Grand Rapids Campus Pastor
Position Description
(Revised 10.19.23)

About Engedi

Engedi Church is a young, diverse, passionate, and missional community of people who are committed to loving and serving God, our neighbors, and the world. We preach the Gospel, and we do our best to live it out. Since our inception in 2005, Engedi Church’s mission has been to advance the kingdom revolution of Jesus worldwide. We have identified five core values that mark the advance of Jesus’ kingdom in our midst (see engedichurch.com).

We believe God’s original dream for creation was to create a community of people who experience complete wholeness of mind, body, emotions, and soul in Him and deep, meaningful, and diverse relationships with each other. Jesus began His ministry by announcing He had come to bring good news to the poor, to release the oppressed, and to free the imprisoned. He called the experience of these realities living in the kingdom of God. The kingdom of God is an ever-expanding reality of those who are experiencing the restoration of what was lost at the Fall—harmony with God, within ourselves and within our relationships—all through the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus. While full restoration won’t occur until His return, Jesus invites us to both experience and extend restoration in the now. This is why Engedi exists.

Purpose of the Position

Provide leadership, spiritual direction, and management for the Grand Rapids campus of Engedi Church. 

Skills and Qualifications 

• Deeply committed follower of Jesus
• Affirms Engedi’s core beliefs, mission, values and life practices by word and example
• Effective administrative skills – including the ability to set goals, facilitate advance planning and effectively manage ministry and personal schedules
• Strong communication and writing skills
• Comfortable public speaker
• Strong gift of leadership and proven experience developing leaders and building teams· 
• Ability to recruit, develop, retain and communicate with volunteers
• Aligns with Engedi’s vision to connect with people of varying ethnic and economic backgrounds
• Team player – humble, willing to defer to others, can lead under direction
• Is a partner of Engedi or is willing to become one upon joining staff
• Tithes
• Is in a CABLE (small) group or is willing to become a part of one upon joining staff

Essential Duties and Responsibilities

• Champion the vision, mission, values, and DNA of Engedi at the campus level
• (optional) Teach up to 20 times a year at Sunday morning gatherings
• Develop, lead and manage campus leadership team including staff and key volunteer leaders
• Participate in the campus pastor meetings and teaching team meetings
• Provide overall leadership of weekend services including oversight of the worship experience, children’s ministry, hospitality ministry, and general operations of the campus
• Provide oversight and direction for midweek ministries including CABLE groups, adult classes, local missions, and student ministry
• Oversee the efforts to connect attendees of the campus into the deeper life of the church including the Journey class, partnership, small groups and serving opportunities
• Oversee the development of volunteer teams 
• Create and manage the campus budget and annual goals
• Provide pastoral care for the campus 
• Collaborate regularly with Central Teams on general Engedi programming, events and overall system processes

Other Responsibilities

• Participate in monthly staff meetings (1st Monday of the month)
• Participate in most staff prayer meetings (every Monday)
• Participate in most Worship Nights (three per year)
• Attend all-staff and director retreats (four per year, two are overnight)

Other Details 

• Full-time, 45 hours/week position including vacation and personal days, cell phone reimbursement, subsidized onsite daycare at Holland Campus, and matching 403b contributions 
• Reports to the Executive Pastor