Executive Pastor
An Open Position of
Christ Church, Evangelical Covenant
East Greenwich, Rhode Island
Summary Job Description
Christ Church, a healthy, growing, Evangelical Covenant church in central Rhode Island is seeking to add a senior-level Executive Pastor to provide organizational leadership for our Church in concert with our senior-level Teaching Pastor and other Elders. The Executive Pastor must be gifted to communicate vision and align staff and leadership teams with the mission and vision God gives us. The Executive Pastor will lead the staff, direct the strategic planning process, develop new leaders, and oversee administrative systems. He or she must have strong relational, communication, and coaching skills. A Theological Master’s degree and ten years of experience in a church of 500 or more is a requirement.
Church History and Core Values
Christ Church was formed in 1990. In 1997 it merged with a local Evangelical Covenant church to form the current Christ Church, Evangelical Covenant. In 2000 the church moved into its new facility, which it soon outgrew. We are currently exploring various options to expand our facilities.
We offer four worship services on Sunday morning (including two concurrently at different sites) a fifth on Sunday evening, and a sixth mid-week prayer and healing service. We have active ministries in place for people of all ages.
The church, especially the Sunday evening service (called “Sanctuary”) attracts many young adults and students from surrounding colleges and universities, and incorporates many of the “ancient-future elements in its worship and teaching experiences.
Christ Church has a strong missional focus, with an active outreach into the community with the whole Gospel, meeting both physical and spiritual needs of the community. We seek to be a “Compassionate Christian Community.”
Our location in East Greenwich, Rhode Island, places us within minutes of the ocean and its beaches. A variety of cultural and educational opportunities are nearby.
For more information on our church, visit our website, www.christchurchec.org.
Job Description
The position of Executive Pastor is a senior-level position, co-ordinate with that of the Teaching Pastor (Lyle Mook). The primary role of the Executive Pastor is to communicate vision and oversee the life and direction of Christ Church. This will require a firm grasp on the purpose, values and strategy of Christ Church, and an ability to align staff and key leadership teams with its mission. The Executive Pastor will lead, manage, supervise, and minister to the Christ Church staff, with oversight from the Council of Elders. This senior-level position will ensure that the systems, practices, and policies of the church responsibly and effectively support its ministry activities.
Staff Leadership and Ministry Oversight
Responsibilities:
- Helps each staff and non-staff ministry leader to develop and thrive in their ministry roles by providing support, supervision, and coaching. This includes encouragement, goal setting, leadership development, accountability and review processes.
- Works with ministry leaders in the development and training of volunteers.
- Oversees administrative functions (Facilities, Office and Church Administration, Budget management)
- Oversees ministries (Children, Student, Adult Ministries, and Small Group Ministry)
Staff Management and Development
Responsibilities: Serve as chief of staff for pastors, paid staff, and lay volunteers. This senior-level position will give direction, evaluate, and mentor existing staff in their respective areas of ministry and prioritize staff additions.
- Directly supervises pastoral and director level staff (except for our one other senior-level pastoral position, our Senior Teaching Pastor.)
- Shares mutual accountability responsibilities with the Teaching Pastor, encouraging and supporting each other in individual areas of responsibilities and giftedness, while holding each other accountable for the effective execution of the responsibilities of the positions.
- Provides direct oversight of training and development of the pastoral staff in collaboration with the Teaching Pastor.
- Maintains responsibility for hiring and dismissal of staff in consultation with the elders.
- Provides leadership to the pastoral staff in the design and implementation of all church ministries.
- Maintains efficient and effective lines of communication between the staff and elders.
- Performs pastoral and staff annual performance evaluations (except for Teaching Pastor.)
- Serves as an Elder, and reports directly to the Christ Church Council of Elders.
Strategic Leadership
Responsibilities: Responsible for implementation and execution of the strategic plan, and coordination of the staff in the execution of the church’s purpose. This Pastor will define the strategic goals and vision as a key leader among staff and elders. This leadership and input will be provided through many activities.
- Acts as a “point-person” for communicating and executing the vision of the church.
- Coordinates and leads weekly staff meetings and other activities designed to clarify and execute Christ Church goals and objectives.
- Serves as staff liaison to the Elder Council.
- Interacts regularly and intentionally with the Congregation.
- Ensures staffing, facilities and programs are appropriately and effectively aligned to best meet strategic goals.
- Leads the process of strategic planning in concert with the Elder Council.
- Collaborates with the Management Team, to oversee the annual planning and budgeting processes.
Systems Leadership & Administration
Responsibilities: As co-chair of the Management Team, assesses, develops, oversees, and provides direction to the financial functions, and administrative systems of the church, including:
- Responsible for establishing the organizational structure needed for current and future stages of growth
- Responsible for maintaining written personnel policies and procedures
- Responsible for the operation of all church facilities
- Responsible for office administration and communications.
- Responsible, in concert with the Treasurer, for the annual budgeting process for Christ Church.
- Responsible for overseeing the development, implementation and continued monitoring of each departmental budget to insure that each ministry is budgeting for growth.
- Responsible in conjunction with the Treasurer to manage revenue projections as well as expenditures.
- Responsible for overseeing IT, communication and marketing. Oversee the effective functioning and maintenance of computer, information and communication systems with support from lay volunteers and paid technical consultants.
- Oversees the Office Supervisor and provides direction, as needed, for the effective functioning of the front office support functions.
- Oversees development of and adherence to church policies and procedures.
Reporting Relationships
- This position will be an Elder of Christ Church.
- This position will report directly to the Council of Elders.
- This position will directly, or indirectly, oversee all Christ Church paid and volunteer staff (except for the Teaching Pastor who will also report to the Elders.)
- This position and the Teaching Pastor will comprise the Senior Pastoral Staff.
Qualifications
Skills and Gifts
- This position requires the spiritual gift of leadership.
- This Pastor will be a spiritually mature individual who possesses exceptional relational, management and communication skills.
Education
Theological Master’s degree required. Have or be willing to obtain credentials in the Evangelical Covenant Church.
Experience
A minimum of ten years of demonstrated leadership experience as a pastor in a church of 500 or more with knowledge of planning, team building and budget oversight.
Contact Information
Christ Church, Evangelical Covenant
1025 Main Street
East Greenwich, RI 02818
Phone: 401-884-8632
Contact: Diane Coggan
Email: christchurchsearch@cox.net
Please email both a letter of application and a current resume in MS WORD format.
