Associate Pastor: Discipleship, Leadership & Outreach

MinistryList; Edwardsville (IL); Hybrid; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Eden Church of Edwardsville in Illinois seeks a full-time Associate Pastor to work with the Senior Pastor, staff, and church leadership. The role focuses on pastoral care, preaching, teaching, discipling, and leader development.

The candidate will cast a vision for younger men and women, nurture healthy marriages and families, and model a gospel-centered life while investing in discipleship, education, and outreach to the surrounding community and the SIUE campus.

Responsibilities

• Preach regularly
• Provide pastoral care to individuals and families
• Disciple and develop leaders within the church
• Lead outreach to the surrounding community
• Engage SIUE campus ministry and outreach
• Develop healthy marriages and families within the church

Job description

Illinois – Eden Church of Edwardsville, located 30 minutes northeast of St. Louis, is seeking a full-time Associate Pastor. Working alongside the Senior Pastor, staff, and church leadership, the Associate Pastor will provide pastoral care, preach, teach, disciple and develop leaders, and lead outreach. The Associate Pastor position will bring a renewed focus to younger men and women, helping them grow toward spiritual maturity, developing healthy marriages and families, and establishing homes where the gospel is faithfully lived out and passed on to the next generation. The Associate Pastor will intentionally invest time in individuals through discipleship, mentoring, spiritual development, and training; participate in the educational ministry of the church; preach regularly; develop support-group ministries; pursue outreach to the surrounding community and SIUE campus; and work to connect new people with the church. The ideal candidate will love the Lord Jesus Christ, be Spirit-led and biblically grounded, lead by personal example, encourage people to apply their faith to daily life, and demonstrate effective pastoral and relational ministry. The Associate Pastor candidate will be a mature, capable, and cooperative ministry leader who empowers others to serve Christ and His church, committed to advancing the gospel from one generation to the next.

For More Information and to apply, visit: https://edenchurch-edw.org/pages/careers