Position Summary  The purpose of the Associate Pastor is to serve the church body through equipping, overseeing and shepherding.  This position will work with and report to the lead pastor. The Associate Pastor will become an Elder and a member of the Church Council unless reasons to delay that appointment are mutually agreed upon in the hiring process. The position calls for a person who is spiritually and theologically mature, skilled in mentoring, pastoral care, team-building, and strongly committed to gospel ministry in the context of a local church.

While this job includes joining the pastoral team in performing all duties as assigned, specific and essential responsibilities include (% of time expected):

Family Ministry (70%) Lead and equip Bethel to responsibly partner with and resource families in both integrated and age specific ministries to achieve our mission.  This includes two areas of responsibility:

1. Oversee and develop Bethel’s youth ministry and youth ministry team.  This includes being responsible for teaching, planning and coordinating the youth ministry both by personal involvement as well as developing youth ministry team in these roles. 

2. Oversee and develop Bethel’s children’s ministries. This includes responsibility for mobilizing, coaching and supervision of ministry leaders and volunteers. 

Pastoral Ministry  (30%)  Lead and equip Bethel in various ministry initiatives or projects as assigned by the Elders that need pastoral oversight and energy and generally match the Associate Pastor’s gifts and passions.  These may include but may not be limited to: 1) Teaching and preaching, 2) oversight of worship and music ministry in partnership with an Elder and Worship Team, 3) counseling, 4) pastoral care.

It is assumed that all pastors are involved in continuing education either formal or informal, participate in a small group either as leader or member and maintain significant flexibility to model servanthood in ways that may exceed the boundaries of their job description.