Executive Pastor of Discipleship – Eastern Star Church

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Meet Eastern Star Church

Eastern Star Church (ESC) is a vibrant, faith-driven community rooted in evangelism, discipleship, and holistic impact. With a history dating back to the early 1900s, what began as a storefront ministry expanded into a permanent building in Indianapolis in 1941. For more than 100 years, Eastern Star has remained grounded in its calling to bring the unsaved into a relationship with Jesus Christ while faithfully nurturing and supporting those on their spiritual journey.

Today, the church continues to grow across three campuses (Main Campus, Fishers Campus, and Cooper Road Campus), newly installed by Lead Pastor Jeffrey

A. Johnson II.

The Executive Pastor of Discipleship and Experience provides strategic leadership and pastoral oversight across all ministries of Eastern Star Church, ensuring ministry areas are aligned, empowered, and equipped to advance discipleship, authentic community, and spiritual growth.

This role partners closely with the Lead Pastor, executive leadership, ministry leaders, staff, and volunteers to develop a healthy ministry culture, strengthen leadership, and create transformational ministry pathways that help individuals grow in faith, discover purpose, and fulfill the mission of the church.

The Executive Pastor of Discipleship and Experience’s responsibilities include:
Ministry Leadership & Oversight

• Provide executive leadership and pastoral oversight for all church ministries, ministry leaders, and ministry operations.
• Ensure ministries align with the vision, mission, values, and spiritual direction of Eastern Star Church.
• Develop ministry structures, systems, and leadership frameworks that promote effectiveness, alignment, accountability, and healthy ministry growth.
• Lead ministry planning, strategic goal setting, and implementation initiatives across all ministry areas.
• Evaluate ministry effectiveness and recommend strategic improvements to strengthen ministry impact, engagement, and spiritual growth outcomes.
• Collaborate with the Lead Pastor and executive leadership to execute the overall ministry vision and church experience strategy of Eastern Star Church.

• Champion the church’s commitment to discipleship, spiritual formation, evangelism, and member engagement.
• Provide leadership for discipleship pathways, membership processes, and initiatives that strengthen spiritual growth and connection to the life of the church.
• Support ministries in creating environments that foster biblical teaching, authentic community, and transformational experiences.
• Develop strategies that enhance the overall member and guest experience across all campuses and ministry touchpoints.
• Collaborate with ministry and pastoral leadership to strengthen discipleship and engagement strategies throughout the church.
• Encourage ministry participation and engagement that helps individuals grow in faith, discover purpose, and deepen their relationship with Christ.

• Provide executive leadership and pastoral oversight for the Creative Arts department and ministry teams.
• Ensure all worship experiences, creative initiatives, and artistic expressions align with the vision, culture, and spiritual direction of Eastern Star Church.
• Oversee the development and execution of creative strategies that enhance worship, engagement, storytelling, and the overall church experience across all campuses and platforms.
• Collaborate with ministry and executive leadership to create unified worship experiences and engagement strategies that support discipleship and membership growth.
• Foster collaboration between Creative Arts and ministry departments to strengthen organizational alignment and ministry impact.
• Recruit, develop, mentor, and support leaders, staff, contractors, and volunteers serving within Creative Arts ministries.
• Champion excellence, innovation, creativity, and spiritual authenticity across all Creative Arts environments and experiences.

• Recruit, train, mentor, and develop ministry leaders, staff, and volunteers.
• Foster a culture of servant leadership,…