Mission, Vision, and Values
Mission:
- Help people Know God
- Worship Him Fully
- Serve Him Faithfully
Vision:
- Make disciples who make disciples.
- Develop leaders who multiply leaders.
- Be a large church that intentionally feels small through relational ministry and groups.
- Help people experience life transformation through authentic community and biblical teaching.
Core Values:
- Character
- Team
- Adaptability
- Fun
- Health
Staff Culture
- Christ-centered, humble, and servant-hearted leadership.
- High trust with significant ownership and autonomy.
- Collaborative, team-first environment with little ego.
- Leadership development is a top priority.
- Values Character, Team, Adaptability, Fun, and Health.
- Open, honest communication with grace and truth.
- Healthy accountability and constructive feedback are expected.
- Staff health, family, and long-term ministry sustainability are prioritized.
- Celebrates wins, enjoys working together, and genuinely cares for one another.
- Committed to disciple-making and helping people take their next step with Jesus.
Key Responsibilities
- Execute the vision of the Lead Pastor and Elders across all ministry areas.
- Lead, coach, and develop ministry staff, campus pastors, and key leaders.
- Foster a healthy, collaborative, and high-accountability staff culture.
- Build organizational alignment, systems, and processes that support ministry effectiveness.
- Champion leadership development and create pathways for multiplying leaders.
- Provide strategic oversight and support for ministry planning and execution.
- Establish clear goals, priorities, and measures of success across ministries.
- Remove obstacles and solve organizational challenges that hinder ministry.
- Partner closely with the Executive Director of Operations to ensure ministries and operations work together effectively.
- Serve as a key member of the Executive Team, helping shape the future direction of First Church while maintaining its relational, disciple-making culture.
Key Qualifications
- Strong alignment with Restoration Movement theology, including baptism by immersion and weekly communion.
- Proven experience leading leaders, not just managing teams.
- Executive-level leadership experience in a church or similarly complex organization.
- Demonstrated success developing staff, coaching leaders, and building healthy teams.
- Experience implementing vision through strategy, systems, and execution.
- Humble, relational, servant-hearted leader with a low ego.
- Excellent communication skills, able to speak both grace and truth.
- Solution-oriented with strong initiative and sound judgment.
- Comfortable giving and receiving accountability.
- Bachelor’s degree or equivalent leadership experience.
- Multi-site ministry experience preferred.
- Thrives in a collaborative, high-trust, second-chair leadership role.