JOB & CAREER OPPORTUNITIES

THIS ISN’T A SIMPLE CAREER OPPORTUNITY OR JUST ANOTHER JOB,
IT’S A CALLING.

If you’re interested in seeing God use you in ways you never imagined, working in the church and Christian ministries is one of the highest privileges you’ll ever experience. If you’re excited about what God is doing through our association of churches and partners, check out our listings, submit a job opportunity, or resume.
Contact Sally Hahn, Director of Connections. sally@venturechurches-ncnv.com for more information.

Job Opportunities
LEAD PASTOR | SANTA CRUZ, CA

High Street Community Church |Santa Cruz, CA

High Street Community Church in Santa Cruz, CA, is prayerfully seeking an energetic Lead Pastor to work with the elders and staff to shepherd our active church family. HSCC Website

This includes leading and inspiring the church in the fulfillment of its mission, vision, and long-range plans, especially in the areas of hospitality, outreach, and growing disciples.

Download the complete job description here.

Church website

TEACHING PASTOR | BEAVERTON, OR

Southwesthills Church

Church Affiliation: Church Venture Northwest (a region of Venture Church Network)

Key Areas of Responsibility:

  • Bible Preaching and teaching
  • Be a productive team player in working with the Elders, Leadership Team, ministry leaders, and office support staff
  • Establish effective communication between staff, Elders and church leadership
  • Design clear, realistic goals and objectives for the upcoming year

Download the complete job description here.
Contact Jerry Propst jlpropst@gmail.com

Church website

NEXT GENERATION PASTOR | HALF MOON BAY, CA

Next Generations Pastor

Mariners Community Church | Half Moon Bay, CA

The Vision:
In our Coastside community we have a call to see that every youth has an opportunity to hear the message of Jesus Christ and a ministry that will help them grow in their faith.

Our Next Gen Pastor will help fulfill that calling by creating opportunities, developing sustainable ministries, equipping parents and volunteers, and championing the vision to bring Jesus to children, youth, and parents. 

Scope
Create, lead and champion all ministry areas that impact the family and next generation (cradle through college) at Mariners Church

Our Person
We are praying for a leader to who can develop and lead ministry from nursery through college. While we do have committed volunteers, they need this visionary leader to ensure that recruitment, development, equipping, structure, and follow through is implemented on an ongoing and sustainable basis to fuel our church’s growth

Capabilities:

● Emotional Intelligence – can successfully leverage self- and social awareness to manage oneself and the relationships around them
● Strategic follow through – the ability to anticipate and act with the understanding of the “big picture”, the contribution of each of its parts, how they interact, and the possibilities to pursue
● Partnership – can form, develop, maintain and optimize formal and informal relationships, contribute to and collaborate with leadership and teams alike.
● Learning agility – motivated to continually develop, can adapt and incorporate new knowledge with flexibility and timeliness
● Effective communicator – Can facilitate meaningful dialogue and exchanges, aligning intent with impact.

Skills:

● Can develop and implement vision and strategy for NextGen ministries. 
● Excellent verbal and written communication skills
● Experienced team leader, relationship builder, and developer of people. 
● Understand, embody and cultivate Mariners culture and DNA. 
● Able to build trust across diverse groups of people
● Proficient in “teaming,” see and act upon opportunities to collaborate well with others
● Can create or improve upon systems and processes and stays organized

Demonstrates timely and effective decision making

Responsibilities: 

● Develop, rollout, and achieve the vision, strategy, and accompanying goals for Next Generation Ministries of Mariners Church 

in alignment and consistent with Mariners vision, experience, and brand. 

