Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Salary:

Job Title: Community Life Pastor

Job Type: Full Time

Status: Exempt

Work Week: Sunday Thursday

Reports to: Executive Pastor

Direct Reports: Staff, Volunteers

Weekly Attendance: 1,100+

Job Summary:

To support the mission of Outer West Community Church (OWCC) by creating and executing a strategic vision aimed at empowering adults to draw closer to Jesus Christ and others, while actively engaging in the life of the church community.

Primary Duties:

1. Partners with leadership to develop and implement church-wide strategies and events to reinforce our mission to draw people closer to Jesus Christ and each other.
2. Cultivate environments that are warm, inclusive, and welcoming, ensuring that guests, attenders, and partners feel embraced and valued.
3. Manages and enhances the assimilation procedures and workflows at OWCC for improved effectiveness and expansion.
4. Provide pastoral, administrative, and systematic support for Life Group leaders, offering guidance and resources to enhance the quality and effectiveness of group experiences.
5. Creates and maintains an annual plan that ensures continuous improvement and growth of group involvement and discipleship.
6. Recruit, train, lead and equip staff and volunteers to effectively execute adult ministry programs, events, classes, and groups.
7. Identify and respond to emerging needs and trends within the adult congregation, adapting ministry strategies accordingly.
8. Partner with leadership and staff to provide oversight for special events, conferences, and retreats aimed at engaging and equipping adults to draw closer to Jesus Christ and each other.
9. Provide strategic oversight and equipping of Community Life volunteer teams..
10. Serves as a member of the OWCC Pastoral Team, offering leadership and focused care in areas such as preaching, officiating weddings and funerals, hospital visits, teaching, pastoral coaching, and counseling.
11. Manages and participates in the annual budget preparation to ensure adequate funds for the assigned area.
12. Monitors and approves expenditures; directs and implements budgetary adjustments as necessary.
13. Other duties and responsibilities as assigned.

Minimum Qualifications:

• Bachelors Degree from an accredited university in Ministry, Biblical Studies, or related field. A Graduate Degree from an accredited seminary is preferred.
• In certain circumstances, relevant experience may serve as a substitute for formal educational qualifications.
• Five (5) years of progressive pastoral responsibility in Church leadership.
  
• Licensed and/or ordained pastor.

Knowledge and Abilities:

1. Knowledge of Planning Center Online, Mac, PC, Office, and Google applications and equipment.
2. Knowledge of principles of supervision, training, and performance management.
3. Knowledge of community life ministry best practices.
4. Knowledge of discipleship strategies for adults.
5. Knowledge of English grammar and vocabulary.
6. Knowledge of project management practices, techniques, and methodologies.
7. Knowledge of budget development, expense tracking/reporting and administration.
8. Ability to work in a fluid and collaborative environment.
9. Ability to lead a group to accomplish a common goal.
10. Ability to work independently with limited supervision.
11. Ability to be empathetic and gracious in all interactions.
12. Ability to display relational and emotional intelligence that builds trusted credibility.
13. Ability to write, compose, edit, and proofread.
14. Ability to coordinate several tasks and projects at once.
15. Ability to perform all the physical, intellectual, and analytical requirements of the position including decision making.
16. Ability to identify, encourage, recruit and develop culture champions to whom leadership and authority can be delegated to.
17. Ability to communicate clearly and effectively through both verbal and written means.
18. Ability to establish and maintain effective working relationships with staff, members, and ministry volunteers.
19. Ability to perform all the physical, intellectual, and analytical requirements of the position including decision making.

Physical Requirements and Working Conditions:

Periodic lifting/carrying of items weighing up to 20 pounds; required visual acuity, speech, and hearing; manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination essential for operating a computer keyboard and basic office equipment. Tasks may involve sitting, standing, reaching, walking, twisting, and kneeling to fulfill essential functions. Work primarily takes place within an indoor office environment.

OWCC Staff Expectations:

1. Active and personal relationship with Jesus Christ.
2. Actively embraces the OWCC staff values.
3. Personally engaged with the OWCC mission, vision, and values.
4. Embraces and covenants to the OWCC Partnership and Leadership Covenants.
5. Partner with other departments to lead, promote, and/or implement ministry initiatives and events.

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