Senior Pastor, Head of Staff - Washington, PA
Listed: 06-24-2021
Employer: The Church of the Covenant (PCUSA) - 267 East Beau Street, Washington, PA 15301 | (724) 222 - 0190 | www.churchofthecov.org
Location: Washington, PA
Type: Full-time
Download: Job Description - Senior Pastor, Head of Staff
The Senior Pastor manages the church on behalf of the Session by supervising and supporting his/her direct reports in achieving expectations set for them. Leads the congregation into a deeper expression of the life of Christ through principal responsibilities that include:
Strategic Leadership: As Session Moderator, casts a clear vision for the future of the church; works diligently to enable the church to realize that vision; capacity to lead the church through significant or necessary periods of change.
Preaching: Prepares and delivers sermons that are relevant to seekers and believers and faithful to the Word of God; inspires congregants to become fully devoted disciples of Christ; connects people to God’s Word with powerful “take home” messages applicable to everyday life.
Administrative Oversight: Has ultimate responsibility for oversight of programs, ministries, pastoral care, and church administration; ensures Session’s policies and decisions are carried out.
Praying: Is a person devoted to deep personal prayer and spiritual disciplines; fosters these disciplines in staff, leadership, and members of the congregation.
Pastoral Care: Oversees counseling and pastoral care, providing empathy and hope for members according to their specific needs.
Teaching: Aims to build Christian maturity through training around the primary purpose of the Church.
Community Connection: Endeavors to build positive relationships with other community pastors and community leaders.
Brief Church Mission Statement:
The Church of the Covenant's Mission Intentions are: To be Christ-centered....Biblically Based....Servant Led....Blessed to be a Blessing.
Vision for Ministry:
The Church of the Covenant’s vision is to “Know Jesus and make Him known to the next generation”. We live this out in many ways.
Adults get to know Jesus through speaker series, lay led Sunday School, 3 Sunday worship services, mission trips, and small group fellowship.
Worship services welcome young families and have a Children’s message. Kids receive bags with coloring pages and snacks, and see the love of Jesus through these things.
Our CE Committee seeks to provide educational and entertaining curriculum for Sunday School classes for all ages. Sacrament Training class (3-4 grade) teaches about the Sacraments of our faith.
A thriving pre-school serves 150 children yearly, many are not church members. The Preschool’s mission is “Children growing in God’s love.” The vision is “providing a high quality, safe and nurturing early childhood education in a Christian environment.”
Our VBS has entertaining and educational curriculum. Many volunteers show the children it is “cool” to love Jesus. VBS draws children from our congregation and the surrounding area.
Our youth ministry is growing with new leadership. The teens learn to be peer leaders attracting others into the group and to be God’s hands and feet through mission.
The most important part of all of the CE opportunities is that all ages are taught they are children of God and are deeply loved by Him, their teachers and the congregation. Prayerfully they will continue to remember this throughout their lives.
Leadership Competencies:
Compassionate
Preaching and Worship Leadership
Communicator
Technologically Savvy
Change Agent
Organizational Agility
Strategy and Vision
Funds Developer
Interpersonal Engagement
Initiative
Compensation and Housing:
Minimum Effective Salary: $75,000
Housing Type: Housing Allowance
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