● Achieve measurable progress that moves kids and students from ‘attender’ to ‘fully engaged’. 
● Leverage relationships across the entire Mariners community to recruit, empower, fundraise, and supervise directors, interns, leaders, and volunteers for the Nursery through College Ministry
● Equip leaders through ongoing training and team building. 
● Oversee budgets to steward our resources wisely and in alignment with agreed upon principles
● Seek out and translate Next Gen Ministry trends to keep Mariners ministries fresh and effective through continuous improvement. 
● Be the central point of contact for all curriculum development. 
● Collaborate on Next Gen facility planning (space, equipment, etc.) as the church grows

Initiates communication and keeps relevant leaders groups informed on a regular basis

The ideal candidate…

Character and Calling

● is called to and formally educated in church ministry with a Bible/Ministry/Theological degree (or is currently involved in ongoing biblical education)
● has deep and abiding love for Jesus and His Church
● is a builder, self-starter, and life-long learner
● is a relationship builder who can work both independent of and interdependently with others on staff
● is able to clearly communicate vision, goals, progress and challenges to their team and to their supervisor and coaches
● is a trusted counselor, team/community builder, and coach
● adapts and thrives in an unchurched/dechurched area
● connects with people easily and seeks to cultivate unity among them
● has the qualifications of an elder (1 Timothy 3:1-7),displays the fruits of the Holy Spirit (Galatians 5:22-26), and practices values-based leadership

Experience 

● has built and led in at least two of these areas: Kids Ministry, Student Ministry, College Ministry, Parent Ministry
● has experience ministering in California, particularly with community based, mid-sized churches
● has successfully demonstrated the skills and responsibilities as described above, especially strategy development and implementation, trust-based relationship building, and communication

About Mariners Church

WE ARE

CHRIST FOLLOWERS
Knowing God through Jesus is the most important thing. It’s why we’re here and why we exist.

REAL
No perfect people are allowed here. We’re authentic about our victories, struggles, joys and sorrows. That means we’re a place of grace and forgiveness and a place to come as you are and as you ‘really’ are.

CONNECTING
Jesus said our greatest witness to our community is not our music, building, or programs, but our love for each other. That means we connect in LifeGroups and in accountable and authentic relationships.

GROWING
God loves us just as we are, but He loves us too much to stay that way. Through the Bible we grow in our faith, our knowledge of God, and our understanding of how to love God and our world. We want everyone to become fully transformed, committed and reproducing Christ followers.

CHANGING
While God’s message is sacred, our methods to reach people are not. So things change.  We do this because we are missional – we primarily exist for those people God loves and are not yet part of the body of Christ.

INVESTING
Children and youth are highly valued around here and so we invest time and resources for them. It’s our vision every graduating senior on the Coastside will have heard the message of Jesus Christ.

DIFFERENT and SAME
We reflect the diverse community into which God has placed us. While we may come from different backgrounds, we become one as we worship, serve and grow together.

INVOLVED
Each Christ follower at Mariners is responsible for using their spiritual gift, time, energy, and finances for honoring God in ministry. Involvement changes the world and changes you.

COMPENSATION
Salary range $90-115,000 commensurate with experience plus benefits.

Contact
Brenna Davis

Mariners Community Church

408.802.8171

Brenna@marinerscc.org

 

ASSOCIATE PASTOR | DISCOVERY BAY, CA

ASSOC. PASTOR | DISCOVERY BAY, CA

General Position Description

Associate Pastor is one who is gifted and is called to church ministry, loves people, and has a passion for evangelism, outreach, and missions both personally and at the ministry level within a multi-generational congregation setting. He has a passion for the Word of God and desire to proclaim the Word of God with conviction and confidence, always moving the congregation towards taking consistent spiritual steps. He is missions-minded and will lead the congregation to serve both locally and globally. The Associate Pastor is one who casts a vision for the ministries under his direction. He lives out the Great Commission by sharing the gospel boldly from the pulpit, by being in the community, and through one on- one relationships.

Download the complete job Description here.

