Job Board

Job Description

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision Execution

• Partner closely with the Lead Pastor to implement and execute the church’s mission, values, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with the Lead Pastor, Elders, and Consistory to establish practical plans, measurable goals, and actionable systems.
• Regularly assess the ministry’s effectiveness and recommend improvements aligned with the church’s priorities, mission, and vision.
• Ensure alignment among ministries, staff, volunteers, and leadership structures.
• Provide regular reports regarding ministry outcomes, staff health, operational effectiveness, and strategic progress.

Staff Leadership & Development

• Oversee, mentor, evaluate, and develop office staff members professionally, spiritually, and vocationally.
• Foster a healthy staff culture marked by collaboration, humility, accountability, spiritual maturity, and servant leadership.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and establish clear goals and expectations.
• Remove obstacles that hinder ministry effectiveness and the development of staff and ministry leaders.

Operational Leadership & Organizational Oversight

• Oversee daily church operations, including administrative systems, ministry coordination, facilities, technology, and organizational processes.
• Ensure that policies and procedures support ministry effectiveness, accountability, and compliance with the Church Constitution and governing policies.
• Establish and improve systems that increase clarity, communication, and efficiency.
• Coordinate ministry calendars, initiatives, and organizational priorities.
• Serve as a central point of coordination between staff, volunteers, ministry leaders, and external partners.

Financial Stewardship & Resource Management

• Partner with the Lead Pastor, Consistory, and finance teams regarding budgeting, forecasting, and financial stewardship.
• Assist ministry leaders in developing and managing ministry budgets.
• Oversee resource allocation to ensure alignment with mission and priorities.
• Support long-range planning related to staffing, facilities, technology, and capital improvements.
• Promote faithful stewardship of church finances, facilities, technology, and resources.

Pastoral Leadership & Shepherding

• Preach and teach regularly as requested.
• Assist in worship leadership and administration of the ordinances.
• Participate actively in Elders’ and Consistory meetings and leadership processes.
• Provide pastoral care through visitation, counseling, and shepherding.
• Officiate weddings, funerals, and other pastoral responsibilities as needed.
• Develop systems that ensure effective pastoral care across all generations.

Leadership Presence & Organizational Health

• Cultivate a calm, stabilizing, and solution-oriented leadership presence.
• Navigate difficult conversations with wisdom, truth, compassion, and emotional intelligence.
• Listen well and help diffuse tension among staff, leaders, and congregation members.
• Demonstrate discernment in timing, pacing, and implementing change.
• Build trust through integrity, transparency, consistency, and humility.

Qualifications

Spiritual & Personal Qualifications

• A mature follower of Jesus Christ with evident spiritual fruit.
• A person of integrity, humility, authenticity, and servant leadership.
• A shepherd who demonstrates compassion, wisdom, and relational warmth.
• Passionate about developing leaders and equipping others for ministry.
• Comfortable serving faithfully in a complementary second-chair leadership role.
• Demonstrates humility, teachability, and a willingness to receive feedback.
• Committed to personal accountability and ongoing spiritual growth.

Theological Qualifications

• Affirm the authority, inspiration, and inerrancy of the Bible.
• Be aligned with historic Reformed theology and the theological and doctrinal commitments of Immanuel Leidy’s Church.
• Demonstrate theological depth, pastoral wisdom, and a commitment to Gospel-centered ministry.

Education & Experience

• Bachelor’s Degree required. A Master of Divinity or equivalent theological degree is preferred.
• Ordained or ordainable according to Immanuel Leidy’s Constitution.
• Demonstrated leadership and/or ministry experience.
• Demonstrated ability to lead teams, manage organizational systems, and execute strategic initiatives.