Location
Community Church is located in the heart of Central Michigan, surrounded by vibrant communities with much to offer. Mount Pleasant is home to Central Michigan University, a Division I school that brings energy and vitality to the region. Nearby, Alma College enhances the area’s academic and cultural richness with its strong liberal arts tradition. Residents enjoy year-round concerts, sporting events, and family entertainment, as well as abundant outdoor recreation in local parks, rivers, and trails. Central Michigan combines small-town warmth with access to big-city amenities, making it a wonderful place to live, work, and raise a family.
Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission: Community Church Exists to lead people into a focused life with Jesus Christ.
Vision: Five Campuses of disciple makers reaching 5,001 souls in central MI by their 50th birthday (2030).
Core Values:
- Unconditional Love
- Empowered Living
- Healthy Families
- Community Impact
- Intentional Discipleship
Leadership
Alan Cullen serves as the Lead Pastor of Community Church, bringing nearly three decades of ministry experience. With a deep passion for local church leadership, preaching God’s Word, and worship, he leads with joy and conviction. Under his guidance, Community Church has doubled in size while remaining focused on its mission to lead people into a focused life with Jesus Christ, extending the love of God and the message of the Gospel across Central Michigan. Alan’s heart is for people to know they are seen, known, and loved as they pursue life with Christ together.
Key Responsibilities
- Model Biblical Priorities: Live with spiritual maturity, integrity, and Christlike character, modeling personal discipleship and reflecting Jesus in relationships, leadership, and daily life.
- Provide Strategic Leadership: Champion Community Church’s mission, vision, and values at the campus level. Partner with the Lead Pastor and Executive Team in planning and coordination, driving campus goals and action plans.
- Foster Congregational Care & Engagement: Build strong relationships, provide pastoral care, and communicate vision in a way that reflects the DNA of Community Church.
- Recruit & Develop Leaders: Identify, equip, and empower staff and volunteers. Invest in leadership development while building healthy, capable ministry teams.
- Oversee Ministry Administration: Steward campus resources with excellence, managing finances, facilities, and systems that support effective ministry.
Key Qualifications
- Strong communicator with excellent oral and written skills.
- Skilled in leading and managing both staff and volunteers.
- Ministry experience in a medium to large church setting.
- Engaging communicator with a solid biblical and theological foundation.
- Self-motivated leader with strong relational abilities.
- Demonstrated success in developing and multiplying leaders.
- Bachelor’s degree preferred.
Alma Campus Opportunity
The Alma Campus offers an exciting opportunity to step into a thriving ministry environment within a church experiencing strong momentum. The campus facility is among the finest in the region, and weekend services are consistently full—with the potential of adding a third service in the near future. The Alma congregation is eager to welcome their next pastor, hoping for a relational, kind-hearted leader who will love them well and walk alongside them in life and faith.
This role also carries the privilege of following a deeply respected predecessor. While comparisons may be inevitable, the right leader will bring maturity, humility, and skilled leadership to honor the past while guiding the campus into the future.
As part of Community Church, the Alma Campus is actively embracing the church’s evolving ministry model. Significant progress has been made in the past two years, and the next Campus Pastor will play a key role in continuing to shape and strengthen this vision for the future.