Executive Pastor

Passion City Church DC; United States; On-site; USD 100,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Passion City Church DC is seeking an Executive Pastor to provide senior leadership that aligns staff and resources with the vision of the Lead Pastor. The role encompasses overseeing operations, fostering team culture, and maintaining strategic alignment.

The ideal candidate will have over 10 years of executive experience, strong organizational skills, and a deep commitment to the church's mission. The position is pivotal in ensuring sustainable growth and operational excellence within the church community.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of executive leadership experience in operations or business development.
• Proven experience managing multi-entity organizations and diverse revenue streams.
• Demonstrated ability to scale teams, implement infrastructure, and lead through change.

Responsibilities

• Align operational strategies under the vision and mission of the church.
• Supervise day-to-day operations of the church.
• Build and lead a high-capacity operations team.

Skills

Business acumen

Spirit-led leadership

Organizational development skills

Financial literacy

Strategic insight

Education

Bachelor's degree

Relevant advanced degree

Job description

EXECUTIVE PASTOR

Passion City Church DC

SUMMARY

The Executive Pastor serves as a senior executive leader, tasked with aligning staff and resources to implement the vision of the Lead Pastor for our House. With a growth and impact mindset, this position is responsible for the operational vitality of the Passion City Church in Washington D.C. This encompasses the full scope of the church's infrastructure, including facilities, HR, IT, legal, security, real estate, development, Door Holder volunteer teams and local engagement. The Executive Pastor enables Passion City Church DC to run with operational excellence, ensuring sustainable growth, strong stewardship, and unified execution across all areas of our church.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

Executive Leadership & Strategic Alignment

• Serves on the executive team to align Passion City Church DC's operational strategies under its vision and mission.
• Collaborates across the executive team, including working closely with the Director of Finance on the annual budget.
• Acts as a trusted leader across every room of our house—ensuring they are supported by scalable systems, data-driven decisions, and faithful stewardship.
• Develop and report metrics to Lead Pastor to provide clear and helpful insights into ministry progress.
• Networks and maintains positive relationships with current and prospective donors, and local civic communities.

Operations & Organizational Development

• Supervise day-to-day operations of the church.
• Oversees operational systems across facilities, HR, IT and security.
• Oversee onboarding and operations of our "Door Holder" serving teams.
• Work with Lead Pastor to cultivate relationships with and expand our donor network, including for major capital projects.
• Leads processes for recruiting and onboarding new personnel.
• Manage end-to-end real estate relationships and strategy, including stakeholder communication, project negotiations, and contract renewals.
• Scale an operational infrastructure that effectively supports church initiatives.
• Oversee engagement with local ministry partners, including ongoing service and our annual “Love DC” weekend projects.
• Lead organizational policies, including contracts, and vendor relations.
• Ensures consistent communication, project management, and operational discipline across a fast-paced, high-impact team environment.
• Maintains strong relationships with Passion's network of legal counsel.

Team Leadership & Culture

• Build and lead a high-capacity operations team marked by humility, excellence, and trust.
• Champion staff care, development, and a culture of excellence that honors Jesus.
• Integrates spiritual formation and organizational health into systems and practices.

This job description in no way states or implies that the ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES are the only responsibilities of this position. The employee is required to follow any other reasonable instruction and perform any other reasonable duties at the request of the Lead Pastor.

Reports to: Lead Pastor

SUPERVISORY RESPONSIBILITIES

Responsible for the growth and development of the current and future staff, currently including two direct reports managing volunteer service across church activities and local partnerships.

QUALIFICATIONS

This individual must bring sharp business acumen, Spirit-led leadership, and deep alignment with the heartbeat of Passion City Church DC for the name and renown of Jesus.

Spiritual

• Deep, authentic relationship with Jesus.
• Fully aligned with, and an advocate of, Passion City Church's vision, beliefs, culture, and values.
• Committed to the renown of Jesus above personal ambition.

Professional

• 10+ years of executive leadership experience in operations or business development—preferably with experience in ministry or nonprofit organizations.
• Proven experience managing multi-entity organizations and diverse revenue streams.
• Demonstrated ability to scale teams, implement infrastructure, and lead through change.
• Excellent strategic insight, organizational development skills, and financial literacy.
• Skilled and proven track record of facilitating large scale, multi-faceted negotiations.

Education

• Bachelor's degree required; relevant advanced degree preferred.