Executive Pastor/Executive Director

Calvary Bible Church (Kalamazoo, MI) – Executive Pastor/Executive Director

The Big Picture

Calvary Bible Church (calvarybible.org) is prayerfully seeking an Executive Pastor/Executive Director To assist the Senior Pastor in advancing the church’s mission and vision through strategic leadership, organizational oversight, and the effective execution of ministry and administrative responsibilities.

Responsibilities

• Team Morale: Fostering team morale by personally modeling and actively encouraging a servant-hearted, positive, encouraging, and energetic staff culture.
• Administrative Leadership: Leadership of all staff members and departments not directly supervised by a pastor, particularly Finance, Facilities, Ministry Support, and Human Resources.
• Vision Implementation: Implement, manage, and ensure the completion of strategic objectives, ongoing ministries, and common administrative tasks delegated by the Senior Pastor.
• Internal Communication: Facilitation of accurate, thorough, timely, and positive internal communication among staff, elders, deacons, ministry volunteers, and the congregation.
• Special Projects: Planning and execution of special projects, conferences, and events as assigned.
• Operations: Oversee the coordination of facility use, ministry, event, vacation, and other schedules.
• Policies & Procedures: Ensure policies and procedures of the church are current, relevant, and followed; and responsibly and effectively align with best practices and the decisions made by
• Calvary’s elders and Senior Pastor.
• External Communication: Develop, implement, and oversee external communication strategies that increase community awareness of the church and its ministries, including maintaining a clear, current, and engaging digital presence across the church’s website and social media platforms.
• Other Responsibilities: All other duties as assigned by the Senior Pastor.

Qualifications

• Spiritual: Must meet the Biblical requirements of an Elder (1 Tim. 3:1-7, Titus 1:6-9); consistent Christ-like character evidencing a growing relationship with Jesus Christ; membership at Calvary
• Bible Church (CBC) including full agreement with the CBC Constitution and Statement of Faith; and faithful attendance at CBC worship services and support of CBC ministries.
• Personal: Must have excellent leadership, communication, and relational skills; be enthusiastic and positive; be a team player who can take initiative while submitting to leadership; and be highly organized.
• Aspirational: Enthusiastic support for the pastors’ and elders’ philosophy of ministry and vision.
• Educational: Bachelor’s degree in a role-related field; Bible minor from a doctrinally like-minded school, or an equivalent level of Bible knowledge.
• Professional: Minimum 3-5 years of significant leadership responsibility in multiple-staff, multiple-department setting.