Executive Pastor of Ministr

Ironwood Church is looking for an Executive Pastor of Ministry who can help strengthen and scale a healthy, growing church without losing the culture that makes it special. This leader will work closely with the Lead Pastor and the executive team to develop ministry leaders, create organizational clarity, strengthen staff culture, and help the church continue growing in both health and effectiveness.

The right person will be deeply pastoral, highly relational, organizationally strong, and confident enough to lead in a fast-moving environment alongside other strong leaders. This is not a maintenance role — it’s a high-impact opportunity for a proven builder who loves developing people, leading leaders, and helping churches flourish long-term.

This is one of the more unique XP opportunities I’ve been around because Ironwood is not trying to fix dysfunction — they’re trying to prepare for the future. Luke and the executive team are convictional leaders who know what they’re good at, know where they need help, and genuinely want someone who can help strengthen the church long-term. This feels less like hiring an “executive” and more like finding a trusted ministry partner who can help carry leadership weight, develop staff, and help a really healthy church continue to scale wisely.

• Leadership Builder:
  Naturally develops leaders and raises the level of everyone around them. This person sees potential quickly, coaches intentionally, and helps ministry leaders become stronger leaders of teams and people.
• Strategic Executor:
  Can move vision into action. They are able to create clarity, alignment, accountability, and momentum without becoming rigid, corporate, or process-heavy.
• Courageous Communicator:
  Willing to have hard conversations, put things in writing, reinforce policies, and move toward tension with honesty and steadiness. They do not avoid hard, leadership moments.
• Relational Developer:
  Brings warmth, relational awareness, and emotional intelligence into leadership environments. They care about people deeply while still helping the organization move forward.
• Ministry Architect:
  Understands how healthy churches grow and scale. Able to see organizational gaps, staffing needs, leadership weaknesses, and future ministry challenges before they become major problems.