Lead Pastor

Primary Responsibility

The Lead Pastor serves as the primary preacher, teacher, and spiritual leader of the church. Heis responsible forthe overall leadership, direction, and effectiveness of the church’s ministries and operations, aligned with its vision and Statement of Faith.

The Lead Pastor reports tothe Boardon organizational matters and to the membership as the church's main spiritual leader.

You love Christ, love His Church, and want to make Him known.

You are someone who not only meets the biblical qualifications for a pastor but has also served in leadership positions, raised leaders, and isa leader of leaders. You are an adventurer, skilled in innovation, organization,strategy,systems development, and problem-solving. You see challenges as opportunities.

You want to be out among the people and involved in the day-to-day pastoral ministry of discipling and caring, primarily through teaching the Word of God.

You can clearly define what the gospel is and how it connects to everyday life and ministry. You are motivated by this, and by your drive to bring the Good News to people at a gospel-centred church.

You have convictions about many secondary theological matters, butare gracious and patient when you disagree with others,ensuring the gospelremainsprimary.

You love the urban environment and the many opportunities and challenges that it presents, including an inner city in which few attend church in a city where Christianity is often viewed with suspicion, even hostility.

Although being part of a downtown church comes with diverse challenges, you get excited about turning these into opportunities.

Your heart is gladdened to see people come to know Christ,and youlong tohelpthe

Church focus its ministries so this canhappen.

• Provide overallspiritualleadership of the church

• Establish a compelling visionfor the church

• Ensure ministries are aligned,and leadersaredeveloped

• Develop the staff team

• Guide the church to be well represented in the broader community

• Proven ability to lead staff and develop ministry teams

• Experience in vision-setting and guiding ministry direction

• A clear communicator, capable of effective delegation, and the building of strong interpersonal relationships

• Lives a life consistent with the life of Christ.

• Experience in pastoral ministry and organizational leadership(familiar with the Policy Governance model)

• Preferred MA in theological education

A more detailed job description is available on our website.