Family Ministries Pastor

First Presbyterian Church Of Colo S•Colorado Springs, CO

1d•Onsite

About The Position

First Presbyterian Church of Colorado Springs is seeking a deeply relational pastor who loves families. The Family Ministries Pastor does not sit in an office administering programs from a distance. This person is on the floor with the kids, at the table with the parents, in the hallway with the teenagers, and around the fire with the young adults. Above all, this is a shepherd who carries a genuine, Spirit-driven burden to see the next generation formed in the faith and their families strengthened for a lifetime. This is also a seasoned leader. The Family Ministries Pastor supervises one of the largest ministry staff teams at First Pres; five full-time directors spanning Preschool, Kids, Youth, Young Adults, and Family Ministries administration. This person must be as comfortable coaching a director through a hard personnel conversation as they are leading a parent workshop or preaching on a Sunday morning. Warmth and grit. Vision and execution. Pastoral heart and organizational intelligence. The right person will join First Pres at a moment of health, momentum, and possibility and will shape how this congregation raises up the next generation of disciples for decades to come. FIRST PRES, COLORADO SPRINGS First Presbyterian Church has faithfully proclaimed the Gospel of Jesus Christ in the heart of Colorado Springs since 1872. Faithful to the wisdom of the past and devoted to the mission of today, First Pres endeavors to be Light and Life for the City. First Pres exists to see lives transformed in the power of Christ, shaping believers into Christian disciples who proclaim the Light of the Gospel and demonstrate the Life of Jesus to our City, bringing many to saving faith in Christ and the whole world to glorify God. First Pres is a member of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians, and is firmly committed to ECO’s Essential Theological Tenets, polity, and core competencies. Candidates should be comfortable operating within an Evangelical, Reformed, and Egalitarian theological framework.

Requirements

Master of Divinity (M.Div.) from an accredited seminary.
Ordination in ECO or willingness to pursue ECO ordination.
Fully committed to ECO’s Essential Tenets, polity, and Core Competencies.
Proven experience supervising ministry staff across multiple ministry areas.
Proven experience executing a cohesive family, youth, and children’s ministry strategy.
Expertise in child and adolescent development, family systems, and parent ministry.
Demonstrated experience recruiting, developing, and deploying volunteer teams.
Experience with marriage ministry or family enrichment programming.

Responsibilities

Oversee family ministry vision and strategy — develop, communicate, and execute a comprehensive strategy for ministry to kids, teenagers, young adults, and their families that is theologically grounded, developmentally informed, and aligned with the broader mission of First Pres.
Supervise and develop the Family Ministries staff team — provide direct leadership to five full-time directors, investing in their growth, evaluating their effectiveness, supporting their health, and building a staff culture marked by trust, accountability, and joy.
Champion marriage and parent ministry — lead First Pres’s commitment to strengthening marriages and equipping parents as the primary spiritual formators of their children. Develop and resource programming and pastoral support for couples and families at every stage.
Ensure program and curriculum quality — regularly evaluate the effectiveness of events, programs, and curriculum across all family ministry areas; make courageous decisions about what to continue, improve, or discontinue.
Recruit, train, and mobilize volunteers — build and sustain the volunteer infrastructure that makes family ministry possible; develop leaders who own their areas with health and confidence.
Lead the Family Ministry Team of Session — serve as the pastoral liaison to the Session team overseeing family ministry; facilitate healthy governance and communication between staff and elders.
Partner cross-departmentally — collaborate actively with the Discipleship Pastor, Executive Pastor, and other ministry leaders to ensure family ministry is integrated into the whole life of the congregation, not siloed from it.
Serve families on the frontlines — be genuinely present and available to parents, kids, teenagers, and young adults; offer pastoral care, counseling, and crisis support as needed.
Carry out pastoral duties — preach and lead worship as assigned by the Executive Pastor; participate in weddings, funerals, hospital visitation, and other pastoral responsibilities.
Maintain ECO covenant relationships — cultivate connection with peer ECO pastors and stay actively involved in the Presbytery of the West.