Job Description • Senior Pastor

Essential functions

1. Serves as the spiritual leader by:
   1. Maintaining the spiritual disciplines of prayer, study and reflection
   2. Conducting public worship, preaching the gospel, and administering the ordinances
   3. Equipping members, through a ministry of teaching, to live in obedience to God and bear faithful witness to God
   4. Developing relationships with members, sharing their joys and sorrows
   5. Ministering to anyone in need as Christian conscience dictates
2. Serves as the chief executive officer by:
   1. Providing visionary leadership, establishing a strategic direction for the church in conjunction with the Council of Ministries, and ensuring competent fiscal management
   2. Supervising all activities of the church, in conjunction with the Council of Ministries, being a member ex officio of all ministries and committees
   3. Supervising the work of the called members of the pastoral staff., and employing and supervising the program and administrative staff, in consultation with the Staff Relations Committee
   4. Evaluating the effectiveness of the church in fulfilling its mission
3. Serves, in consultation with the Moderator, as spokesperson for Calvary to the public
4. Represents Calvary globally, nationally, regionally and locally within the American Baptist Churches USA

Other responsibilities

1. Plans and leads staff meetings, including staff development and planning activities
2. Meets regularly with lead staff members
3. Meets periodically with the Moderator and Chair of Staff Relations
4. Coordinates the delivery of pastoral care to the congregation in conjunction with the Pastor of Care and Congregational Life
5. Co-leads the Worship Planning Team in conjunction with the Director of Music Ministries

Demonstrates the following core competencies

1. Ethics and integrity
2. Builds and maintains relationships
3. Leads courageously
4. Manages change effectively
5. Global perspective
6. Embraces and encourages diversity
7. Personal learning and growth
8. Servant leadership
9. Achieves measurable results

Minimum qualifications

1. A bachelor’s degree from an accredited college or university
2. A master of divinity degree from a graduate theological school accredited by the Association of Theological Schools
3. Ten years of full-time experience in ordained ministry preferred, including three years in a multiple-staff setting or a combination of education and experience
4. Ordained within and in good standing as a professional church leader with the American Baptist Churches in the USA. (A non-ABC ordained minister in close affinity with the traditions and practices of the ABC USA may be called as Senior Pastor as long as he/she agrees, in writing, with the ABC USA Code of Ministerial Ethics and seeks ABC USA ordination standing promptly following their call to Calvary.)
5. Demonstrated excellent listening, oral and written communication skills