Campus Teaching Pastor

Chatham Community Church is recruiting a full-time Campus Pastor for our Pittsboro location.

The responsibilities of this position include being the primary teacher at our Pittsboro campus (and all the commensurate pastoral care responsibilities that come with such a position) in partnership with the lead pastor.

As the town is continuing to grow it is expected that the person chosen for this position would lead in connecting with the growing community, and participate in the search and development of a larger, permanent location for the campus. 

About the Church

Chatham Community Church is a thriving, mid-sized, multi-campus, non-denominational church located in Chatham County with campuses located in North Chatham and in the town of Pittsboro, NC.  Learn more about Chatham Church at www.chathamchurch.org.

Position Vision & Summary

Our vision at Chatham Community Church is connecting people to God and to each other.  

The person chosen for this position will likely teach at least 75% of the Sundays in a year in partnership with other pastors and preachers and will primarily serve the campus located in Pittsboro, NC. 

Sermon preparation duties will include discussing sermon topics, approach and delivery, and content in a team teaching arrangement while tailoring a given sermon to the culture/needs of the Pittsboro campus.  This person would also be expected to function in typical pastoral counseling roles and to be involved in mentoring and development of others.  

The person chosen for this position will regularly join meetings of the executive staff team, elders, and leadership team to make strategic and tactical decisions in cooperative partnership with senior level leaders.

The person chosen for this position will also be responsible for working with the staff team as well as volunteers to support CCC’s programming as needed.

Position Requirements and Responsibilities

Key Requirements

• Teach in a way that connects with a wide range of people (age, gender, ethnicity)
• In collaboration with the different senior leadership teams: strategize and execute initiatives
• In concert with other ministry leaders, coordinate and develop ministry volunteers
• Oversee all campus ministry teams and develop campus teams and leaders as needed
• Support CCC’s programming through leadership and administrative support

Requirements & Qualifications

• Teach in a style which connects with a range of people (Christians, non-believers, a wide age range, as well as diverse ethnicities and backgrounds)

• Demonstrate fluency in a wide variety of biblical spiritual formation approaches, techniques, and practices

• Demonstrate relational integrity and cooperative partnerships with fellow staff, the lead team, and volunteers; including an ability to resolve conflict effectively and successfully as needed

• Demonstrate flexibility as the church pursues an outreach oriented multi-site strategy.  Inherent in such a growth oriented strategy are uncertainties which will require flexibility and adaptability in order to overcome obstacles for successful outcomes

• Demonstrate an aptitude for pastoral care and provide pastoral care to congregants as needed and in partnership with the pastoral staff and the elder team

• Demonstrate a growing commitment to Christ including a strong biblical foundation

• Commit to healthy personal spiritual development that overflows into helping others grow spiritually

• Demonstrate leadership and organizational skills, particularly in growing or “building” ( team/ministry/organization/etc.)

• Work with an outreach oriented, relational, and team-focused ministry style

• Demonstrate compatibility with Chatham Community Church beliefs, mission, and vision

• Demonstrate compatibility with Chatham Community Church culture.  Specifically, fully support such cultural distinctives as:

• • a non-hierarchical approach to leadership - we are an elder led church with all elders being equal including the lead pastor

• • participation in church with an all male elder team which actively encourages and affirms female leadership in all other ministry areas 

• • a moderate and common sense approach to evangelical theological positions (CCC is neither a liberal nor a conservative church theologically and we would describe ourselves as “big tent evangelical” when it comes to our belief system)

• • a flexible approach to teaching which takes into account a congregation that is a blend of non-churched, de-churched, and committed life-long Christians

• • an embrace of a style of teaching which is topical in series selection with expository sermons and a conversational approach to their delivery. Sermons are to be both scripturally based and culturally relevant delivered with sufficient depth as to engage a congregation with the composition noted above

• • an ability as a leader to be transparent and humble

• • a location in a county undergoing rapid change from a rural to a more suburban community--candidates must be willing to love and engage both our rural and suburban neighbors.  

• • Adopt a servant leader posture (this is how our pastoral staff and elders lead the church – really)

• • Possess a bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience at minimum
• We're looking for a builder. This campus is just under 200 on Sunday mornings but is planted in one of the fastest growing small towns in North Carolina. We're positioned for growth and we want someone who has demonstrated some aptitude in building. So if you've got a story where you've built a youth group from 5 kids to 60 kids or a church from 50 to 150 or a campus ministry from 20 students to 100 students, we would love to talk to you.