Associate Pastor

This person should be competent in these key ministry responsibilities:

• Collaborate with the senior pastor regarding day-to-day responsibilities (praying, planning, and executing assorted needs and ministries)
• Oversee and empower various ministries and teams (e.g. Small Groups and Men’s Ministry)
• Oversee and lead Deacon meetings
• Assist other staff members in ministry and operational matters
• Assist in preaching Sunday mornings (6-12x a year)

• Embrace our vision for ministry and pass it on to those you serve
• Enfold visitors into Harper Church through our membership process
• Disciple and grow the body of Christ
• Provide encouragement to the elderly and shut-ins
• Perform occasional weddings and funerals

• Build relationships across the church to identify potential leaders
• Employ discernment when recruiting leaders
• Collaborate with the Senior Pastor to improve the training of key leaders

• Recruit and organize volunteers for Sunday morning and occasionally as needed
• Oversee specific annual functions that serve our church family
• Coordinate with other ministry leads to accomplish church-wide functions

• Assist the Senior Pastor with evaluating and adjusting annual budgets alongside the administrative assistant and finance board chairman
• Plan and prepare semiannual membership meetings
• Assist the Property Board Chairman with prioritizing facilities improvement projects
• Oversee the membership process and maintain membership records

• Accountable to the Senior Pastor
• Collaborate with various staff for church wide functions
• Assist Staff/Volunteers to run the Sunday services with excellence

• Full Time

• Competitive Salary
• Medical benefits
• Retirement contributions
• Vacation
• Sick Leave
• Flex Time
• Holidays
• Training