Executive Pastor, Head of Ministry
Hours worked: Full-Time Position with Benefits, FLSA Exempt
Reports to: Senior Pastor
Date: January 3, 2025
Position Summary
Central Presbyterian Church is seeking an experienced, energetic, and skillful Executive Pastor who has a passion for serving the church and advancing the mission and vision of Central Church and its growing initiative, Resound Project. The preferred candidate has significant pastoral experience and executive leadership ability and is skilled in grace-based, Reformed, biblical preaching and worship leading; gospel-centered discipleship, community formation, and pastoral care; and strategic, contextual, missional outreach.
Reporting to the Senior Pastor, the Executive Pastor will serve on the Executive Leadership Team. While the Senior Pastor will lead the development of strategic vision and ministry goals, the Executive Pastor will take a lead role in the execution and oversight of all ministries of Central Church with the goal that the church’s multi-faceted initiatives will be properly executed and implemented, well-coordinated, and reasonably measured for effectiveness. The ideal candidate should be a relational team-player with an understanding of and appreciation for the ethnic and socio-economic diversity of center-city Manhattan.
Job Description
The primary responsibility of the Executive Pastor is to translate the mission and vision of Central Church into effectively functioning ministries.
The Executive Pastor will support the Senior Pastor and provide oversight to the staff in specific ministry areas, including pastoral care, congregational life, hospitality and connection, community formation, special programming and events, Christian education, student ministry, children’s ministry, leadership development, volunteer recruitment, evangelism, mission initiatives, service opportunities, and outreach efforts. An essential element of the job will be setting and pursuing priorities for the development, maturity, and growth of Central Church.
In addition, the Executive Pastor will serve the congregation in a pastoral capacity through worship leading, preaching, teaching, counseling, community formation, prayer, discipleship, personal evangelism, officiating weddings and funerals, and coordinating the work of the deacons.
Main Responsibilities
- Model a life of Christian faithfulness in reliance upon the Holy Spirit by cultivating one’s own spiritual, intellectual, emotional, and physical life and by prioritizing relationships with one’s family.
- Embrace and promote a culture of service, excellence, humility, integrity, courage, creativity, and joyful productivity, supported by effective communications and team building.
- Support the Senior Pastor in the accomplishment of the church’s mission through ministry effectiveness, evaluation, discernment, decision making, planning, and overall direction of the church’s ministries.
- Provide regular opportunities for spiritual growth among the congregation through worship, prayer, fellowship, Scripture reading, and service to others.
- Lead the ministry staff in the development, execution, and implementation of their responsibilities, plans, and budgets in a supportive and accountable environment as they oversee community groups, pastoral care, congregational life, hospitality and connection, Christian education, mission and outreach, student ministry, and children’s ministry.
- Assist ministry staff members in goal setting, planning, prioritization, and ministry implementation in order to facilitate highly effective functioning ministries.
- Mentor and coach ministry staff members in the development of their respective staff organizations, volunteers, and related ministries and in the spiritual growth of such ministries.
- Serve as the staff liaison to the Board of Deacons and coordinate the work of the deacons as they provide ministries of compassion and service.
- Anticipate ministry staffing needs and make recommendations to the Senior Pastor regarding ministry staff additions or changes in roles and responsibilities.
- Cultivate dynamic relationships with the church’s mission partners through financial support and volunteer participation.
- Be available to assist with other duties as needed.
Qualifications
Expectations of Central Church and Resound Project Staff
- A personal and growing commitment to Jesus as Lord and Savior in reliance upon his grace
- A commitment to the authority of Scripture and to a lifestyle that befits a follower of Jesus
- A willingness to work within the framework of the church’s governing structure and procedures
- A willing heart, teachable spirit, positive attitude, flexible nature, and sense of humor
- A team ministry commitment which places the good of the whole over individual goals
- An ability to work collaboratively with staff and volunteers
- A focus on maintaining proper priorities and boundaries in one’s personal and family life
- A dedication to our staff values of excellence, integrity, humility, courage, and creativity
- A commitment to personally support the work of the church through financial gifts and prayer
- A passion for excellence for the glory of God
Reporting Relationships
- The Executive Pastor will report to the Senior Pastor and serve on the Executive Leadership Team.
- Informal interactions with the Senior Pastor are likely to occur on a nearly daily basis, with formal one-to-one meetings occurring once per week.
- The Executive Pastor will meet routinely with the Senior Pastor to discuss quarterly and annual goal setting, performance review, coaching, and career development.
- The Executive Pastor will provide a ministry report to Central’s officers at each board meeting.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, and vision plan
- 403(b) retirement plan including employer contribution
- Twenty days of vacation per year plus paid time off for federal holidays
About Central Church and Resound Project
Central Presbyterian Church is a historic, 200-year-old congregation in the heart of New York City that has experienced significant renewal over the past 20 years and is currently home to a diverse body of seasoned leaders, many families, and a dynamic body of students, young professionals, and artists. Central launched Resound Project in 2021 with a vision to strengthen new and existing churches in light of the changing cultural context so that the gospel of Jesus Christ might resound to the next generation. Resound Project is constituted as an initiative housed within Central Church and under the oversight of Central’s officers along with its own President and advisory board. It will remain deeply tied to Central through interlocking board appointments, the fact that Central’s Senior Pastor is Resound Project’s President, and also Central’s role as a leading source of funding for the foreseeable future. The combined budgets of Central Church and Resound Project range between $4 and $5 million annually, with plans to scale both entities over time.
Qualified applicants are invited to submit a cover letter and resume online.