Bilingual Campus Pastor

Summary

The Bilingual Campus Pastor serves primarily at the Santa Rosa Campus and provides pastoral leadership to the Spanish-speaking congregation and surrounding community. This role includes preaching, teaching, pastoral care, counseling, evangelism, and discipleship. The Campus Pastor ensures that the vision, values, culture, and ministry systems of Hessel Church are faithfully expressed and contextualized at the Santa Rosa Campus.

“To establish a thriving multicultural Gospel ministry that reflects and reaches the community of West Santa Rosa.”

Exempt (California Professional and Executive Exemptions)

• Provide pastoral leadership and spiritual care to campus attendees and the surrounding community
• Offer pastoral counseling consistent with biblical principles
• Ensure that guests and new attendees are welcomed and supported in connecting with God, community, and service opportunities
• Visit church family and community members as appropriate (e.g., sick, grieving, shut-ins, new guests)
• Officiate weddings, funerals, baptisms, and communion services

• Preach and teach Scripture faithfully, clearly, and relevantly at the Santa Rosa Campus in Spanish and/or English as appropriate
• Collaborate with the broader preaching calendar; initially, both campuses will follow the same preaching schedule
• Preach at the Sebastopol Campus as assigned

• Partner with elders and staff to communicate and advance the vision of the Santa Rosa Campus
• Champion Hessel Church’s mission:
  Follow Jesus. Love People. Make Disciples.
• Implement and model the church’s core values:
  Connect, Grow, Serve, and Go

• Participate in weekly staff meetings and monthly elder meetings
• Steward the campus budget responsibly
• Recruit, equip, and support volunteers in partnership with ministry leaders
• Manage relationships with the Courtside Village Homeowners Association
• Coordinate with the facilities team regarding campus care and security
• Supervise and support campus administrative staff
• Foster unity, ownership, and spiritual growth within the Spanish-speaking congregation and volunteer teams

• Clearly proclaim the Gospel
• Equip and inspire others to share their faith
• Develop outreach opportunities that engage the local community

• Perform other ministry-related duties as reasonably assigned

Because this is a ministerial role, the following spiritual qualifications are essential job requirements:

• A clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ
• Agreement with Hessel Church’s Doctrinal Statement and Position Papers
• Meets the biblical qualifications of an elder
• Demonstrated gifting in pastoral leadership, teaching, and shepherding
• Ongoing commitment to spiritual growth, discipleship, and personal integrity
• Proven ministry experience in teaching, counseling, and equipping others
• Commitment to a healthy, biblical family life
• Ability to maintain confidentiality and exercise spiritual wisdom

• Strong relational and leadership skills
• Effective communicator in both large and small group settings
• Team-oriented and collaborative
• Culturally aware and able to lead within a bilingual, multicultural context
• Organized, self-motivated, and adaptable

• Bachelor’s degree required;
  Master’s degree preferred
• Equivalent ministry experience may be considered

• Regular evening and weekend work required
• Ability to travel between campuses and off-site locations
• Ability to stand, walk, and engage in pastoral visits and events