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Center Grove Church - Executive Pastor
On-site- Clemmons, North Carolina, United States
Senior Leadership
Job description
Church Description
Center Grove Church is over 100 years old, and for most of history was a small rural congregation. When Lead Pastor, Steve Corts, came on in 2006, he was up for the challenge to rebuild the congregation. The church has experienced significant change in its philosophy of ministry, worship style, demographics, facilities, and organizational structure. It has been growing and healthy now for 18 years and is seeing an average weekly attendance of 1100 souls. Dr. Corts’ vision is to create multiple Center Grove congregations across the region as a response to the marked decline in gospel-bearing churches. Under his leadership, Center Grove has a clear, specific, and growing focus on discipleship, training, and mentoring at all levels of ministry.
Center Grove is theologically and socially conservative and consciously so. At the same time, the church uses and adopts modern methods and makes full use of technology for ministry. Center Grove is a multi-generational, regional church with a clear sense of mission, purpose, vision, and values. This gifted team strives to be an attractive AND missional church, and they are doing a great job!
MISSION: To make disciples & change the world.
VISION: To see ordinary people and families find extraordinary life in Jesus together.
VALUES:
We treasure the person, character, work & reputation of Jesus.
We treasure people.
We treasure the joy that life in the Spirit brings.
We treasure generosity.
STRATEGY:
We love, grow, serve and share. We love God in worship, we grow together in small groups, we serve the needs of others and we share the Good News about Jesus.
At Center Grove, they like to say:
We live best when we love Jesus most.
We grow best when we grow together.
We look most like Jesus when we serve the needs of others.
We love most like Jesus when we share the Good News.
We do everything to show the glory (the majesty, beauty and worth) of God in His great Son, Jesus.
At Center Church, the Executive Pastor serves on the Leadership Team and is responsible leading the day-to-day operations, championing the relationship between the Senior Pastor and the staff, and charting the course to implement the vision of the church. The Executive Pastor reports to the Lead Pastor and will strive to implement and ensure that the mission, vision, values & strategies of the church are carried out in the life of the church. The Executive Pastor has management responsibility for key ministry staff and is responsible for the ongoing operations of key ministry areas.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Effective staff management and the ability to lead ministry teams effectively
Develop, implement & manage systems and processes that move the church forward in effectively meeting the mission, vision, values & strategies of the church
Effectively monitor the goals and objectives of assigned staff to ensure that projects and ministry are moving forward, according to agreed upon goals
Serve as a support to the Lead Pastor in strategic planning and long-range ministry planning
Develop and manage leadership development processes and systems designed to equip the congregation in doing the ministry of the church
Model Biblical priorities to the staff and congregation in areas of Godly character, convictions & spiritual growth
Serve as a resource for the Lead Pastor by consistently thinking ahead, foreseeing problems, which could hinder the health of the congregation, and finding potential solutions
Assess needs and provide training & development opportunities for ministry staff which furthers the effectiveness of the ministry area
Preach and teach as required by the Lead Pastor
Job requirements
QUALIFICATIONS
Have a growing and healthy walk with God as evidenced by a robust daily devotional life, a commitment to pure and healthy relationships, a healthy marriage, a commitment to tithing 10% of gross income to the church, and the ability to set healthy boundaries
Be a strong communicator and have the ability to communicate effectively in writing & orally
Be loyal to the Lead Pastor and supportive of the Lead Pastor’s mission, vision, values & strategies
Have the ability to take direction at both a macro and micro level and have the ability to embrace change when needed
Be a good and compassionate listener with the ability to communicate truth in love
Have the heart and mind of a shepherd
Evaluate challenging situations from the perspective of what is the best solution for God’s church & its people, our staff and for the long-term success of the organization
A Graduate Degree from an accredited, theologically-sound seminary
7+ years of progressive ministry experiences showing a proven track record of growing responsibility and effectiveness in ministry
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