Gary VanBuskirk vanbuskirk.gary@yahoo.com

Church Website: https://marinersdiscoverychurch.com/

WORSHIP ARTS PASTOR | FRESNO, CA

Campus Bible Church | Fresno, CA

Worship Arts Pastor

POSITION SUMMARY The Worship Arts Pastor is a godly man who is a gifted individual with a heart to seek after God and to lead our church family in glorifying God through singing, praising, and worshiping.

Full job description  here

PASTOR, DISCIPLESHIP | FRESNO, CA

Redemption Bible Church | Fresno, CA

Pastor of Discipleship

Primary Responsibilities:

SUMMARY
The Discipleship Pastor is responsible for the implementation of the mission of Redemption to make disciples and the overall leadership of the church staff. This includes the execution and implementation of the Senior Pastor and Elder’s vision in areas of ministry development, organizational integration, and operational oversight. Areas of oversight and direction include discipleship

 

PASTOR, STUDENT MINISTRIES | FRESNO, CA

Redemption Bible Church | Fresno, CA

Pastor of Student Ministries

Primary Responsibilities:

SUMMARY
The Pastor of Student Ministries is a dynamic leader motivated by a shepherd’s heart with a passion to lead, grow, and multiply disciples for the glory of Jesus Christ. The Pastor of Student Ministries is responsible for the disciple-making of 7th-12th grade students in accordance with the mission, vision, and doctrine of Redemption Bible Church as established by the Elders.

 

ASSOCIATE PASTOR | PENNGROVE, CA

Penngrove Community Church | Penngrove, CA

Part-Time Associate Pastor (Worship and Administration)

We are looking for a part-time Associate Pastor. The right candidate will have the ability to lead worship on Sunday mornings and fulfill administrative duties throughout the week.

Full job description  here

PASTOR OF STUDENT MIN | WATSONVILLE, CA

First Baptist Church, Watsonville | Watsonville, CA

Posted:02/16/22

First Baptist Church of Watsonville is seeking a full-time Pastor of Student Ministries to shepherd students from grades 6 – 12.  He will have the primary responsibility of directing, coordinating, and implementing our youth ministry in a manner consistent with the doctrine, vision, and values of FBC.  This is a full-time position, and the salary will be commensurate with experience and training.

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YOUTH PASTOR | IONE, CA

Cornerstone | Ione,CA

Youth Pastor

Cornerstone Church is committed to glorifying God by sharing the love of God with the community, making disciples, and helping people mature in Christ. Due to the unique challenges that young people face today we believe it is important to have a leader who is directly responsible for this. He is to work with the parents to disciple the students that are already believers and work with those students to bring their friends and neighbors to faith in Christ as well.

Full Job Description here.

 

WORSHIP PASTOR | FOLSOM, CA

Community Bible Church | Folsom, CA | EV Free

FT Worship Pastor – health and retirement benefits

Responsibilities:

  • Responsibilities:

  • Lead two Sunday morning worship services – a blended service with both hymns and mostly present day songs of worship.

  • Assist in leading a midweek time of all church praise and prayer.

  • Assist in leading all church prayer summits. (Retreats, 2-3 days of seeking God in prayer)

  • Prepare worship media and streaming for church services. Lead the worship team as both a director and pastor.

  • Responsible for the recruiting, scheduling, developing, and discipling of the worship team and future worship leaders.

  • Provide direction and recruits for the tech/sound/streaming team. Provide direction and oversight of worship for children and youth.

  • Oversees music equipment and prepares facilities for a worshipful atmosphere. Give leadership and direction to the Sunday Morning Connection Team (greeters, ushers, coffee/refreshments team members). Mentor a small group of men in their walk with the Lord.

  • Commitment to faithfully pray on behalf of the church. Participate regularly in staff prayer and planning meetings.

  • Meet regularly with the senior pastor for discipleship, prayer and ministry development.

  • Once a year, participate/assist in leading a short-term mission trip.

  • Work alongside staff in reaching the lost of our community for Christ.

  • Takes on other pastoral responsibilities as Senior Pastor assigns. Directly responsible to the Senior Pastor. 

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