Associate Campus Pastor (Oxford Campus)

Pinelake Church•Oxford, MS

About The Position

The Associate Campus Pastor reports to and serves alongside the Campus Pastor to help lead, shepherd, and equip the Pinelake Oxford campus. As an extension of the Campus Pastor’s office, this role enhances and provides greater span of care and depth in pastoral leadership, team development, and ministry oversight. The core focus is to partner with the campus pastor to ensure the mission, vision, and values of Pinelake Church are carried forward with excellence and faithfulness.

Requirements

Proven ministry leadership experience in a local church with comparable context to Pinelake Oxford’s size and culture
Deep love for the local church with proven leadership toward building a discipleship culture
Passionate about people and energized to see others grow
Strong relational and team leadership skills
Flexible and dependable to lead and execute key initiatives
Focused and aligned with Pinelake Church’s mission, vision, and values
Spiritually mature, emotionally healthy, and secure enough to lead from the second chair.
Bachelor’s degree minimum; Required to be licensed/ordained.
The individual must have excellent interpersonal skills, ability to work with a diverse group of people, communicate clearly and effectively on the telephone, e-mail and in person demonstrating tact and diplomacy. Exceptional interpersonal skills are required to develop and maintain strong working relationships with volunteers, co-workers, the public and church members and regular attendees. The individual must have the ability to understand written or oral instructions; read, analyze and interpret complex documents, instructions manuals, policies and procedures is essential.
The individual must have demonstrated skill in the use of Windows/MacOS to complete tasks, including word processing and spreadsheets and the ability to use the internet for information retrieval. The individual must have basic mathematical skills, knowledge of bookkeeping and basic accounting, and budget and expense monitoring. The individual must have the ability to read financial information and spreadsheets.
The individual must be able to define problems, collect data, establish facts, and draw valid conclusions; respond effectively to the most sensitive inquiries; simultaneous conceptualization and planning of multiple tasks, ability to project outcomes using different implementation strategies and ability to apply creative and innovative thinking to problem situations; and solve practical problems. The ability to work effectively and efficiently under stressful conditions to ensure deadlines are met is essential.
While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to sit and talk or hear. The employee is required to stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms.
Must be able to lift up to 25 lbs.

Nice To Haves

Seminary experience is a plus.
Eight or more years of related experience and/or training.

Responsibilities

Works in coordination with the overall goals and objectives of Pinelake Church.
Assists the Campus Pastor to work toward excellence in all areas of the ministry.
As a part of the overall Oxford Campus staff team, participate in campus-wide ministry events and the shepherding of our Oxford Campus faith family.
Maintain a vital and growing personal walk with the Lord through committed Bible study, prayer, meditation and practicing L3.
Maintain proper priorities in your home including your spouse and children (if married and/or with children).
Faithfully support the ministries of Pinelake by maintaining wise stewardship measures over the resources entrusted to you.
Maintain active participation in community.
Reflect a growing awareness and practice of personal Emotional Healthy Spirituality.
Perform duties and responsibilities in a manner to glorify Christ and further the mission and ministry purposes of Pinelake Church (Colossians 3:23-24).
Value the 7 H’s of our staff culture in your heart, home, and life (Humility, Honor, Honesty, Hunger, Holy Spirit, Health and Harmony).
Help lead, develop, and care for staff and volunteer teams
Provide pastoral leadership through presence, prayer, care, and relational connection
Support weekend services and key ministry environments
Champion a culture of discipleship, teamwork, and servant leadership
Step in to lead ministries or initiatives as needed to support campus health and growth
Provide direct leadership, coaching, and accountability for the Lead College Pastor, Lead Student Pastor, Kids Pastor, Preschool Minister, and (as assigned) the Adult Groups/Discipleship Pastor
Champion a unified discipleship pathway across preschool, kids, students, college, and adult groups to ensure alignment and continuity
Conduct regular one-on-one meetings with direct reports to provide spiritual care, leadership development, goal alignment, and performance feedback
Ensure ministry strategies, calendars, and environments are aligned with Pinelake Church’s mission, vision, values, and campus priorities
Support, coach, and equip ministry leaders in volunteer recruitment, leader development, and team health
Oversee ministry planning, execution, and evaluation for key seasonal initiatives (camps, retreats, conferences, and milestone events)
Collaborate with the Campus Pastor to identify leadership development opportunities and succession planning for NextGen and discipleship ministries
Perform other duties as assigned.
Serve as a catalyst and guide in equipping parents to become disciple-makers in their homes. Partner with NextGen families through intentional initiatives and relational engagement to strengthen the family unit and cultivate faithful followers of Jesus who, in turn, make disciples.