Associate Pastor: Rockland Community Church
Listed on 2026-01-15
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Non-Profit & Social Impact
Pastor / Ministry / Church, Pastoral Support/ Care & Wellbeing, Youth Development, Non-Profit / Outreach
Associate Pastor:
Rockland Community Church
General
Job Description:
This pastor will spend the majority of his time in two areas:
1) equipping teams of people in the ministry areas of care, discipleship, and missions, and
2) personally providing pastoral care, including funerals and hospital visits. This pastor must be able to develop, train, and mobilize leaders in the church and equip them for ministry. This person is expected to develop and maintain strong relationships within our congregation. May be called upon to preach or teach on occasions determined by the lead pastor.
Ministry Teams:
Care Deacons, Discipleship Deacons, Missions Deacons
Supervision of Others:
None directly; works closely with several staff for admin and memorial services
Time Requirement: 35 hours/week
SpecificJob Duties
- Provide pastoral guidance to the Care Ministry Team
- Provide personal pastoral care for our congregation by connecting with individuals within the Rockland family who need visits, cards, emails, texts, or phone calls.
- Equip and empower individuals within the congregation to participate in providing caring ministry to the congregation.
- Responsible for the wedding ministry.
- Conduct hospital visitations.
- Be prepared to respond to emergency pastoral situations that occur.
- Conduct memorial services (for both Rockland members & outside families) and counsel loved ones.
- Have a high visibility on Sunday mornings with a friendly, outgoing, and personal presence.
- There will be little to no preaching in this role.
- Responsible for being on-call after hours and coordinating others who will share this responsibility.
- Oversee Grief Share, Surviving the Holidays, Stephen Minister Coordinator, and ministers.
- Provide pastoral guidance to the Outreach Ministry Team.
- Be actively connected with our local Outreach Ministry Partners.
- Be an advocate for encouraging Outreach involvement within our congregation.
- Provide pastoral guidance to the Discipleship Ministry Team.
- Lead baptism classes and regularly meet with baptismal candidates. Take them from interested in baptism to baptized, including testimony videos.
- Oversee the Sunday Adult Class, various Bible Studies at Rockland, Rockland Talks, Supper Clubs, and Life Groups.
- Provide Discipleship workshops/classes.
- Attend a worship service every Sunday.
- Meet with people interested in membership at Rockland.
- Assist with Sunday morning and special worship services.
- Participate as a member of the Rockland Senior Staff – weekly meetings.
- Attend all deacon team meetings he oversees.
- Participate in bi-monthly staff meetings/chapel.
- Attend the conference (9
Marks) annually, coordinated with the lead pastor. - Attend men’s Bible study on Tuesday mornings, 7:00-8:00.
- Note:
Christmas and Easter are very busy, plus a few other weeks throughout the year.
Note:
Rockland uses an annual work planning process and a performance-based evaluation system. All employees are expected to work with their supervisors to develop an annual work plan based on their job description and then be evaluated on their performance in accomplishing that plan. This method is used to determine pay raises and advancement into greater levels of ministry and responsibility.
Job Qualifications:
This person will be a humble, Christ‑exalting, seminary‑trained Pastor who displays a love for the Lord and a call to the ministry, with 5‑10 years of church experience. He will not sit on the elder board but must meet the criteria of an elder found in 1 Tim 3:1‑7 and Titus 1:5‑9.
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