Associate Pastor

 Epiphany Church Chicago

Associate Pastor 

Part-time | 12 – 18 hours/week

To apply: Send cover letter and resume to [email protected]. Please note that there is no standard candidate profile. Research shows that underrepresented applicants tend to downplay their qualifications. What’s more important to us than titles are the experiences you have had and the expertise you have developed. If you think you would be a good fit, please apply. Co-vocational candidates are also encouraged to apply. 

Learn more about us: epiphanychi.org

About the Role

Epiphany Church Chicago is seeking a consistent, and spiritually grounded leader to join our staff team as a pastoral presence to bless our community and their neighborhood. This role will oversee our Epiphany Kids Sunday morning programming, build strong relationships with the community, create systems of development and discipleship, and collaboratively use their skills and gifts to further our mission together.  

What You Will Do? 

• You maintain a posture of learning and service, embodying humility and empowering others through servant leadership. You exhibit a commitment to integrity and interconnectedness with those you serve.

•  You serve and lead from a place of intimacy with Christ, guided by a desire to remain sensitive to the Holy Spirit in complex situations and environments, as well as with the congregants you are serving. 

• You can operate at both 10,000 feet and 1 foot. You do not hesitate to dive into the details and operate at the lowest level, yet you are just as adept at thinking long-term and inspiring a team. No task is beneath you. 

• Provide Leadership to Epiphany Kids Ministry (Infant–5th Grade): Oversee curriculum, manage classrooms and volunteer scheduling, support volunteers, and supervise an intern, lead child dedication process 1-2 times a year, and ensure safety protocols are adhered to throughout all programming. Foster relationships with families, and help organize seasonal family outreach events (ex: Easter Egg Hunt, Parents Night Out). 

• Pastoral Care: Facilitate a small group, meet with parish members and newcomers 1:1, and create systems and structures that allow guests to connect to the life of the church and grow in following the way of Jesus. 

• Outreach: Be a part of our Neighborhood engagement cohort which discerns assets in the church that can sustain ministry to various aches and needs in our neighborhoods.

• Develop & Disciple: You have a desire to see spiritual formation and discipleship cultivated in others while fostering connection through regular touchpoint via email, phone and in person meetings with those you lead. 

• Leading & Teaching on Sundays: Teach on Sundays 6 - 12 times a year and be part of planning and executing Sunday morning gatherings. 

• Church Life Integration: Participate in staff meetings, assist with newcomer follow-up, and belong to a small group.

• Operations: Take ownership of administrative tasks that support the responsibilities outlined above.  

What do you Bring? 

• Experience: 5+ years ministry experience or related work. (8+ years preferred)
• Education: BA preferred
• Spiritual Health: Emotionally and spiritually mature, healthy boundaries, passionate about intergenerational faith development.
• Administration: Able to administrate details related to communication, curriculum, event planning, volunteer management, utilizing strong project management skills. 
• Leadership & Collaboration: Strong communication, relational, and administrative skills; experience with volunteer leadership and staff teamwork.
• Cultural Awareness: Sensitive to neurodiversity, disability inclusion as well as cares for well and empowers children from diverse ethnic backgrounds and with various gender/sexual identities. 
• Tech-savvy or Willing to Learn: Familiarity with tools like Church Center / Planning Center, Instagram, Canva, Google Docs, and Asana. 
• Proximity: Live in the city limits and preferably in Lincoln Square / Ravenswood or a nearby neighborhood preferred. 

Work Environment & Hours

• 12 - 18 hrs/week: Remote work with weekly meetings sometimes in person. We would expect an understood work schedule but it is flexible in how those hours are set. 

About Epiphany Church Chicago

Formerly Missio Dei Lincoln Square, Epiphany Church is a reimagined community committed to Unity & Diversity, Christ at the Center, and Flourishing Community. Our vision for 12 years as a community has been to join God in the renewal of all things. 

Our community has many denominational backgrounds, and desires to be spirit-filled in worship, engaging in scripture faithfully, engage in spiritual practices that make us become more like Jesus, live in community, integrate emotional health with our faith, engage our neighborhoods with the love of Christ, embody justice, and practice creative expression. 

We seek to be a midwife of hope for every tender soul as we follow the way of Jesus in Chicago.. Our current staff are co-vocational and we are an elder-led, congregational church in ecclesiology. 

We are now excited to invite a new staff member voice into this journey, one we hope will arrive as both kindred spirit in the pathways we’ve followed and source of guidance on roads not yet traveled. The ideal candidate will be a collaborative influence who will touch every corner of our community. 

In many ways, Epiphany is on the precipice of a new chapter that will define the next decade of our ministry. Our desire is to add a team member who is both drawn to the community we have become and ready to both dream about and lead into who we are becoming.

OUR PILLARS 

UNITY & DIVERSITY

In a world that too often divides by race, class, gender, and sexuality, we believe the Church is called to something greater. In Christ, the walls of hostility fall. We choose to embrace difference—not as a threat, but as a gift. This is not a call to uniformity, but to authentic connection, vulnerability, and shared humanity.

CHRIST AT THE CENTER

We follow the way of Jesus with open hands and open hearts, holding a Trinitarian view of faith that sees Christianity as a vast, inclusive journey. Everyone is welcome at Christ’s table. We are a community where faith and doubt, mystery and clarity, can coexist.

FLOURISHING COMMUNITY

We long to see the love of Christ manifest in every part of life. Our calling is to the neighborhoods and streets of Chicago—woven into the spiritual, emotional, economic, cultural, and political fabric of our city. We want to be people who create and sustain spaces where individuals, families, and communities can truly thrive.