Employment Contract for Pastor

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Church:

Pastor:

Part-time

Full-time

Date Prepared:

Date Hired:

Pastor:	Job Title:

Regional Director:	Reports to:

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Notes:

Commitment to the Mission, Vision and Values of Open Bible Church and Pacific Open Bible:

Church Mission Statement:

Open Bible: Open Bible Churches is an association of churches and ministers with a mission to globally make disciples, develop leaders, and plant churches.

To strive toward the Ten Cultural Targets of Pacific Open Bible

To help create, strategize, support and execute the vision and ministry initiatives of (church name)

Purpose of the Job:

To lead people into a growing relationship with Jesus by being the Chief Visionary, Spiritual Shepherd, and corporate leader of (church name)

Commitment to Equipping God’s People:

The goal of every pastor and ministry director is to work through the people that the Lord has entrusted us with. For we are God’s masterpiece. He has created us anew in Christ Jesus, so we can do the good things he planned for us long ago. Ephesians 2:10

The success of this role will only be achieved by building teams. Your job is to equip, train, empower, and release God’s people for the works of service (Ephesians 4:11-13).

Essential Functions and Responsibilities of Lead Pastor:

Primary Vision Leader:

With God’s help, the Lead Pastor will serve as the chief visionary to lead the church forward in fulfilling God’s purpose as a servant leader.

Help to establish and oversee church’s advisory council, leadership, and congregation around a biblical vision that supports its purpose. The Lead Pastor will champion and evaluate the purpose, values and strategy of the church and the ability to align leaders and ministry teams with its mission.

The Lead Pastor will offer pastoral leadership to the congregation alongside other staff and ministry leaders. The Pastor will ensure that the systems, practices, and policies of the church responsibly and effectively support its ministry activities.

Develop a strategic plan to lead the congregation into a fruitful and effective future.

Oversee churchwide communication both internally and externally.

Develop Ministry Strategy:

Identify the giftings and callings of the people that are currently in the church.

Identify the needs and ministries needed to accomplish the mission.

Identify and develop leaders to lead those ministry areas.

Champion healthy communication and life rhythms among the church leadership.

Hire and remove staff as able and needed in consultation with the regional director.

Interact with the congregation as the spiritual leader. Promote unity and harmony between leadership and church members.

Develop a budget to accomplish the mission.

Oversee Sunday services:

Primary communicator for weekend services. Oversee and provide leadership in planning and executing teaching plans and schedule.

Coordinate all aspects of the weekend service.

Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the weekend experience with your leadership team.

Pastoral Care:

Work closely with the congregation to ensure that pastoral care needs of the congregation are effectively being met. Share the responsibility of pastoral care with those equipped to help.

Administration:

Oversee the finances, making sure all bills are current and checks and balances are in place.

Oversee the facilities – keeping them clean and in order.

See to it that insurance, incorporation status, and other necessary reporting to the state or federal agencies are up to date.

Compensation: – pay will be by a W-2 as a self-employed minister. Taxes will be withheld in accordance with the church policy. But it is understood that unless exempt, the pastor is responsible for paying his own Social Security/Medicare taxes. The church does not pay an employer’s share to a minister. Witholding must include workman’s compensation. Please plan accordingly what you will need to set aside for self-employment taxes. If designating a portion of the compensation as housing, please let us know so we can make that a matter of board minutes.

Review: An annual review of the pastor will be conducted by . Consideration for compensation increase will be determined based on criteria established by the governing board.

Vacation:

Other benefits (insurance, auto, conference allowance, etc.):

Sick leave as needed in accordance with the policy of the church.

Work Hours: Expectation is hours per week, but we trust that you will give time necessary to accomplish the vision God gives you.

Term of this contract:

Church Board President or Regional Director: Date:

Lead Pastor’s Signature:	Date:

Once completed, please sign and save as “Church Name Pastor Contract”