Position Open for Bi-Vocational or Full-Time Pastor

Due to the retirement of our previous pastor, Gum Swamp OFWB Church is currently seeking a Bivocational or Full-Time Pastor.

General Responsibilities:

To faithfully preach the Word, to be an example to the flock, to provide pastoral care to the members, to do all within his power to promote the spiritual growth of the Church, to promote denominational institutions, enterprises and programs, and to advance the cause of Christ among men.

Gum Swamp Church is located about nine miles west of the city limits of Greenville, NC, and one mile north of Belvoir in Pitt County.  The original church was established in late 1758 in the Conetoe settlements of what was then Beaufort County.  Along with the Grimsley and Wheat Swamp churches, Gum Swamp was a branch of the Little Creek Mission Center founded by Joseph Parker on Little Contentnea Creek in the mid-1750s.  Today, Gum Swamp Church is known as the third oldest Original Free Will Baptist Church in North Carolina. The current sanctuary was erected in 1948, with the addition of classrooms made in 1959. In 1967, a parsonage was built to house ministers and their families, and in 1975, the Fellowship Hall was built.  These three buildings sit on roughly 15 acres of land, allowing for possible expansion if the church continues to grow into the twenty-first century.

Please contact us for more information:

Gum Swamp OFWB Church

2072 Gum Swamp Church Road

Greenville, NC 27834

Rickie Gray – Pastoral Search Committee

rickiegray@centurylink.net