobile County, Alabama, is hiring a full-time Serve Pastor to join our pastoral team. The purpose of the Serve Pastor is to lead Ministry Teams, develop leaders, and coordinate local mission efforts.

Applications for this position will be taken through February 28, 2026.

Requirements

  • Personal and ministry alignment with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 and the FBTC Mission and Strategy

  • A satisfactory criminal, sexual, credit, and traffic history

  • Completion of Ministry Safe training (can be completed after hire)

Character

  • Mature/maturing believer

  • Faithful to one wife, a good household manager and father of obedient children (if applicable)

  • Above reproach, sober-minded, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, not a drunkard, not violent but gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money

Skills

  • Ability to minister to (serve) people by building meaningful relationships inside of and outside of the church, caring for people, discipling people, helping people realize their full potential, and developing other leaders
  • Ability to lead others by communicating a shared vision, continually developing and increasing a circle of influence, organizing and managing teams, delegating well, and training volunteers
  • Ability to speak clearly and intentionally, articulating the gospel in a biblical, understandable, and appealing manner, and properly interpreting and applying Scripture
  • The ability to challenge methods and practices of the church without challenging our Doctrine (BFM 2000) or Mission (the Great Commission)
  • The ability to lead upward by supporting and respectfully challenging the Senior Pastor
  • The ability to recruit, develop, and lead volunteers and leaders
  • The ability to supervise and manage staff and volunteer leaders
  • The ability to learn and implement best practices in leadership development and local missions
  • The ability to work with the Senior Pastor to develop, lead, and evaluate Ministry Teams and the FBTC Leadership Pipeline
  • A bachelor’s degree in a related field ( master’s degree from a seminary in alignment with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000 is preferred) 
  • 5+ years of relevant experience
  • Experience managing staff and volunteers
  • Experience in leadership of a church of 300+ is preferred but not required

Essential Functions & Responsibilities

  • Offer support for all Ministry Teams

  • Oversee the recruitment, scheduling, and policies for: Guest Services Team, Usher Team, Bereavement Team, Homebound Visitation Team, Security Team, New Member Team, Recreation Team, Refuge Ministry, and Other Ministry Teams as need.

  • Help members find the right place to serve
  • Oversee further development of and implementation of the FBTC Leadership Pipeline
  • Streamline and normalize leadership and ministry policies across all departments
  • Consult with other staff and volunteer leaders as they recruit and develop leaders

  • Plan and lead all aspects of Mission Mobile under the supervision of the Missions Pastor

  • Lead Community Missions

  • Develop partnerships with local mission organizations that extend the mission and vision of FBTC

  • Serve as part of the Ministerial Staff championing Ministry Teams, Leadership Development, and local missions.

  • Provide pastoral care as needed

  • Perform all other duties assigned by the Senior Pastor

Living in Mobile

As Alabama’s second largest city, Mobile is rich in history, diversity, and hospitality. It’s also a great place to raise a family and live on mission.

 

Our city is unique. Most people don’t know this, but Mardi Gras actually began in Mobile, and it is still a big part of the culture in our city. We also have amazing food, a cruise terminal, 4 colleges, museums, music events, ballet, and our own symphony. Not to mention our beautiful Mobile Bay, Dauphin Island only a short drive to our south, and white sand beaches an hour in the other direction. Mobile is home to MLB Hall of Famers: Hank Aaron, Billy Williams, Ozzie Smith, and Satchel Paige. We’re proud to be the home of Big Daddy Weave. If that’s not enough, we drop the world’s largest electric Moon Pie each New Year’s Eve.

 

Our geography provides a natural port, which is the 9th largest and 2nd fastest growing port in the US. This creates an atmosphere of growing diversity and investment by companies from all around the world. It also means we are located on the Gulf of Mexico which makes Mobile the home of great seafood and plenty of sport fishing opportunities.

Mobile is surrounded by many active communities, that are part of Mobile County, such as Dauphin Island, Chickasaw, Saraland, Satsuma, Prichard, Tillman’s Corner, Theodore, Grand Bay, Irvington, Coden, and Bayou La Batre. Because of natural boundary created by Mobile Bay, most of the population growth is in West Mobile. Between downtown and the Mississippi state line residential and commercial growth is occurring at a very fast rate.

 

When our former Mayor, Sandy Stimpson, took office in 2013 he initiated a plan for revitalization and growth that has changed the face of Mobile. Many new companies have chosen to bring their business to Mobile. Downtown Mobile has become so much more than the old downtown used to be, with renovations, new businesses, new restaurants, and family friendly events. He has helped create new park areas and cleaned up and revived old parks. Our economy is fast growing, and we will soon add an international airport to compliment our regional airport.

