Executive Pastor

Job Overview

Executive Pastor | Fellowship Raleigh | Raleigh, NC

We are seeking an Executive Pastor at Fellowship Raleigh Church in downtown Raleigh, NC. Our hope is for this key leader to come alongside the Lead Pastor and assume key leadership responsibilities in order to help move the vision and ministry of our church forward into an exciting next season.

This leader will shepherd people with a pastor's heart while overseeing ministries and building and managing systems with a strategic, organizational mindset. Overall, we are seeking a proven pastoral leader who both fits with and embodies the current culture of our church, as well as the vision and direction we are pursuing as a congregation.

Job Description

Qualifications

• Biblically qualified to be a spiritual leader in the local church
• A pastor's heart for people with a strategic and organizational mind for execution
• College educated and seminary trained, or equivalent ministry preparation
• Proactive and an excellent communicator within a team environment
• Related experience overseeing and developing staff, core ministries, groups ministry and/or discipleship ministry
• Able to preach and teach effectively
• Relevant project management experience (examples: facilities, renovations, finances, etc.)
• We prefer this leader be within the range of early/mid-30s to early 50s with full-time pastoral ministry experience in a church of 250+ in attendance

Key Responsibilities

Generally oversee and develop key staff and core ministries @ FR

• Will work with the Lead Pastor to oversee, develop, and increase impact of key staff and core ministries at FR
• Staff and specific ministries T.B.D. (e.g., Family Ministry)

Directly oversee and grow Groups Ministries

• Community Groups Ministry
• Discipleship Groups Ministry (D- Groups)

Preaching and Teaching

• Teach approximately 5–10 times per year on Sunday mornings

Sunday Operations

• Oversee and develop key aspects of Sunday operations (e.g., security)

Leadership and Projects

• Lead key church projects (e.g., facilities, office systems, or staff management)
• Serve in a variety of pastoral leadership responsibilities across the church

Schedule, Compensation, & Leadership Structure

• 40–50 hours per week, with one full day off
• Salary commensurate with experience, qualifications, and scope of role: Projected range is: $85,000–$100,000
• PTO: 15 days (including 4 Sundays off per year)
• Matching retirement program
• Health insurance stipend (for Marketplace insurance)
• Our hope is this Pastoral Staff would serve as an Elder and participate in Elder meetings
• To effectively get the work done, this leader will oversee and lead through various leaders and direct reports (e.g., Deacons, Lay-Elders, Staff).
• As a member of the staff team, this pastor would report to the Lead Pastor

Vision for the Position

• A high-impact open seat on the team. Help implement the vision, lead the staff, and develop the core ministries.
• An opportunity for shared leadership. Perhaps you don't feel called to be a Senior Pastor, but you do have the experience, gifting, and desire to make a significant impact at a senior leadership level within a healthy local church. If that's you, this role may be a great fit. This is an opportunity to come alongside a Lead Pastor, share leadership, and help move vision into reality.
• An incredible city you will love. There is so much to love about living in Raleigh! Especially the people! Wake County is 1.3 diverse million people and the Research Triangle (Raleigh-Durham-Chapel Hill is 2.5 million people). Raleigh is one of the fastest growing and most educated cities in America, and the capital of North Carolina. The city offers an international airport, a thriving downtown, world-renowned hospitals, excellent food and culture, multiple universities, and strong theological training nearby. Raleigh is just 2 hours from the Blue Ridge mountains and two hours from the Carolina beaches. Raleigh is also one of the best places to raise a family, with great schools, parks, museums, and a relatively reasonable cost of living.
• A city with real spiritual needs to meet. Raleigh is not perfect. There is real work to be done. Despite the number of church buildings in the area, an estimated 75% of people in Raleigh do not regularly attend a Bible-believing church. Parachurch ministries (e.g., BSF, Cru, etc.) are strong here—often filling gaps where the local church has been weak, lacking clarity, Biblically orthodox conviction, or engagement. A majority of churches remain racially divided, falling short of reflecting the Gospel's vision of a unified, multi-ethnic family of God. A growing secular and unchurched population is often reached either by theologically progressive churches that drift from and deny biblical authority, or by rigid and Bible-policing expressions of the church. This dynamic can obscure the beauty of Jesus and the truth of the Gospel for those who most need to see it clearly. Fellowship Raleigh has a legacy of faithfulness, a strategic location, and a clear vision to engage these realities.

6 Key Wins in First 12 months

1. Trust established with Elders and Lead Pastor freed up and more effective
2. Staff team aligned, growing, accountable, and executing
3. Community Group and Discipleship Group ministries measurably growing and structured
4. Pastoral presence established through teaching, leadership, and care
5. Sunday operations elevated and Sunday experience improved
6. One major ministry project significantly advanced