Crossbridge Christian Church
Tallahassee, FL
Position: Senior Pastor/Lead Pastor
Job Type: Full-Time
Church Size: 150
Denomination:NoN
General Description
The Lead Pastor will provide vision and spiritual direction for Crossbridge Christian Church. The Lead Pastor will work in cooperation with the leadership team, lead the staff, and cast vision and spiritual direction for the congregation of Crossbridge. The Lead Pastor of Crossbridge will lead the church torward a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, while intentionally impacting the Tallahassee Community.
Church Description
Crossbridge was started in Tallahassee 10 years ago with a vision to reach people who are far from God in the Tallahassee area. The church’s emphasizes contemporary worship gatherings, small groups, a children’s ministry that values the role of the family, and an continued effort to impact our community
Responsibilities
- Develop and communicate a clear vision for Crossbridge Christian Church
- Lead the staff in carrying out the vision of the church
- Communicate effective and engaging messages during the Weekend Worship Gatherings
- Lead and influence the work of the other pastors and church staff so the team functions in a healthy way, communicating and cooperating together to advance the mission of the church
- Ensure the spiritual needs of the congregation are met in cooperation with other staff and volunteer leaders
- Champion Crossbridge’s alignment with the heart of God
- Cooperate with the Leadership Team, in overseeing the ministries of the church
- Fulfill all other responsibilities which the Bylaws stipulate
Characteristics
We are looking for a high capacity leader to lead Crossbridge in a high impact relationship with the community while serving the spiritual needs of the church. In addition to the characteristics outlined in the New Testament for Pastors and Church leaders, a leader who will effectively lead Crossbridge is:
- A Leader of Leaders – who is able to inspire uniquely talented people to give their giftedness to the vision and not afraid of the brilliant work they do.
- A Networker – who has an existing network that will back him and the ability to rapidly grow a new network of relationships in area.
- A Gifted Communicator – who can speak and write with the power to inspire others to go and do.
- A Learner – who is constantly searching for what they don’t know which will help them go where they haven’t yet gone.
- A Listener – who has a proven ability to hear and follow the Holy Spirit into new Kingdom territory.
- A Visionary– who has the capacity to project into the future and persuasively sell the vision.
- Intrinsically Motivated – who is a self-starter with a willingness to build from nothing and a desire and commitment for excellence.
- A Sense of Ownership – who helps people “buy in” and feel responsible for growth/success of the church.
- Committed to Unchurched – who has a communication style that is understood by the unchurched and understands the mentality of the unchurched.
- Group Builder – who is able to develop a nucleus group and quickly engages newcomers into a network of relationships
Education/Experience
An effective candidate will have demonstrated 5 or more years of vocational ministry experience in a proven leadership role in a multi-staff church with participation in vision development and preaching.
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