Pastor

Follow Pastor Description

The Follow Pastor serves as the pastoral lead for formation at Plum Creek Church, guiding individuals from their first steps of faith into a deepening, lifelong practice of living like Jesus. They are the primary owner and champion of the Follow Operating System (OS) at Plum Creek Church. The Follow Pastor builds and leads the environments, people, and processes that move someone from first visit to meaningful formation.

This is a pastoral role requiring both relational depth and systems thinking, with a heart to see people genuinely transformed. This position reports directly to the Executive Pastor of Discipleship & Operations.

• Provide leadership for the Follow pathway, ensuring alignment with Plum Creek's mission and the Live Like Jesus culture.
• Lead, develop, and care for contributors within the Follow system.
• Oversee the health and execution of Follow cohorts, Alpha cohorts, the Monday Call, and the Follow Table experience.
• Champion the four practices (Formation, Community, Generosity, and Service) as the framework for ongoing discipleship.
• Oversee and execute the monthly Practice.
• Carry out the church's mission of Changed Lives, Changing Lives through intentional relational ministry.

• Minimum bachelor's degree & minimum 3 years as a pastor or comparable ministry experience
• Strong relational and pastoral skills, with the ability to shepherd people well across diverse life stages
• Skilled facilitator and group leader
• Builder’s mindset with the ability to design, organize, and sustain reproducible discipleship systems and pathways
• Developer of teams, contributors, and volunteer leaders
• Excellent communicator in both one-on-one and small group settings
• Highly organized and detail-oriented, with strong project and process management skills
• Self-starter with strong initiative; proactive, collaborative, and able to thrive in ambiguity
• Loyal, trustworthy, and dependable with a high level of follow-through

• Intimacy with God, Intentionality with Family, and Influence with Others
• Active and growing personal relationship with Jesus Christ
• Feels a calling by God into full-time pastoral ministry
• Passionate about formation and believes people genuinely can and do change
• Meets the same character requirements as an Elder (1 Tim. 3:1-13 and Tit. 1:5-9)

Champion the Follow Operating System

• Own, build, and continuously refine the Follow OS from first touchpoint to ongoing formation
• Lead, manage, and develop contributors within the Follow pathway.
• Ensure every step of the Follow OS is clear, consistent, and executed well
• Create systems that are simple, repeatable, and scalable across ministries
• Develop and maintain systems for tracking participant progress through the Follow pathway, from first visit to ongoing practice
• Maintain personal pastoral contact with individuals and families moving through the Follow pathway
• Champion a culture where every touchpoint is pastoral, not transactional

• Build a contributor culture that is:
  • Pastoral
  • Relational
  • Reproducible

• Champion and resource the four practices framework, helping individuals move into Formation guides, Community structures (Havens, Neighborhoods, Homes), Generosity development (Ask/Believe/Commit), and Service teams.

• Oversee the Follow Table experience as the primary weekend call-to-action
• Manage the Follow Table experience, including training Table hosts and ensuring a consistent, welcoming environment
• Train and equip contributors to create meaningful, discerning conversation
• Own and execute the Monday Call process:
  • Every guest contacted within 48 hours
  • Conversations are personal, pastoral, and informed
  • Cle…