Associate Pastor Church

General Pastoral Duties and Responsibilities

• Establishes vision, provides leadership, and mobilizes prayer for all the ministries under his care.
• Leads and teaches his designated ministry areas.
• Serves in Sunday worship for a minimum of 40 Sundays per year.
• Maintains availability to meet with individuals, make visitations, and provide on-going pastoral care to the congregation.
• Participates in meetings with the elders and other pastoral staff members.
• Remains active in discipleship, counseling, missions, and evangelism.
• Performs administrative and executive pastor functions such as leading meetings, managing budgets, planning events, and coordinating ministry programs.

• Shares preaching/teaching opportunities with his fellow pastor. Helps to set the preaching topics and schedule in accordance with our church's primary ministry objectives (Titus 2; Acts 20:28).
• Oversees the counseling and discipleship ministry in partnership with our Director of Counseling.
• Serves in a Life Group and provides elder oversight for discipling men.
• Leads designated teams to advance missions, outreach, church planting, or church revitalization.
• Recruits and trains volunteers for the ministries under his leadership.
• Represents our church at community events, conferences, and ministerial relationships.

Salary $67,500 to $90,000 depending on education and experience.

Tagged as: associate pastor