Assistant Pastor of Discipleship and Congregational Care: Proclamation Presbyterian Church

Assistant Pastor of Discipleship and Congregational Care:
Proclamation Presbyterian Church

The Assistant Pastor of Discipleship & Congregational Care will labor alongside the Senior Pastor and Session to cultivate a Christ-centered, Word-saturated culture of intentional discipleship, pastoral care, and intergenerational ministry. He will steward the church’s discipling and shepherding ministries—nurturing gospel maturity, equipping the saints for ministry, and training members to care for one another with truth and grace.

Key Responsibilities :

Discipleship and Christian Formation

• Engage in the private ministry of the Word, walking with individuals and families through seasons of spiritual need.
• Oversee and develop the Adult Sunday School program, providing classes for varying levels of spiritual maturity.
• Steward the educational and catechetical ministries of the church, ensuring they are gospel-rich, theologically grounded, and discipleship-oriented.
• Develop and deploy Christlike leaders in all areas of church life and vocational calling.
• Lead efforts to equip every member for ministry, in line with the gifts and callings Christ has given.

Small Groups

• Lead the development and support of a vibrant small group ministry that encourages spiritual growth, relational connection, and gospel outreach.
• Recruit, train, and support small group leaders, promoting biblical community and lay shepherding.
• Encourage the congregation to grow in mutual discipleship and edifying fellowship.

Congregational Care & Shepherding

• Serve as the primary provider for pastoral counseling and counseling referrals.
• Train and equip members for mutual care and biblical counseling, fostering a culture of spiritual friendship, accountability, and prayer.
• Provide pastoral visitation and care for the sick, hospitalized, homebound, and grieving.
• Oversee the elder shepherding system, ensuring that every member is known and spiritually cared for.
• Engage regularly in congregational visitation, cultivating spiritual friendship and fellowship among the saints.
• Model and multiply a lifestyle of personal evangelism.

Preaching and Worship Leadership

• Participate in the preaching and teaching ministry of the church as needed, under the direction of the Senior Pastor.
• Collaborate with the Senior Pastor and staff in planning worship and seasonal ministry emphases.

• Ordained or ordainable in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA).
• MDiv or equivalent theological training; a deep commitment to Reformed theology and the Westminster Standards.
• Demonstrated experience in pastoral counseling, discipleship, and congregational care.
• A deep love for Christ, the Church, and the gospel; marked by humility, pastoral intelligence, and relational warmth.
• A passion for training leaders, equipping the saints, and nurturing the next generation in the faith.
• A collaborative spirit and the ability to work well under the leadership of the Session.

05/01/2026

Full Time

TBD

Proclamation Presbyterian Church

Church

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

Proclamation Presbyterian Church is on mission to glorify God in the advance of his kingdom by making disciples of Christ, through the proclamation of Christ from all of Scripture, in the western suburbs of Philadelphia and to the ends of the earth until the end of age.

Proclamation Presbyterian Church desires, by the grace of God, to see disciples multiplied, matured, and mobilized in this generation and the next, to live for Christ in the church, in families, and in the world, and to lead for Christ in the vocation to which he calls them, all to the glory of God.

In the stewardship of this mission and vision, Proclamation Presbyterian Church devotes itself to:

• Earnest dependence upon God in prayer
• Christ-centered preaching and teaching of the whole of Scripture
• Intentional personal evangelism
• Faith-filled support and sending for global missions
• Gospel nurture and shepherding of church members by church leaders
• Equipping every member for ministry according to the gifts and callings Christ has given them
• Developing and deploying Christ-like leaders for the vocations to which they are called
• Gospel discipleship of covenant children and future generations
• Deacon-led ministries of mercy to our members and our neighbors
• Wise mission-focused stewardship of our God-given resources
• Cultivating friendship and fellowship among the saints