Stewardship & Generosity Director/Pastor – Lake Forest, California

Saddleback Church, in Lake Forest, California, is looking for a Stewardship & Generosity Director/Pastor. Saddleback Church is a family—a place you can call home. It’s where you can find hope, healing, and purpose. Over the years, this family has grown and changed, but one thing will always stay the same: Our love for Jesus and for each other. No matter where you’re at in your journey, you can be confident that you’re more than welcome at Saddleback Church—you’re wanted.

Saddleback Church started with two young church planters, a dream, and a map. God gave Pastor Rick and Kay Warren the dream to plant a church for people who didn’t like church, and he led them to Southern California. Since that time Saddleback has grown to thirteen U.S. and five international campuses reaching one more for Jesus.

In 2022, God called Pastors Andy and Stacie Wood to transition into leadership at Saddleback Church as Pastor Rick Warren stepped down from his role of senior pastor.

Pastor Andy’s passion is to create environments that engage unchurched people. Along with leading the church, Andy enjoys investing time in helping church planters and leaders think more innovatively and strategically to reach people in the most unreached areas of North America.

Forty-six years, over 7,500 small groups, 63,000 baptisms, and countless salvations later, we are still seeing miracles. Come and see what God is doing at Saddleback! Current weekly attendance is 21,000.

Stewardship & Generosity Director/Pastor Job Description

Supporting the lead pastor and executive team, the position helps lead and inspire the church community in the biblical principles of stewardship and generosity. This role is responsible for developing, implementing, and overseeing programs and initiatives that encourage faithful management of personal and church resources, fostering a culture of generosity, and enabling the financial health and sustainability of the church. Furthermore, the role is responsible for the church’s giving operations, fund-raising programs, periodic capital campaigns, estate planning, and deferred-giving programs.

What You Will Do

Provide Strategic Vision and Leadership

Develop a comprehensive vision and strategy for stewardship and generosity that aligns with the lead pastor’s and church’s mission and values, and that is based on key metrics/analysis.
Formulate and manage major fund-raising programs that encourage extraordinary giving and generosity, such as annual overflow campaigns, multi-year capital campaigns, and other planned-giving initiatives.
Collaborate with church leadership across church functions/departments and campuses to integrate stewardship into all aspects of church life and ministry, and to shift stewardship and fund-raising objectives based on church-wide trends as appropriate.

Establish Church-Wide Culture of Stewardship and Generosity

Organize and lead classes, seminars, and small groups focused on biblical financial principles.
Develop resources and tools to inspire and coach individuals and families with implementation of practical biblical financial methods (e.g., household budgeting; debt avoidance/reduction).

Other Key Areas of Responsibility

Optimize giving operations and systems to be customer-focused and giver-centric.
Engage/integrate key donors across multiple campuses.
Analyze/report on financial stewardship and generosity.

What You Have Done

Pastoral experience with the ability to teach/coach is highly desirable.
Experience with Biblical stewardship and/or fund-raising.
MA in Biblical Studies or MDiv preferred.
MBA preferred, but not required.
Financial background and work experience in finance, personal finance, etc.
Experience supervising staff is preferred.

What We Offer

Highly competitive benefits plans. Health plans with employee low deductible medical (EPO and PPO), dental, and vision coverage.
403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution.
Generous holiday and paid time off plans, including a paid week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day.

What It’s Like to Live in Lake Forest, California

Lake Forest is a suburb of Irvine with a population of 85,858 at the 2020 census. Lake Forest is in Orange County and is one of the best places to live in California. Lake Forest’s thriving business community, beautiful parks, and engaged community all contribute to the continued growth of the city and make Lake Forest a great place to live, work and play.

Originally known as El Toro, Lake Forest is a city that respects the natural environment. The abundance of green parks, numerous trees and a beautiful lake are evidence of this. Although Lake Forest is a new city, having incorporated on December 20, 1991, the Lake Forest area has a long history.

Starting out as an agricultural area like most of the Orange County region, “El Toro” was a stagecoach stop between San Diego and Los Angeles in the 1800s. After World War II, the El Toro Marine Base helped shape the city’s development—residential, commercial and industrial growth began to replace the acres of citrus and other agricultural products.

Living in Lake Forest offers residents a dense suburban feel and many residents own their homes. In Lake Forest there are a lot of restaurants, coffee shops, and parks. The public schools in Lake Forest are highly rated. Some of the top employers in Lake Forest are Oakley, Panasonic Aviation, Schneider Electric and LoanDepot.