Jay Schroder

JACK (JAY) S. SCHRODER
4230 Iroquois St, Apt 334; New Orleans, LA 70126
(504) 816-8418, jayandlilian@gmail.com

PERSONAL
Birth: July 26, 1981; Atlanta, GA
Salvation: February 1996
Married: May 28, 2005 to Lilian Conrad Schroder in Waterville, ME. She graduates from the University of New Orleans in August of 2008 with aMasters in Early Intervention Special Education and currently teaches at The Chartwell Center. Hobbies and Interests: Hiking, reading, Frisbee, volleyball.

MINISTRY OBJECTIVE
My Primary goal is to guide a local Southern Baptist Church into being a missional church locally, domestically, and internationally by pursuing healthy ministry, evangelism, and discipleship.

EDUCATION
New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, LA M. Div. studies. Concentration in Urban Missions. In 4th semester, projected graduation December 2008. Current GPA 4.0.

Colby College, Waterville, ME B.A. May 2004
Double Major: Economics, Religious Studies
Honors: Dean’s List every semester, Phi Beta Kappa Society

MINISTERIAL Licensed by Living Water Community Church
CREDENTIALS Waterville, Maine; June 4, 2006

SECULAR WORK EXPERIENCE
Customer Service And Sales, Fairpoint Communications
June 2005 to June 2006, Serving customers over the phone and in person to install phone service, sell long distance and internet plans, and explain billing.

Head Resident, Colby College.
Academic Semesters Fall 2001-Spring 2003. Providing academic and personal counseling, organizing social and cultural activities, and serving as liaison with college administration to enforce policy in a different coed residence hall each year.
•This job gave me an opportunity to relationally witness to the student leaders and Deans of the college as well as lead my residents in programming of a religious nature and invite them to church.
•In conjunction with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, I led the Small Group Leaders training program on campus during this time.

MINISTERIAL WORK EXPERIENCE
EDGEWATER BAPTIST CHURCH, New Orleans, LA.
Interim Associate Pastor, August 2008 to Present.
Project Director February 2007 to July 2008. Working to coordinate volunteer mission teams and contractors to rebuild our sanctuary from Katrina’s devastation.

Edgewater is located in urban New Orleans, has an attendance of about 140 weekly, and was deeply affected by Katrina with the loss of many members and damage to all property. While here I have:
•Preached as needed in Pastor’s absence.
•Coordinated and equipped volunteer teachers and ministers in Sunday and Wednesday night children’s programs including nursery, Mission’s Friends, GAs, and RAs.
•Overseen the spending of $200,000 building fund for rebuilding.
•Taught a Sunday School/Spiritual Formation class weekly.
•Directed Angel Food Ministry- a ministry providing discount groceries to families and individuals. Many relationships were built with neighborhood families in order to share the Gospel with them.
•Been a member of a successful Pastor Search Committee.

LIVING WATER COMMUNITY CHURCH, Waterville, ME
Semester Missionary, North American Mission Board.
Jan 2004 to May 2005, Fall 2002. A Collegiate Ministry position ministering with Living Water Community Church’s Young Adults Ministry, students at Colby College and other local colleges, and in connection with the Baptist Convention of New England.
Summer Missionary, North American Mission Board.
Summer 2002, 2003. Directing youth, evangelism, and other ministry with Living Water Community Church, including the transition between the church planter and first Pastor.

Living Water Community Church was a six month old church plant when I joined in September of 2000 located in a small town in central Maine. In these positions I:
•Led a weekly men’s Bible Study on Colby’s campus which grew from 3 to 12 students.
•Led a weekly Young Adults Bible study at Living Water which grew from 8 to 15.
•Planned and led a week long inner-city missions trip to Camden, NJ to work with Urban Promise Ministry. Eleven students and young adults participated.
•Individually discipled 3 students in one on one sessions.
•Was a member of a successful Pastor Search Committee.
•Provided pulpit supply every three weeks for six months while church had no Pastor.
•Directed Youth Group for 3 months while Youth Pastor took leave, including a weekly large group evangelistic meeting and Wednesday night small groups.
•Served on Living Water’s Servant Leadership Team in various positions including overseeing Communications Ministry (preparing weekly bulletin and monthly newsletter), Evangelism Ministry (offering witnessing training to the congregation, planning evangelistic events, and organizing visitation programs), College Ministry, Young Adults Ministry, and Youth Ministry.

STATEMENT OF CALLING
When I moved to Maine for College, I saw the impact of real faith on other students’ lives against a sharper relief than I had previously in Southern culture. Over the course of my freshman year, I began to enjoy the ministry I participated in more than anything I was learning in class. The following summer when the church planter left Living Water, I recognized that my deepest desire was to do the ministry I had been participating in on a greater scale. In the six months while our church had no pastor, I received positive feedback from the congregation on my ministry and preaching, and I embraced this calling with confidence. Under the direction and discipleship of the new pastor in Maine, my commitment to my calling became public knowledge, culminating in the Church’s licensing and prayerfully sending my wife and me to New Orleans for seminary.

PHILOSPHY OF MINISTRY
At its essence ministry encourages individuals along the spectrum from non-Christian to a fully devoted disciple of Jesus. This process includes core commitments to authentic worship, honest community, relevant teaching, and fervent prayer. As individuals seek to follow Jesus more deeply, they will naturally be drawn into serving passionately in ministry, reaching out persuasively to the un-churched, and belonging to powerful community. The Church and every minister should seek to equip each member in this work of establishing the Kingdom of God (Ephesians 4:11-12).

REFERENCES
Pastor Mike Nerney, Pastor of Living Water Community Church, Waterville, ME.
12 Lucille St, Winslow, ME 04901; (207) 872-9890 (office), (207) 872-7323 (home).

Dr. Jason Long, Ph. D. Professor at Colby College, friend.
8278 Mayflower Hill, Waterville, ME 04901; (207) 859-5243 (off), (207)859-4029 (hm).

Dr. Charlie Ray, Deacon of Edgewater Baptist Church, seminary professor.
3939 Gentilly Blvd. New Orleans, LA 70126; (504) 816-8010 (off), (504)394-8117 (hm).

Pastor Chad Gilbert, Pastor of Edgewater Baptist Church, New Orleans, LA.
5900 Paris Ave, New Orleans, LA 70122; (504) 288-1461 (office).