Senior Minister

About Glide

GLIDE is a nationally recognized center for social justice, dedicated to fighting systemic injustices, creating pathways out of poverty and crisis, and transforming lives. Through its integrated comprehensive services, advocacy initiatives, and inclusive community, GLIDE empowers individuals, families, and children to achieve stability and to thrive. GLIDE is on the forefront of addressing some of society’s most pressing issues, including poverty, housing and homelessness, and racial and social justice.

GLIDE’s mission is to create a radically inclusive, just, and loving community mobilized to alleviate suffering and break the cycles of poverty and marginalization.

Is a radically inclusive, open, and affirming community where all people and beliefs are welcomed. Grounded in liberation, unconditional love, and transformation, we nurture spiritual connection through recovery, service, justice, and celebration. Together with our partners, we work to dismantle racism and oppression, embodying an extravagant welcome and a steadfast call to love at the front lines of social activism.

The Senior Minister at Glide Memorial Church (GMC) will lead the church in its Christian practice, welcoming individuals of all backgrounds and beliefs. This leadership will be grounded in principles of liberation, unconditional love, systemic change, and transformation. The Minister will nurture the spiritual well-being of GMC's congregation and community through initiatives focused on recovery, justice, connection, inclusion, transformation, and celebration.

The goal is for GMC to be a sacred spiritual community for all who wish to express their connection to Spirit and community.

The Senior Minister will provide visionary leadership to advance the Church’s mission, vision, values, and statement of faith. In collaboration with the GMC Board and GLIDE Foundation business partners, this role will lead the Church’s priorities through ministry management, pastoral care, strategic visioning and planning, administration, stewardship, financial oversight, and community engagement and outreach.

• Inspire and encourage the congregation through preaching, teaching, and sharing personal examples and journeys of faith and transformation.
• Deliver inspiring scriptural sermons and messages that resonate with all backgrounds and beliefs, promoting the teachings of God and Jesus Christ, and advocating for transformation through justice, compassion, unconditional love, acceptance, and activism.
• Lead the ministry team, Church staff, Glide Ensemble, and volunteers to ensure cohesive and spiritually meaningful Sunday Celebration services.
• Collaborate with the GMC ministerial team, GMC Usher Team, and GLIDE Operations to ensure the safety, security, and welcome of staff, congregants, and visitors during Sunday Celebrations and special events.

• Ministerial Duties:
  Oversee and engage in ministerial duties for the GMC community, including premarital counseling, weddings, baptisms, and funerals.
• Spiritual Guidance:
  Provide spiritual guidance and counseling to congregation members, congregational leaders, volunteers, and others during times of personal struggle or sickness.
• Visitation:
  Conduct hospital, nursing home, and home visits to offer spiritual support and comfort.
• Sunday Celebration/Event Coordination:
  Provides leadership to the GMC ministry team for the planning and production of Sunday Celebrations and special events.

• Assess and evaluate the performance of the Church's ministry, programs, and Congregational Life support.
• Develop an annual strategic plan that:
  • Aligns with the Church's mission, vision, values, and statement of faith.
  • Establishes key objectives and sets two-year goals.
  • Defines and maintains Key Performance Measures (KPMs) and regularly provides the GMC Board and staff with data on the effectiveness of all functional ministry areas.
  • Translates the strategic plan into the annual staff operating plan.
  • Ensures staff goals and priorities are consistent with Church-wide goals…