SUMMARY
The Executive Pastor of Vertical Church will provide strategic & executional leadership for our ministries and directional leadership to our staff. This pastor will be a visionary leader committed to the ongoing development and effectiveness of our ministries to ensure the mission and vision of Vertical Church is being effectively executed.
QUALIFICATIONS
- Member of Vertical Church
- High compatibility with Vertical Church’s mission, vision, and culture
- Elder-qualified man marked by and growing humility, holiness, health, happiness, and hunger for the Lord Jesus Christ
PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES
Ownership of ministry and staff effectiveness
- Ensure the mission and vision of Vertical Church is known and owned.
- Guarantee the culture of Vertical Church is taught, caught, modeled, and transferred.
- Discover, develop, and deploy leaders at every level in our church.
- Confirm that ministry values and standards are embraced, executed, and experienced.
Leadership of Vertical Church operations
- Strategic planning for all ministries
- Grasp Vertical Church’s purpose for staff and ministry teams, the goals for growth, care of the congregation, and the commitment to and use of effective systems.
- Use tools to evaluate campus effectiveness and identify problems or obstacles that are hindering defined success.
- Create strategic and efficient solutions to solve known problems and accomplish the stated purpose.
- Manage leaders of campus ministries
- Ensure leaders have and are leading their teams to a clear and compelling vision.
- Guide leaders through the creation of an annual ministry plan.
- Support leaders as they execute ministry initiatives and tasks.
- Steward campus resources
- Oversee ministry budgets and ensure fiscal faithfulness.
- Manage church assets and facilities
- Execution of all church ministries
Ministry of Prayer and the Word
- Regularly preach expository sermons that are application-oriented.
- Give yourself entirely to general pastoral ministry (counseling, care, prayer, making disciples, etc.).
COMPETENCIES
- Strong Executive Skill — Strategic planning, resource allocation, and assessment. Demonstrate sensitivity and confidence in leading, serving, inspiring, managing, and equipping the staff in their tactical implementation of ministry goals.
- Budgetary Management — Manage and supervise ministry budgets.
- Interpersonal Skills and Communication — Communicate across different layers of the organization. Express optimism, faith, and encouragement in all situations.
- Organizational Intelligence — Understand the Vertical Church ministry framework. Contextualize strategy in a variety of environments. Develop new and better ways to work. Promote a continuous improvement mentality. Implement change with excellence.
- Performance Management — Assess ministry effectiveness and support decision-making through data acquisition and analysis.
- Leader Development Skills — Multiply leaders (staff, team leaders, etc.) who can communicate and uphold the mission, vision, and culture of Vertical Church. Supervise and lead a motivated and diverse group of people by establishing a clear vision for the team, training, and developing talent, providing feedback, and ensuring the proper learning for each team member.
- Collaborative Leadership Skills — Complement the leadership of the Lead Pastor and be able to lead in concert with other leaders. Integrate multiple perspectives and synthesize them into a cohesive, convictional plan.
OTHER DUTIES
All staff members are expected to model joyful flexibility and a willingness to take part in church activities and initiatives that may be outside of their normal day-to-day responsibilities and to embody servant leadership in their position.
Please reach out to Tara Bayles at tarazschokke(at)gmail.com or 651-757-0673 with any questions.