Religious | Presbyterian Church in America
Full-Time
Posted: Feb 26, 2025
Application Deadline: May 31, 2025
Description
Chestnut Mountain Presbyterian Church has 600 members, is multi-staffed, and exists to glorify and enjoy God through equipping people to delightfully obey the Great Commandment and the Great Commission to Chestnut Mountain and around the world. In the fall of 2024, we celebrated 150 years of the Lord’s faithfulness to us as a local church! We are amazed and humbled at His goodness to us for a century and a half of proclaiming the gospel of Christ in our community.
We prayerfully seek a lead pastor who will reflect our Bible-believing, gospel-centered and loving church through expository preaching that is doctrinally sound, gospel oriented and relational. Our lead pastor will exhibit strong leadership skills and the the following:
- Dynamic, relatable preacher who teaches the Bible while preaching Christ and His gospel of grace.
- Invest in “Major Focus” areas that:
- Value, invest, develop, disciple, and pastor Session, Staff, Diaconate, and Ministry Leaders
- Envision global/local mission activities and initiatives. Take the existing and current activities and expand, encourage, and adjust as needed
- Collaborate with, yet lead existing major ministry leaders on existing and future ministries that:
- Build the congregation through reaching new families and young adults
- Bridge generations through programs and outreach
- Tie activities into fulfilling the Great Commission– local and global
See the Lead Pastor Profile for additional information: https://cmpca.org/lpp
Salary: Undisclosed
Requirements
This candidate will be ordained or ordainable in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA) and will meet all the requirements in I Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, as well as those in the PCA Book of Church Order. He will be growing in Christlikeness, exhibiting the fruit of the Spirit, and possessing a passionate love of Jesus.
In addition, the candidate will have the following skills and experience:
- 5 years of experience as a senior pastor and has led a staff that includes at least one other Teaching Elder.
- Some administrative skills, detail-oriented, follows up on tasks.
- Understands church structures, processes, and procedures appropriate for a large church.
- Energetic, fun to be around, and approachable
See the Lead Pastor Profile for additional qualifications: https://cmpca.org/lpp
How to Apply
How to apply:
Please send your materials to psc@cmpca.org, and you will be contacted with next steps which may include requests for additional information or scheduling conversations.
- Cover Letter, Resume, Ministerial Data Form (MDF) & Educational Transcripts
- Completed and typed out responses to the questionnaire (See Lead Pastor Profile link above). Please use the following format to label all attachments:
• JohnSmith_CoverLetter
• JohnSmith_Resume
• JohnSmith_MDF
• JohnSmith_Transcripts
• JohnSmith_Questionnaire
As you may expect, at the appropriate step in the process, information will also be requested to perform a background check, credit check, motor vehicle check, and educational verification.
Primary Contact: Pastor Search Committee
Email: psc@cmpca.org
Phone: 770.967.3440
Apply Online: View