Discipleship Pastor: Lansdale Presbyterain Church

Job Description:

Lansdale Presbyterian Church (LPC) is a gospel-centered, multi-generational congregation in the suburbs of Philadelphia with a vision to gather a community to live for Christ. We pursue this mission through four key strategies:
Encourage, Grow, Equip, and Go.

We are seeking a Discipleship Pastor who will provide leadership, vision, and oversight for the Christian Discipleship of Lansdale Presbyterian Church including the development and/or review and selection of curriculum for educational classes and ministries (children’s and youth ministries and adult Sunday School), community groups, and the design, development/selection, and execution of training for ministry and community group leaders in keeping with our reformed standards.

This is a full-time, salaried position accountable to the Session and Lead Pastor.

We are seeking an Assistant Pastor with the expectation that the right individual will move into an Associate Pastor role as a long-term member of our pastoral team.

• Lead the church’s Christian Discipleship Ministries Team (CDM) and chair CDM committee meetings
• Lead church-wide Community Groups including design and develop (or select) Community Group curriculum as well as recruiting, discipling, and training Community Group Leaders
• Provide strategic direction and leadership for Children’s and Youth Ministries
• Provide strategic direction and oversight of Adult Sunday School
• Develop and/or select curriculum for Children’s, Youth and Adult Sunday School ensuring biblical fidelity consistent with Reformed standards and spiritual growth
• Develop or select and lead training programs for ministry leaders
• Teach in a variety of church education settings
• Observe classes and ministries and provide feedback and coaching to teachers and leaders
• Provide oversight to the church library
• Perform pastoral duties including preaching as needed in coordination with the Lead Pastor

Ideal Candidate

• Growing believer in Jesus Christ who believes the Bible is the inspired and inerrant word of God
• Passionate about discipleship and spiritual formation
• Servant leader who excels at equipping others
• Engages a multi-generational and culturally diverse congregation with humility and care

• Strategic thinker with a clear Reformed philosophy of Christian education
• Exceptional and engaging teacher able to teach Scripture with clarity, depth, warmth, and gospel-centered conviction
• Experience in developing and evaluating curriculum for Christian education ministries and creating and leading training programs for ministry leaders
• Relational, encouraging, and collaborative
• Proven ability to motivate, delegate, and develop ministry leaders
• Has a heart for youth growth and development
• Able to clearly communicate and apply Scripture across a variety of settings reaching diverse congregants across generational, socio-economic, and ethnic backgrounds