Associate/Executive Pastor

Westminster Theological Seminary; Souderton, Northern (Montgomery County, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Immanuel Leidy’s Church in Souderton, PA invites an Associate/Executive Pastor to join as a second-chair leader to the Lead Pastor, guiding church operations, ministry alignment, and systems.

This role emphasizes strategic leadership, staff development, financial stewardship, pastoral care, and healthy organizational culture to advance the church's mission of gathering every generation to pursue the fullness of Christ—together.

Responsibilities

• Partner closely with the Lead Pastor to implement and execute the church’s mission, values, vision, and strategic priorities.
• Collaborate with the Lead Pastor, Elders, and Consistory to establish practical plans, measurable goals, and actionable systems.
• Regularly assess the ministry's effectiveness and recommend improvements aligned with the church's priorities, mission, and vision.
• Ensure alignment among ministries, staff, volunteers, and leadership structures.
• Provide regular reports regarding ministry outcomes, staff health, operational effectiveness, and strategic progress.
• Oversee, mentor, evaluate, and develop office staff members professionally, spiritually, and vocationally.
• Foster a healthy staff culture marked by collaboration, humility, accountability, spiritual maturity, and servant leadership.
• Conduct regular performance reviews and establish clear goals and expectations.
• Remove obstacles that hinder ministry effectiveness and the development of staff and ministry leaders.
• Oversee daily church operations, including administrative systems, ministry coordination, facilities, technology, and organizational processes.
• Ensure that policies and procedures support ministry effectiveness, accountability, and compliance with the Church Constitution and governing policies.
• Establish and improve systems that increase clarity, communication, and efficiency.
• Coordinate ministry calendars, initiatives, and organizational priorities.
• Serve as a central point of coordination between staff, volunteers, ministry leaders, and external partners.
• Partner with the Lead Pastor, Consistory, and finance teams regarding budgeting, forecasting, and financial stewardship.
• Assist ministry leaders in developing and managing ministry budgets.
• Oversee resource allocation to ensure alignment with mission and priorities.
• Support long-range planning related to staffing, facilities, technology, and capital improvements.
• Promote faithful stewardship of church finances, facilities, technology, and resources.
• Preach and teach regularly as requested.
• Assist in worship leadership and administration of the ordinances.
• Participate actively in Elders’ and Consistory meetings and leadership processes.
• Provide pastoral care through visitation, counseling, and shepherding.
• Officiate weddings, funerals, and other pastoral responsibilities as needed.
• Develop systems that ensure effective pastoral care across all generations.
• Cultivate a calm, stabilizing, and solution-oriented leadership presence.
• Navigate difficult conversations with wisdom, truth, compassion, and emotional intelligence.
• Listen well and help diffuse tension among staff, leaders, and congregation members.
• Demonstrate discernment in timing, pacing, and implementing change.
• Build trust through integrity, transparency, consistency, and humility.

Job description

About Us

Immanuel Leidy’s Church is a growing Evangelical, Reformed, non-denominational church located in Souderton, Pennsylvania, in the greater Philadelphia area. Our church is a welcoming, hospitable, multigenerational congregation committed to the authority of Scripture, the centrality of the gospel, and helping people grow as faithful disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ. We are located in a strong, family-friendly community with excellent schools, vibrant towns, and convenient access to both Philadelphia and the surrounding countryside. At Leidy’s, our mission is to gather every generation to pursue the fullness of Christ—together.

Position Summary

The Associate/Executive Pastor serves as a complementary second-chair leader to the Lead Pastor, functioning as a strategic leader, organizational shepherd, and trusted advisor who advances the mission and vision of Immanuel Leidy’s Church. He will oversee church operations, ministry alignment, and organizational systems to ensure the church faithfully fulfills its mission: Gathering every generation to pursue the fullness of Christ—together.

Primary Responsibilities

Strategic Leadership & Vision Execution

1. Partner closely with the Lead Pastor to implement and execute the church’s mission, values, vision, and strategic priorities.
2. Collaborate with the Lead Pastor, Elders, and Consistory to establish practical plans, measurable goals, and actionable systems.
3. Regularly assess the ministry's effectiveness and recommend improvements aligned with the church's priorities, mission, and vision.
4. Ensure alignment among ministries, staff, volunteers, and leadership structures.
5. Provide regular reports regarding ministry outcomes, staff health, operational effectiveness, and strategic progress.

Staff Leadership & Development

1. Oversee, mentor, evaluate, and develop office staff members professionally, spiritually, and vocationally.
2. Foster a healthy staff culture marked by collaboration, humility, accountability, spiritual maturity, and servant leadership.
3. Conduct regular performance reviews and establish clear goals and expectations.
4. Remove obstacles that hinder ministry effectiveness and the development of staff and ministry leaders.

Operational Leadership & Organizational Oversight

1. Oversee daily church operations, including administrative systems, ministry coordination, facilities, technology, and organizational processes.
2. Ensure that policies and procedures support ministry effectiveness, accountability, and compliance with the Church Constitution and governing policies.
3. Establish and improve systems that increase clarity, communication, and efficiency.
4. Coordinate ministry calendars, initiatives, and organizational priorities.
5. Serve as a central point of coordination between staff, volunteers, ministry leaders, and external partners.

Financial Stewardship & Resource Management

1. Partner with the Lead Pastor, Consistory, and finance teams regarding budgeting, forecasting, and financial stewardship.
2. Assist ministry leaders in developing and managing ministry budgets.
3. Oversee resource allocation to ensure alignment with mission and priorities.
4. Support long-range planning related to staffing, facilities, technology, and capital improvements.
5. Promote faithful stewardship of church finances, facilities, technology, and resources.

Pastoral Leadership & Shepherding

1. Preach and teach regularly as requested.
2. Assist in worship leadership and administration of the ordinances.
3. Participate actively in Elders’ and Consistory meetings and leadership processes.
4. Provide pastoral care through visitation, counseling, and shepherding.
5. Officiate weddings, funerals, and other pastoral responsibilities as needed.
6. Develop systems that ensure effective pastoral care across all generations.

Leadership Presence & Organizational Health

1. Cultivate a calm, stabilizing, and solution-oriented leadership presence.
2. Navigate difficult conversations with wisdom, truth, compassion, and emotional intelligence.
3. Listen well and help diffuse tension among staff, leaders, and congregation members.
4. Demonstrate discernment in timing, pacing, and implementing change.
5. Build trust through integrity, transparency, consistency, and humility.