PERTH ALLIANCE CHURCH (SOUTH) – ENGLISH CONGREGATION
(https://perthac.org.au | https://pacenglish.com.au)
ENGLISH PASTOR (FULL-TIME)
Our Church (PACS)
Perth Alliance Church (South) (PACS) is a multi-congregational church comprising Cantonese-, Mandarin-, and English-speaking congregations which belongs to the Christian and Missionary Alliance of Australia (https://www.cma.org.au). PACS currently has around 300 adult members and over 100 children and youth with a Pastoral Team of 4 Pastors, serving their respective congregations and jointly in the shared-ministry of PACS.
English Congregation (PACE)
The English congregation, Perth Alliance Church English (PACE), was established in 1998. PACE primarily comprises high school students, young adults, and families with young children. While members come from a variety of cultural backgrounds, the majority are ethnic Chinese. Currently, around 50 people gather each Sunday for worship, with nearly 50% being high school students.
The Mission of PACE is ‘Making, Equipping and Sending Disciples of Jesus’ and in addition to our regular Sunday Service, we also have:
- ‘Logos Group’ during the Sunday Service (for our high school students)
- ‘PACE Kids’ during the Sunday Service (for our younger children)
- English ‘Youth Group’ on Friday nights (for our high school students)
- ‘Connect Group/s’ on weeknights (for our adults)
- Various Outreach ministries
After more than 20 years of faithful service, the current English Pastor of PACE, Rolf Van Wollingen, plans to retire at the end of 2026. We are prayerfully seeking for a suitable candidate to lead PACE into its next phase of growth.
Summary of Position
This is a Full-Time Pastoral position with the responsibility of leading, developing and overseeing all ministries of the English Congregation to fulfil the Mission of PACE.
Qualifications
- Educational Requirements: Bachelor’s degree in theological studies (or equivalent).
- Pastoral Experience: Minimum of 5 years pastoral experience (including internship, mission work, or other full-time or part-time ministries) with sensitivity to issues in a multi-cultural, multi-lingual and multi-generational congregation desirable.
- Acceptance of C&MA Statement of Faith, Doctrine and Tradition.
- Administrative Skills: Demonstrated ability in executing, planning, organising, delegating and fostering team ministry.
Key Responsibilities
- Preaching: Preach and teach the Word of God with faithfulness, passion, and biblical conviction.
- Pastoral Care: Provide pastoral care and spiritual guidance to individuals and families within the English Congregation.
- Mentoring & Training: Develop, train, mentor and support existing and emerging leaders, especially among youth and young adults.
- Leadership: Provide overall leadership and direction for all English Congregation ministries in collaboration with the English Ministry Committee.
- Youth & Young Adult Ministry: Cast vision and develop the youth ministry in response to the rapidly growth of the number of youths and young adults, including re-establishing a young adults (university students) ministry.
- Discipleship-making: Engage in intentional disciple-making through spiritual formation, Bible teaching, and sound doctrinal instruction.
- Evangelism: Equip and encourage members for evangelism, community engagement, and missions, locally and abroad, including leading short-term mission exposure trips
- Planning: Contribute to short and long-term planning for PACE and PACS.
- Pastoral Collaboration: Work closely with pastoral staff, administrative staff, elders, deacons and lay leaders of PACS to promote unity and shared ministry.
The successful applicant must fulfill the licensing requirements of the Christian & Missionary Alliance of Australia and obtain a valid Working with Children Check.
Application Details
Applications are invited to be directed to Mr Lilong Chen (PACS Elder) via email at kevin@perthac.org.au by Friday 15 May 2026. |
