Associate Pastor – Woodforest Campus

Job Description

Full-time, exempt, includes Sunday mornings as scheduled

The Church at Woodforest is a campus of The Woodlands Methodist Church (TWMC). Our Woodforest campus has been a worshiping congregation since January 2016. Worship services are filled with contemporary worship music and engaging Bible teaching. Families and individuals of all ages are invited to join this “front porch” community of believers. The Associate Pastor will assist the Woodforest Lead Pastor in shepherding the Woodforest congregation.

Responsibilities Include

• Provide oversight to TWMC’s GROW Discipleship program
• Preaching
• Writing study guides
• Collaborate with ministry teams to produce worship and worship-related resources
• Pastoral care including counseling, hospital visits, weddings, and funerals
• Leadership of Woodforest events and Woodforest-specific programming. The Associate Pastor also provides pastoral leadership for church-wide events and programming across The Woodlands Methodist Church.

Job Requirements:

• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills, both oral and written
• Master’s Degree in area of Biblical Studies, Christian Formation or Master of Divinity Degree
• Appointment as a licensed local pastor, provisional or ordained deacon or elder
• Spiritual maturity, confidentiality, high energy, and strong passion for the Gospel message of Christ’s love and grace
• Ability to multitask, handle complex, sensitive, and detail-oriented ministry situations
• Committed to helping people grow spiritually closer to God
• Innovative and creative thinker; unafraid to follow-through with implementation of new ideas
• Team player capable of and committed to helping other staff members do a better job in accomplishing their job responsibilities, a desire to mentor
• Flexible and adaptable
• Able to multi-task
• Relational and patient
• Experience with budgeting