Associate Pastor

MinistryHub • Palo Alto, CA

2d • Onsite

About The Position

Holy Trinity Church is seeking an Associate Pastor or Associate Rector to join its pastoral team in Palo Alto, California. The role strengthens the church through community building, outreach, spiritual formation, and pastoral care. The church is a growing, intergenerational, ethnically diverse Anglican (ACNA) community seeking to express God’s redemptive love through Scripture, Spirit, and Sacrament and invite people into life in Christ.

The Associate Pastor will work collaboratively with the Rector and ministry team, support the church’s mission, and contribute to its day-to-day ministry. The position is envisioned at 32 hours per week, with flexibility to scale down to a part-time role of at least 20 hours per week. Compensation is $80,000–$100,000, depending on experience and qualifications. Areas of additional focus may be shaped by the candidate’s gifts and experience, including next-generation and family ministry, worship and music, outreach and local mission, or operations, communications, and digital presence.

Requirements

• A vibrant Christian faith and a life marked by spiritual maturity, humility, integrity, and teachability.
• Deep alignment with Holy Trinity’s mission, theology, liturgical life, and ministry culture.
• Bachelor’s degree required.
• Growing ability in preaching, teaching, discipleship, and pastoral care.
• Experience building community and outreach in collaboration with a Rector, staff, and vestry.
• Willingness to serve in an entrepreneurial church environment where flexibility, initiative, and follow-through are essential.

Nice To Haves

• Master of Divinity or a related theological degree.
• Ordination is welcome but not required; candidates may be ordained, pursuing ordination, eligible for transfer into the ACNA, or serving as a pastor in a theologically and missionally aligned denomination.
• Gifts or experience in next-generation or family ministry, worship and music, outreach and local mission, or operations, communications, and digital presence.

Responsibilities

• Strengthen and build community life through small groups, newcomer outreach and connection, church-wide gatherings, and intergenerational ministry.
• Develop ministries that encourage spiritual formation, discipleship, and deeper participation in church life.
• Support and initiate outreach and community engagement, including local partnerships and opportunities for compassion, service, and mission.
• Serve on the pastoral team through congregational care, prayer, teaching, and spiritual encouragement.
• Assist with liturgy, Holy Communion, and public worship in alignment with the church’s Anglican ethos.
• Participate in the preaching and teaching rotation, likely about once a month.
• Work closely with the Rector to execute vision and support the day-to-day ministry of the church.
• Contribute strategic thinking, creativity, wisdom, and follow-through as a member of the ministry team.
• Provide operational and facilities support where needed, including stewarding property-related needs and ministry logistics.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level