About Tillman's Corner

Tillman’s Corner is a community in southwest Mobile, easily accessed off of Interstate 10. It has a population of 18,018 and encompasses 13 square miles. It has an industrial parkway that has many different small businesses, as well as large plants. In the last few years, Tillman’s Corner has seen significant growth in retail and service business, a VA Medical facility, as well as restaurants and coffee shops.

Tillman’s Corner is not without its problems. Because of its location on I-10, Tillman’s Corner attracts a larger than normal homeless population as well as those involved in the drug trade and human trafficking. FBTC has chosen to stay in Tillman’s Corner to shine the light of the gospel into one of West Mobile’s more challenging neighborhoods rather than relocate further west. 

 

You can learn more about the community around FBTC here. That document provides demographic information for those living within a five, ten, and fifteen-minute drive from the church.

About Our Church

FBTC is a family that Loves God, Loves People, and Connects the Two. That’s our mission statement, and it describes our church well. We are committed to the gospel of Jesus Christ as revealed in Scripture. The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 summarizes our beliefs well.

 

We are a church of over 1,000 active members. On a typical Sunday, 600-650 people gather for worship in two services. In addition to Sunday morning Worship Gatherings and Life Groups, we have Sunday evening Worship Gatherings, Discipleship Circles/D-Groups, Wednesday night activities for all ages, and some type of ministry happening every day on our campus (Samford MTI Extension Classes, BSF for men and women, Amazing Greys senior adult choir, Bible studies, etc.).

FBTC has a long reputation of being a big church with a small feel. Meaning that this family of worshipers truly cares about each other and is intentional in their desire to make visitors feel welcome. With an average age of 42, our church is truly multi-generational. There are ministry opportunities for all age groups to participate in including choirs for all ages, mission opportunities from across the street to around the world, age-appropriate Bible Study and so much more. In Life Groups, members grow in their faith through discussion and Bible Study.

 

We are actively involved in both international and local church planting. We have strong partnerships with IMB, NAMB, The Alabama Baptist State Board of Missions, Alabama Baptist Children’s Home, Women’s Resource Center, Mission of Hope, Home of Grace, Mobile Baptist Association, and Disaster Relief. We have an onsite Community Missions that meets physical needs and shares the gospel with every person that comes.

Our Services

We currently have two services at 8:00am and 10:30am. The 8:00 service is family style (no separate children or preschool activities) with a praise team only. It follows the same design as the 10:30 service, but it is shorter (60 minutes). The 10:30 service is larger and is around 75 minutes long. In that service, the choir and orchestra join our praise team, and the service will sometimes include an extra song. Our Life Groups meet at 9:00am.

Our worship team works hard to ensure our services are intentional, powerful, and well planned. We emphasize intentional prayer (rather than prayers as simple transition moments), theologically sound and worshipful music, 60/40 expository to topical preaching, and congregational singing. The environment is relaxed, and our people love to sing! The music is celebratory, worshipful, and engaging.

 

Here are what a few of our church members said about our services:

 

“I am always excited about getting up and going (to church). As soon as I walk in, I can feel God’s presence. It is refreshing, comforting, worshipful, and I personally always feel like God is speaking to me. I’ve grown so much and learned so much in the last 5 years. I can’t imagine my life away from there.”

 

“I always hope people feel welcomed. I think people who are genuinely looking can find their place at FBTC.”

 

“It’s like being at a family reunion each week. There is so much love. Love for people, which means the people there love our God. We worship unashamed and full of God’s glory.”

What makes FBTC Unique

Probably the first thing that people notice about FBTC is our music. Our services are not what many people expect from a First Baptist church. But FBTC is so much more than music. We have a culture of serving with approximately 450 members serving in at least one area on a monthly basis. Many of them serve so much and so often that they seem like staff members. That culture of serving is joined by a culture of care. Our members take care of each other. One member said it this way, “I think it is a church of real people—people who care for others and are willing to meet their needs. We actually go search for those in need. We are very diverse when it comes to age, yet we are still one.

We also have a growing culture of missional living. Starting in 2023, we have begun an annual weeklong initiative called Mission Mobile where over 400 of our members participate in hands on missions in 25 mission projects all over our city. We have a thriving missions strategy where we are regularly involved in local missions and have multiple mission partnerships in New Orleans, Atlanta, Miami, Puerto Rico, Toronto, Chile, and Southeast Asia. Our focus is the long-term development of our people and partnerships. We don’t want to be a church that goes on mission trips. We develop missional living among our people by exposing them to missional opportunities that start in our parking lot and extend to unreached people groups on the other side of the world. Our structures are designed to provide a next step in missional living for every person. We also have a unique staff culture. Most of our support staff have been hired internally, and several former church staff members are still active members of the church.


FBTC is not a perfect church, but it is a healthy church and a church that is alive.

Applications

Applications open through February 28, 2026.

Applications for this position should be sent to jobs@fbtc.org. Kindly submit your resume accompanied by a cover letter. If available, please include a link to a recent sermon or teaching.

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