Local Lead Pastor

Job Description : POSITION OVERVIEW

The Local Lead Pastor serves the Heritage Park congregation through three primary functions:

• Preaching / teaching
• Leading vision / mission
• Oversight and development of local leadership team

The Local Lead Pastor is responsible for oversight of the preaching / teaching in his local context. This means he preaches often, but also that he develops preachers in keeping with the vision of the Family of Churches. SVC engages in book-by-book expositional preaching, and the Local Lead Pastor is on the global Family of Churches teaching team which plans studies for all the churches together.

Development of preachers / teachers.

The Local Lead Pastor implements the vision of the Family of Churches in his local context. As a member of the Leadership Council (LC), he helps in the global development of this vision, contributing the unique perspective of his local context to the rest of the LC. As a Local Lead Pastor, he translates the global vision of the Family of Churches into his local context.

Every local church context is different, and the Local Lead Pastor’s work of contextualization serves the Family of Churches as a whole, and his local church specifically. Basically, the Local Lead Pastor is like a joint that connects two different parts of the body, and through which those two parts of the body operate efficiently. His health, understanding, and internalization of the theological vision and DNA of the Family of Churches overall is vital, as is his clarity, ownership, and understanding of his local context.

The Local Lead Pastor oversees multiple layers of leadership on his campus. This includes

• Local elder team
• Local church deacons
• Local church staff

As the lead elder at his local church, the Local Lead Pastor is responsible for equipping, growing, and populating the local elder pipeline. This is done through a culture of group mentorship, as he builds men in that local context. The Local Lead Pastor’s main role is to identify and recruit potential elders. As he does this, the elders throughout the Family of Churches can vet these elder candidates.

The Full Council of Elders officially nominate all potential elders who have completed the training process, and the local congregation affirms them. Operating in this capacity as a Local Lead Pastor requires strong familiarity with the overall elder training process. The Local Lead Pastor guards the gate for campus elders.

Local church deacons are appointed and overseen by the local elder team. These deacons will be primarily non-vocational, but depending on church size, there will also be vocational deacons. The Local Lead Pastor will lead the other local elders in identifying, training, and empowering campus deacons. Operating in this capacity as a Local Lead Pastor requires strong familiarity with the overall deacon guidelines and training processes.

The Local Lead Pastor leads the local church elders as they guard the gate in regard to local church deacons.

Local church staff includes all elders and deacons who serve Heritage Park in a full or part-time vocational capacity. As stated above, local staff depends on church size, development, unique makeup, and trajectory. The Local Lead Pastor is responsible for oversight and development of the local staff. The Full Council of Elders determine the annual staff SWAB (Salaries, Wages, And Benefits).

The Local Lead Pastor runs point on hiring and assimilation of local staff in the local church context.

• Bachelor’s Degree required, graduate level education or degree preferred.
• Experience in some form of personnel management.
• Multiple years of experience in weekly pulpit ministry.
• Individual must be qualified as an elder according to 1 Timothy 3 : 1-7.
• Technically proficient in keeping with the basic requirements of leading and training people in the st century—computer literate, social media engaged, etc.
• A clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and a vital growing personal relationship with Him.
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