Congregational Care Pastor

Congregational Care Pastor

Role Summary

The Pastor of Congregational Care will provide pastoral leadership for the church’s care ministries, ensuring that individuals and families experiencing seasons of need receive compassionate and meaningful support. As a ¾ time role, this position will have a high degree of flexibility with which to organize their schedule.

This pastor will help organize and strengthen existing care ministries while developing systems that mobilize lay leaders and volunteers to participate in the ministry of care. The goal is to cultivate an environment in which the church cares for one another faithfully, relationally, and sustainably. This role reports to the Lead Pastor and collaborates closely with the ministry staff and volunteer leaders throughout the church.

Primary Responsibilities

Care Ministry Leadership

• Provide vision, leadership, and oversight for congregational care ministries such as Stephen Ministry, GriefShare, funeral ministry, and other care initiatives.
• Develop sustainable systems that support long-term effectiveness and growth of care ministries.
• Lead and support a Care Council that helps recruit volunteers and foster lay leadership across care ministries.

Pastoral Care

• Respond to pastoral care needs including illness, hospitalization, grief, and other life circumstances.
• Provide visitation to hospitals, assisted living facilities, hospice settings, and homebound members.
• Serve as the primary clergy leader for funerals, including meeting with families and officiating services as requested.

Lay Leader Development

• Recruit, train, and develop volunteers who serve within the church’s care ministries.
• Equip members of the congregation to actively participate in caring for one another.

Older Adult Ministry

Provide pastoral leadership and initiatives that support and engage older adults within the congregation.

Measures of Success

The ideal candidate will be a pastor who combines a deep heart for people with the ability to build sustainable systems of care.

This leader understands that effective congregational care happens not only through pastoral presence, but through equipping and mobilizing the church to care for one another. They will be energized by developing volunteers, strengthening existing ministries, and cultivating a culture where compassion, presence, and prayer are shared throughout the body of Christ.

Qualifications

Qualifications and Experience Candidates should demonstrate proven experience providing congregational care leadership within a medium or large church setting (minimum four years), including recruiting and developing volunteers and lay leaders.

Candidates should have:

• A bachelor’s degree
• Ministry or related care experience
• A passion for forming and reproducing followers of Jesus
• Strong relational and pastoral presence
• Organizational and administrative leadership skills, including ministry planning and budget management
• Alignment with Mount Pisgah Church’s theology and identity
• Preferred: ordination within a Wesleyan tradition

Salary & Benefits

$55,000 - $70,000

• Health care
• Vacation days

Can be done remote?

• No

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