Lifehouse Church Campus Pastor

Lifehouse Church; Moree; On-site; AUD 25,000 - 75,000; Part time

Job summary

LifeHouse Church in regional New South Wales seeks a Campus Pastor to provide spiritual, pastoral, and operational leadership for a regional campus, connecting the church to community and developing teams that multiply leaders. The role offers flexible tailoring from 2 days a week to full-time, with a salary package valued between $25,000-75,000 AUD, depending on experience.

The Pastor will care for the congregation and cultivate LifeHouse culture.

Qualifications

• Strong faith and Christian character
• Alignment with LifeHouse Church vision and values
• Proven leadership and ability to build teams
• High emotional intelligence and relational maturity
• Clear and adaptive communication and interpersonal skills
• Initiative, reliability, and ability to work with moderate autonomy
• Genuine love for people and community

Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral leadership and spiritual oversight to campus communities
• Communicate and champion the big-picture vision and culture of LifeHouse
• Preach and teach as required
• Foster a culture of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual growth
• Recruit, lead, train, and develop volunteer and staff teams
• Build healthy leadership culture within the campus
• Identify and develop emerging leaders
• Ensure teams feel supported, empowered, and cared for
• Oversee the overall campus experience from arrival to follow-up
• Ensure services and ministries operate with excellence and consistency
• Work collaboratively with central team
• Maintain healthy systems, communication, and organisation
• Build strong relationships within the church and local community
• Provide pastoral support, guidance, and care
• Help people feel connected, valued, and known
• Support community engagement and outreach initiatives
• Align with ACC - Australian Christian Churches

Skills

Pastoral leadership

Team building

Communication skills

Emotional intelligence

Discipleship

Job description

Position Summary
The Campus Pastor in a regional location provides spiritual, pastoral, and operational leadership to a unique regional church campus, helping create a healthy, welcoming, and growing church community. This role exists to connect the church to community, disciple people to the place of them discipling others, develop teams that multiply leaders, and ensure the congregation is well cared for.

The ideal candidate leads with a servant-hearted attitude, remains open to feedback and personal growth, takes initiative to continually improve, communicates clearly and frequently, leads with wisdom and vulnerability, and is deeply committed to growing healthy LifeHouse culture while helping people feel cared for, encouraged and challenged.

The role can be tailored to the candidate’s strength and experiences, with possibilities ranging from 2 days a week to full-time. The salary package can be valued between $25,000-75,000.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide pastoral leadership and spiritual oversight to campus communities
• Communicate and champion the big-picture vision and culture of LifeHouse
• Preach and teach as required
• Foster a strong culture of prayer, discipleship, and spiritual growth
• Recruit, lead, train, and develop volunteer and staff teams
• Build healthy leadership culture within the campus
• Identify and develop emerging leaders
• Ensure teams feel supported, empowered, and cared for

Campus Operations & Experience

• Oversee the overall campus experience from arrival to follow-up
• Ensure services and ministries operate with excellence and consistency
• Work collaboratively with central team
• Maintain healthy systems, communication, and organisation

Pastoral Care & Community

• Build strong relationships within the church and local community, particularly amongst the existing projects
• Provide pastoral support, guidance, and care where appropriate
• Help people feel connected, valued, and known

Support community engagement and outreach initiatives

Key Characteristics

• Strong personal faith and Christian character
• Alignment with the vision and values of the church
• Proven leadership and team-building ability that demonstrates personal vulnerability
• High emotional intelligence and relational maturity
• Clear and adaptive communication and interpersonal skills
• Initiative, reliability, and capacity to work with moderate autonomy
• A genuine love for people and community

Tagged as: ACC - Australian Christian Churches