Assistant Pastor

**Job details**

**Job type**

Full-time (40 hours/week), 1 year contract

**Full Job Description**

**Position Description**:
The Assistant Pastor will work closely with the Lead Pastor, staff team and ministry teams to make Hillspring a place where all people can find and embrace life in Christ. This role will play an integral part in helping the church accomplish its mission by supporting the Lead Pastor in the areas of organizational leadership, executive administration and pastoral leadership.

**Responsible to**:Reports directly to the Lead Pastor.

**Qualifications**:

- A follower of Jesus
- In agreement with the mission, values and beliefs of Hillspring Church
- Experience in exercising servant leadership and developing leaders
- Highly administrative and detail-oriented
- Able to efficiently utilize technology to support the mission of the church
- Demonstrates the Biblical qualifications for pastors/elders (1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9; 1 Peter 5:1-4)
- A self-starter with a team-player attitude
- Formal ministry training and/or 5 years of experience in pastoral ministry
- Passion and ability to work among a culturally and ethnically diverse community and church
- Able to teach/preach in a manner that is cognizant of both a Canadian and local context
- Ability to lead worship is an asset

**Other expectations**:

- A heart for building others up in Christ rather than building an empire
- Protecting the unity of the church body
- Attending weekly services and staff meetings
- Praying regularly for the church and those in the surrounding community
- Demonstrating a fruitful life that results from abiding daily in Christ

**Responsibilities**:
**Organizational Leadership (40 %)**
- Developing and implementing processes for integrating new families/individuals into the church family
- Leading family ministries and/or recruiting, training and overseeing family ministry team leaders (kids, students, 20s-30s)

**Executive Administration (40%)**
- Conducting initial contact and follow-up meetings with newcomers
- Maintaining regular contact with congregation members
- Managing church database and calendar
- Scheduling volunteer teams
- Staying up to date on current insurance protocol for ministry volunteers
- Preparation and oversight of annual budgets related to family ministries

**Pastoral Leadership (20 %)**
- Sharing in preaching/teaching during weekend services and classes
- Directing leaders and congregation members towards Jesus
- Pastoral care

**About the church**

Hillspring Church exists so that all people can find and embrace life in Christ. We are a vibrant and growing community of faith in Oakville, Ontario that is committed to loving one another as we have been loved by God. We lead people of all ages to see themselves as contributing members of the body of Christ who exist to look out for the interests of others ahead of their own. We value strong leadership and organizational strategy so long as it points people to God rather than ourselves.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Fixed term contract
Contract length: 12 months

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Oakville, ON: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Church Leadership/Pastoral: 2 years (required)
- Organizational Leadership: 1 year (preferred)