Pastor of Congregational Care - Evangelical Free Church of Green Valley (Green Valley, AZ)

LancasterSearch•Green Valley, AZ

22h•Onsite

About The Position

The Evangelical Free Church of Green Valley (EFCGV) in Green Valley, Arizona, seeks a full-time Pastor of Congregational Care to serve alongside Lead Pastor Carl Lodico. The church is a growing, elder-governed EFCA congregation in a senior retirement community south of Tucson. It has contemporary and traditional services, supports global and local missions, and emphasizes Bible-centered teaching, God-centered worship, Christ-centered ministry, Holy Spirit-empowered service, prayer, community, and God's global mission. The Pastor of Congregational Care provides spiritual leadership and pastoral support by overseeing a comprehensive care ministry. The role shepherds individuals and families through illness, grief, relationship challenges, and spiritual struggles through biblically grounded encouragement, confidential biblical counseling, and compassionate presence. The position is full-time and exempt, and reports to the Lead Pastor. Compensation is to be determined by the Lead Pastor in collaboration with the Elder Board and Personnel Committee; benefits are as defined by approved Elder Board policy.

Requirements

Agree with the EFCA Statement of Faith and EFCGV Mission Goals.
Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ with thorough and practical knowledge of the Bible and theology.
Be ordained by the Evangelical Free Church of America or willing to pursue EFCA ordination.
Have a bachelor's or master's degree in religious studies, a seminary degree, or equivalent theological training.
Have 3–5 years of ministry experience in pastoral care and/or congregational care.
Demonstrate theological competence and sound pastoral judgment.
Have leadership ability to oversee programs, volunteers, and ministry direction.
Have strong communication skills for preaching, teaching, and counseling.
Demonstrate a compassionate, servant-hearted character marked by empathy and reliability.
Have skills in shepherding, mentoring, and equipping.
Be able to develop organizational structure in assigned ministry areas.
Be available to respond to urgent church needs outside normal office hours when required.

Nice To Haves

Passion for serving the senior community and Hispanic culture.
The church would prefer a candidate in the 45–65 age range.

Responsibilities

Oversee the ministry that visits sick, hospitalized, and homebound individuals.
Provide emotional and spiritual encouragement during times of need, including direct visits in critical or heightened-stress situations.
Recruit, train, and support visitation ministry volunteers.
Oversee and support existing pastoral care ministries serving the congregation.
Develop new congregational care teams or ministries based on identified needs, and foster effective structures and sustainable volunteer leadership.
Partner with the Lead Pastor to assess and respond to changing congregational care needs.
Coordinate care efforts with support groups such as GriefShare, small groups, and other congregational care ministries; help organize and facilitate care pathways.
Respond to emergencies such as deaths, accidents, and natural disasters; coordinate response efforts with staff and communicate with the congregation.
Provide compassionate biblical counseling to members facing illness and hospital transitions, grief and loss, relationship challenges, spiritual struggles, and questions of faith.
Preach and teach occasionally as assigned.
Represent the Lead Pastor at meetings or events as directed.
Support churchwide events and, as needed, participate in memorial services, weddings, and visitation.
Contribute to Information Class presentations, Calendar Summits, and other assignments requested by the Lead Pastor.
Respond to urgent church needs outside normal office hours when required.