RiverTree Christian Church

Lead Pastor at the Jackson Campus

Jackson Township (Canton), Ohio

Why I Love This Opportunity

Chris Lagerlof

Senior Associate

I love RiverTree and their dream to see everyday missionaries following Jesus into their mission fields – their offices, their neighborhoods, their schools, and beyond. This is a great opportunity for a highly strategic leader inspired to build and grow a church campus into the preferable future and that is passionate about teaching and developing ministry and leaders.

About This Organization

For over 60 years, RiverTree has been actively serving Stark County and beyond. Formerly Jackson Christian Church, opening on Easter Sunday 1964 as a church plant of First Christian Church in Canton. That’s one of the reasons they are so passionate about church planting.

Today, the RiverTree Movement consists of 8 churches serving specific communities in Stark and Summit Counties ranging in size from 100 to 1,000 people. We are proud of the multiple “third spaces” including a Center for Leadership in Downtown Canton, a Preschool/Childcare Center inside RiverTree Jackson, and a coffee shop in Canal Fulton that continue to be stellar platforms for disciple-making, spiritual development, and community collaboration in our area.

RiverTree Jackson was the first of the 8 church locations and remains the largest in our Movement. With an average Sunday attendance of 700 adults plus 250 children (birth through middle school), RiverTree Jackson is passionate about sharing Jesus with families and the next generation. Recently the congregation contributed almost $700K toward the expansion and renovation of kids ministry and student ministry areas in the building that is now underway. Additionally, RiverTree Jackson serves an average of 250 children in weekday programming for middle school through high school. RiverTree Jackson is looking for a Lead Pastor as excited as they are to make this priority investment for generational impact in our area..

Alongside ministry programs for adults and groups, RiverTree Jackson is known for its generous outreach efforts. Partnerships throughout the year and through the holidays care for our community from providing food pantry and Thanksgiving meals to those in indeed to picking up a hammer to build homes with Habitat for Humanity of East Central Ohio. Onsite our Back to School Bash and Pumpkin Patch Festival welcome the community for fun, meaningful activities to be the hands and feet of Jesus.

Position Description

The primary purpose of this position is to lead the Jackson Campus of RiverTree. The Lead Pastor serves as the leader of the Jackson Campus by providing vision, oversight, regular teaching and shepherding. He will work most closely with the Campus Team, Lead Pastors, Movement Leadership Team, and RiverTree Central Operations Teams to accomplish the mission of RiverTree Church. The Lead Pastor at RiverTree Jackson Campus will lead the Jackson campus toward God’s vision for living as disciples of Jesus Christ in their unique contexts through their common vehicles of missional communities, public gatherings, and partnerships.

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Serve as the primary teaching pastor with passionate catalytic preaching and exhortation that spurs the church to a deeper relationship with Jesus. Develop teaching/message sermon series strategy and manage teaching calendar to ensure theologically sound teaching and collaborate with the worship team to ensure cohesive high-impact weekends.
  • Shepherd the strategic vision and oversight of RiverTree Jackson’s mission/vision alongside staff and team leaders including metrics for areas of strategic growth.
  • Steward resources and finances responsibly including setting a balanced annual operating budget and communicating God’s heart for generosity
  • Participate as an active and collaborative member of our RiverTree Movement executive leadership team to provide input, feedback, and strategic forward-thinking for the organization at-large
  • Become incarnational in the community you serve. Being “one of” living in and deeply ingrained into the fabric of your community is vital. Commitment to intentionally build relationships with people, places, and organizations within the community to bless and collaborate with key community leaders

 

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

  • Mature Leader: Positive track record of 10+ years in pastoral ministry with minimum 5 years in an influential leadership role at a large church as primary preacher
  • High Integrity, Humility and Christlike Character: Be accountable to the healthy rhythms and high standards of our calling supported by personal practices of Christian disciplines. Demonstrate collaborative leadership that radiates humility in spirit
  • Unifying Courage: Lead passionately and inspirationally for Jesus in a way that creates unity with staff, church body, and community. Be willing to make decisions, take risks to stand up for what is biblically sound, and best for the church

 

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