Lead Pastor

Clinton Corners Evangelical Free Church is a rural church with a Christian School (K - 12). Having completed a thorough church-wide assessment and hiring an interim pastor, we have been addressing needs and now are in the search process for our new pastor.

• Preach 40-45 weeks a year
• Develop a team of preaching elders
• Create an annual preaching calendar to meet current needs of the congregation
• Approve teachers and teaching resources for men, women, adult, youth and children

(Men’s, women’s, small group, youth, children and assimilation)

• Deepening congregational prayer
• Create and implement a leadership development pipeline (elders, deacon, ministry leaders and future staff)
• Leading and/or participating in men’s bible studies
• Organizing and/or overseeing men’s retreats
• Implementing a small group model
• Overseeing and approving women’s ministry activities
• Design and implement an assimilation process including membership class
• Create and implement a discipleship pathway that is strongly relational, having mutual accountability and incorporates small groups in various forms (groups, triads and one-on-one)
• Establish and maintain meaningful and regular connection with the EFCA district, EFCA East
• Become/remain a lifetime learner to meet the needs of a changing world and growing congregation

• As a committed follower and disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ he is to reflect humility and the character traits found in 1 Tim 3 & Titus 1 as a model to the flock
• Provide for the wellbeing of his own family
• Pray in partnership with elders for the needs of the congregation
• Lead/resolve church conflict and implement discipline and/or restoration
• Officiate weddings & funerals, baptisms, communion
• Visit and share visitation with elders of shut-in congregants
• Perform marital and pre-marital counseling
• Counsel congregants as able and otherwise resource to competent counselors

• Oversee the worship services with the help of the elders and worship leader
• Developing a 3-to-5-year vision for the church and ULCS
• Developing a strategic implementation plan with annual goals and aligning ministries that enacts the 3-to-5-year vision
• Oversee alongside deacons budgeting process/efforts

Please call Pastor Jeff LoCaste (Interim Pastor) @ . And if interested, please consider creating a profile on pastor search.efca.org.