Lead Minister

Fairmount Christian Church is a historic yet dynamic church located in the suburbs of Richmond, Virginia. We are an outgoing congregation reaching the various demographics of our community and meaningfully impacting our region, the nation, and the world with the hope of Jesus Christ. With steady growth over the decades, the church is poised for even greater spiritual and numerical growth with Spirit-led men and women serving faithfully on staff and as volunteers.

Reports to: elder team

Available to: men

Position type: full-time

Fairmount Christian Church is seeking a new full-time Lead Minister. The Lead Minister is a senior level position responsible as the lead visionary and teacher of Fairmount Christian Church. This role has the primary responsibility for championing the mission and values of Fairmount Christian Church. The Lead Minister will also provide general oversight to all ministries.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

Vision:

• Assumes leadership of the Elder-driven vision of Fairmount Christian Church mission and strategic direction.
• Intentionally invests time in prayer, reflection, solitude and seeking of God’s will and desires for Fairmount Christian Church and clearly articulates the God-breathed vision for Fairmount Christian Church with key populations including staff, governing board, and congregation.
• Coordinates with Senior Leadership Team to ensure that teaching, ministry plans, and operations follow the identified vision and purpose of Fairmount Christian Church.
• Promotes and advocates the purpose of Fairmount Christian Church in God’s Kingdom.

Preaching:

• Oversees the preaching team in choosing/creating teaching series and messages, coaching other preachers, and preparing weekend teaching.
• Plans, researches, prepares, and delivers weekend messages.
• Participates in weekend service meetings to ensure appropriate cohesion of service elements and creative expression.
• Recruits, selects, and leads members of the Preaching Team, appropriately delegating preaching duties to staff or lay teachers, ensuring continuity in series, and providing coaching and feedback to co-teachers.
• Identifies and participates in key teaching opportunities in addition to weekend services, including but not limited to seminars, special events, and small groups.

Ministry Oversight:

• Partner with Senior Leadership Team to provide high-level oversight to key ministry initiatives, significant financial decisions, and ministry effectiveness.
• Attend and participate in specific team meetings, strategizing with Pastoral staff and offering insight into ministry planning, integration, and evaluation.
• Attend and contribute leadership to all Governing Board of Elders/Directors meetings.
• Attend all staff meetings, coordinating with the Senior Leadership Team in providing vision and motivation to Fairmount Christian Church staff.
• Champion leadership development by empowering the Executive Minister in mentoring, guiding, praying for, and developing Fairmount Christian Church ministry staff.

Pastoral Duties:

• Participate in facilitating weddings, funerals, and baptisms, assist in counseling, hospital crisis care, and other pastoral functions.
• Serve as leader of the Senior Leadership Team and member on Governing Board of Elders/Directors.
• Maintain a community presence, networking regularly with local pastors and community leaders, including leaders of other churches.
• Model spiritual authority to staff and leaders through healthy spiritual practices, appropriate work/life balance, and God-honoring marriage.
• As the overall leader for Fairmount Christian Church, the Lead Minister will work to catalyze community and collaboration throughout the organization in order to communicate and demonstrate the values of Fairmount Christian Church.
• With the counsel of the Elders, the Lead Minister will be involved in the “life” of the church in ways that focus on the mission, while assuring the congregation that it has an approachable pastor who is interested in their individual lives and their walk with the Lord.
• Responsible for the oversight of coaching the growth and success of the Ministry Staff in the areas of spiritual development, overall program development and design, and to assure that ministry is congruent with the mission of the church.
• Serves as the Pastor to the Fairmount Christian Church Staff.
• Integrate the elements of the Sunday worship experience and provide direction and oversight to assure a high quality of programming, music, and overall connection with the Lord for the people of the church.
• Develop spiritual life through study, prayer, and fellowship.
• Develop professionally on a continuing basis by attending conferences, reading relevant literature.
• Participate in church-wide events.
• Perform other related duties as assigned.

Men are encouraged to apply!