General Information

Job Title:

Pastor of Community and Operations: Grace Meridian Hill

Job Description:

I. MINISTRY OVERSIGHT

Community Ministries  

  • Life Groups — Supervise small group systems. Train and encourage leaders. Select curriculum. Establish and develop Life Groups (small groups) as the “backbone” of community life. Increase visibility and integrate groups into broader GMH life. 
  • Children & Youth — Provide vision and strategic direction to the Children’s Ministry. Supervise Children’s Ministry Coordinator staff person. Develop children communicants process and Tween/Youth ministries. Provide oversight to curriculum and study content. Provide pastor support to parents and member-volunteers as needed. 
  • Membership — Supervise new members process. Organize membership seminars. Develop systems for inviting attenders into membership and integrating new members. 
  • Sunday Teams — Provide broad oversight of Sunday teams (directly supervised by staff Operations Manager): Welcoming, Communion, Assembly, etc. Set vision and train leaders as needed. 
  • Men’s & Women’s Ministries — Provide broad oversight to these lay-led ministries. Encourage leaders. Offer vision and strategic direction, keeping events focused on addressing unique challenges to Christian faithfulness faced by men and women in our city.   

As the Assistant Pastor engages these various ministries, he will be implementing the vision of the church (Gospel Community, Spiritually Diverse Community, Cross-Cultural Community, Neighborhood Community) under the direction of the Lead Pastor. 

Shepherding & Care Ministries 

  • Lead and coordinate Shepherding Team’s care of members. 
  • Develop systems of care in coordination with ST, Diaconate, and local counselors.

II. CHURCH OPERATIONS & PROGRAMMING

 

  • Special Events: Oversee administrative and logistical execution of special events by staff. 
  • Program Implementation: Launch special projects and creative initiatives as directed by and in collaboration with the Lead Pastor. 
  • Vision Alignment: Ensure that community, worship, and formation ministries express and advance our vision. Train and shepherd lay leaders to embody this vision. Serve as a thought-partner with the Lead Pastor. 

 

III. GENERAL PASTORAL RESPONSIBILITIES  

  • Preaching & Teaching: Preaching on Sundays 8-10x per year. Teach classes as needed/desired.
  • Liturgy: Write and oversee the Sunday liturgy. Oversee worship planning. Lead the service together with the Lead Pastor. Recruit Shepherding Team members and member involvement.  
  • Pastoral Care: Provide care and pastoral counseling of members, as needed. 
  • Session: Serve, support, and participate in the GraceDC Network Session.

Position Qualifications:

  • Gospel faith, repentance, and character; pastoral humility and courage.  
  • Embraces GMH’s vision and Lead Pastor’s vision, both professionally and personally. 
  • Commitment to ministry excellence, creativity, collaboration, and personal development.      
  • Excellent planning, problem-solving, strategic-thinking, and decision-making skills; ability to create systems and plan and execute complex ministry plans. 
  • Ability to prioritize and manage multiple projects, relationships, and ministries simultaneously. 
  • Strong pastoral leadership qualities: accomplishes ministry through people, casting vision and motivating and mobilizing people to serve; able to communicate vision and to lead members into the embodiment of it. 
  • Strong people and shepherding skills for a medium-sized, intimate community; relational resilience for life and ministry in a transient community. 
  • Able to live, thrive, and minister in our socially, culturally, and politically diverse context; loves (rather than tolerates) the city, and embraces the costs and sacrifices of city life; eager to build relationships with secular, progressive neighbors. (The pastor will be expected to live in one of our four target neighborhoods.) 
  • Demonstrated cross-cultural competence (e.g., cultural self-awareness, ability to relate to others with humility, curiosity, and respect); love of diverse communities; committed to racial justice and reconciliation; able to shepherd others toward cross-cultural maturity. 
  • Ordained minister in the PCA with minimum 3-5 years of ministry experience. 

Application Deadline

04/30/2025

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

$90k+

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Grace Meridian Hill

Contact Name & Contact Info

(202) 386-7637
hiring@gracemeridianhill.org

Industry

Church

Denomination

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

City, State

Washington, DC

Description of Organization

Grace Meridian Hill is an urban, neighborhood congregation in the Grace DC network (PCA), located three miles north of downtown Washington, DC. Since its start in 2011, this vibrant, growing community has been propelled and guided by the following mission: To build a gospel community that is intentionally spiritually diverse, cross-cultural and neighborhood-centered for the good of our neighbors and the glory of Jesus Christ in Columbia Heights, Mount Pleasant, Adams Morgan, Petworth, and beyond.

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