Church
Lead Pastor Full Time
Artisan Church – Lead Pastor
Artisan is a church community located in Vancouver’s Railtown neighbourhood, planted 12 years ago. We have anabaptist roots and while we aren’t currently affiliated with a denomination, we lean into a Jesus-centred “third way” approach to our ministry. Two years ago, our Lead Pastor – one of our founding pastors – left Artisan, and as a result we’ve started our search for a new Lead Pastor.
Intentionally, we don’t yet have a formal job description. The role of a Lead Pastor is wide-reaching and hard to define. We intend to work alongside the new Lead Pastor, in collaboration with our Lead Team and Staff Team, to develop a job description that suits their skills and gifts.
In the meantime, we can say for certain that the new Lead Pastor will be responsible for:
- Stewarding a vision for the church, developed in collaboration with the Lead Team, Staff Team, and broader Artisan community. Catalyzing movement in that direction
- Regular preaching/teaching (at least twice per month)
- Providing leadership and direction to Staff Team
- Acting as the Staff Team representative on the Lead Team
- Pastoral leadership with outward-facing ministries
Salary will be in line with ministry standard and market value in Vancouver, commensurate with experience.
In the absence of a job description, we’ve crafted a thorough document that should clarify who we are and the sort of person our community needs most. Please get in touch if you would like to apply and receive this document.
If you’d be interested in applying for the position, please send the following information to [email protected]
- Please share your CV/resume.
- Please briefly share what interests you about the Lead Pastor position at Artisan Church.
- Please tell us, in one or two paragraphs, how you would describe your leadership style.
- Please share with us, in one or two paragraphs, your approach to/philosophy of pastoral ministry and describe your ideal role/tasks/duties on a pastoral team.
- Artisan Church strives to represent the diversity of our community and neighbourhood. We want to ensure a diverse and representative Staff Team. If you’re comfortable, please let us know how you would bring diversity to our Staff Team
Our intended process is as follows:
- We’ll review letters of interest with our search criteria in mind and get back to applicants within two weeks of receipt.
- We’ll invite successful applicants into virtual interviews with 2-3 members of our team, which we expect to carry out in the fall.
- After the interviews, we hope to narrow down a shortlist of applicants, and at that time we’ll request references. We may have a few more written questions as well.
- In the fall, we’ll do reference checks, other research, and likely further interviews with the intention to make our final recommendations to the Artisan Church Lead Team in late October.
We look forward to hearing from you.
With gratitude and hope,
The Artisan Church Pastoral Research Team