The Senior Teaching Pastor role at First Baptist Orlando presents the unique opportunity for a gifted communicator to join a flag ship church in a shared leadership model that focusses primarily on teaching.
This is the dream job for a teacher who loves to preach, mentor communicators, collaborate and not carry all the weight!
It’s all about Jesus. Nothing more. Nothing less.
He loves us. And we love others.
For 150 years, our presence has carried a beacon of love, support & care to central Florida. We have built a solid reputation of generous faith & human compassion. On every step of our journey together, we’ve responded to needs in the world around us.
The needs in the world around us today bring new challenges. Cultural pressures overwhelm society & people are questioning whether church matters (or can even be trusted). In times like these, we get back to our roots – a legacy of Jesus love in action.
Here we stand – with unwavering, rebellious love for our city & its people. Guided by our past, we’ll navigate our future with steadfast dedication & positive contributions to central Florida’s well-being.
We are a church re-learning what it means to be more loving, more welcoming, more grace-filled & more forward-thinking at home, work & play.
First Orlando averages 8,000 attenders each weekend across multiple campuses in the central Florida region.
The Senior Teaching Pastor will join a shared leadership team with a Senior Shepherding Pastor and Senior Administrative Pastor.
The Senior Teaching Pastor is a dynamic communicator who loves people and delivers clear, engaging, and relatable messages making Biblical truth accessible to broad and diverse audiences. He is a biblically grounded, engaging, and forward-thinking leader who embraces collaboration, creative teaching, and strong pastoral relationships. His preaching style should be grace filled and invitational (“come as you are”) yet challenging (“don’t stay as you are”), inspiring people to apply biblical truth in practical ways.
The ideal Senior Teaching Pastor must be a confident yet humble leader, bringing fresh insights from Scripture. This individual should challenge the congregation to grow spiritually while remaining approachable and collaborative within the leadership team. They must connect with multiple generations, respecting both the legacy constituency and the emerging Central Florida demographic.
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What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like: