Reports to: Senior Pastor
Classification: Full-time
Supervises: College Lead Team, College Interns & Missions Team
Qualifications:
- A clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and a vital, growing personal relationship with Him.
- Commitment to moral purity.
- Commitment to the Mission, Vision, and Worship Philosophy of Church on the Hill
- Specific call to Vocational Pastoral Ministry
- Understanding and agreement with COTH’s Doctrinal Statement / The Baptist Faith and Message (2000)
- Meets the Biblical Qualifications for the office of Pastor in 1st Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9
- Affirmed by the pastors and approved by congregational vote to serve as a pastor of Church on the Hill
- Seminary Degree (or in progress)
Abilities:
- Ability and willingness to learn.
- Relational Evangelism as a lifestyle
- A heart for the spiritual formation of those in the congregation.
- A heart for the nations and for reaching the lost locally, regionally, and internationally
- Relational skills and ability/ willingness to communicate in large and small group formats.
- Ability to lead community groups/ preach the Word.
- Skilled in organization, administration, and interpersonal relationships.
- Skilled in the use of/ willingness to learn technology necessary in day-to-day ministry
- A self-starter
- A team player with a positive attitude.
- Willingness to dream and cast vision
- Ability to lead and train a team of staff & volunteers
Responsibilities:
- Pastoral Leadership:
- Serve as a Pastor – Participate fully in the life of the pastoral team, sharing in the teaching, shepherding, oversight, and prayer responsibilities of the office.
- Preach and Teach – Preach and teach as assigned by the senior pastor, both in the college ministry and in the life of the church.
- Shepherd the Flock – Provide pastoral care, counseling, and prayer to college students and to covenant members under his care.
- College Ministry:
- Lead Campus Strategy – Develop and lead a strategy for reaching students at UAH and other area colleges with the gospel.
- Lead Weekly Gatherings and Community Groups – Plan and lead regular gatherings, community groups, and discipleship opportunities for college students.
- Build the College Lead Team – Recruit, train, and shepherd student and adult leaders who multiply the ministry.
- Oversee the College Intern Program – Select, develop, and supervise college interns through the church’s intern and leadership development track.
- Connect Students to the Church – Move college students toward covenant membership, life groups, discipleship groups, and serving within the body.
- Care for Students – Provide pastoral support to students facing spiritual, relational, or personal challenges.
- Collaborate with Church Leadership – Ensure the college ministry aligns with the church’s mission and integrates with other ministries.
- Missions & Sending:
- Lead Missions Strategy – Develop and lead a church-wide strategy for all of Church on the Hill’s sending efforts: locally, regionally, and internationally.
- Local Missions – Build partnerships with local ministries and organizations and mobilize members for evangelism and service in Huntsville.
- Regional Missions – Support and partner with Well Network church plants and regional church-planting efforts, connecting COTH members to serve alongside them.
- International Missions – Cultivate long-term international partnerships and lead the church’s global missions engagement.
- Lead and Train Mission Teams – Plan, prepare, and lead short-term mission trips, and recruit and train trip leaders.
- Raise Up and Send Leaders – Identify and develop members, especially college students, with a call to ministry, and help send them as pastors, church planters, residents, and missionaries.
- Mobilize the Congregation – Lead missions emphases, prayer for the nations, and missions giving, keeping the whole church engaged in the Great Commission.
- Care for Sent Ones – Maintain communication with and provide care for missionaries and church planters sent out from Church on the Hill.
Other duties as assigned by the senior pastor.