Job Overview
About King's Church
King's Church exists to make Jesus known in Washington, DC through enduring presence that brings personal conversion, purposeful living, and community connection. Located in the heart of Washington, DC, we are a growing church committed to biblical preaching, meaningful community, and intentional discipleship. Our desire is to see the gospel transform lives throughout the DMV and beyond through the faithful proclamation of God's Word, the ordinary means of grace, and the life of the local church. As King's Church continues to grow, we are seeking an Executive Pastor of Operations & Ministry to provide senior leadership for our administrative systems, staff, Sunday gatherings, and church-wide ministry operations.
Executive Pastor of Operations & Ministry
Position Type
Full-Time
Compensation & Benefits
• Salary: $90,000–$130,000 annually, commensurate with experience and qualifications
• Health Insurance
• Dental Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Ministry and professional development opportunities
Position Summary
The Executive Pastor of Operations & Ministry serves as a senior leader responsible for the
operational health, administrative effectiveness, staff coordination, and ministry execution of King's Church. Working closely with the Lead Pastors, the Executive Pastor oversees the systems, personnel, processes, and infrastructure necessary for a growing congregation. This includes administration, 2 Sunday services, church-wide events, staff supervision, communications, volunteer development, and ministry coordination.
This is a leadership and accountability role, not a position expected to personally execute
every task. The Executive Pastor will delegate effectively, develop capable staff and lay leaders, establish clear procedures, and ensure ministry responsibilities are completed with excellence. This position is both pastoral and executive. The ideal candidate will be spiritually mature, relationally strong, highly organized, capable of managing complexity, and personally invested in discipleship and congregational care.
Qualifications
Spiritual & Pastoral Qualifications
• Meets the biblical character qualifications outlined in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
• Demonstrates a growing and mature relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Fully supports and models the doctrine, mission, vision, and values of King's Church.
• Demonstrates pastoral maturity, sound judgment, humility, servant leadership, and a heart for discipleship.
• Is committed to meaningful church membership and active participation in congregational life.
• Can balance executive leadership with genuine pastoral care.
Leadership & Professional Qualifications
• Significant experience leading staff, ministries, operations, or complex organizations.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise personnel, delegate responsibilities, and develop effective teams.
• Strong administrative, organizational, and project-management skills.
• Ability to manage multiple ministries, staff members, deadlines, and priorities simultaneously.
• Experience developing scalable systems and improving operational effectiveness.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills.
• Sound judgment, initiative, problem-solving ability, and ownership without extensive supervision.
• Proficiency with or ability to quickly learn Planning Center, Google Workspace, Constant Contact, Canva, and comparable tools.
• Previous local church ministry experience strongly preferred.
• Pastoral ministry experience and theological education strongly preferred.
Reporting Structure
Reports to Lead Pastors
Directly Supervises (as assigned)
• Scheduler and Administrative Support Staff
• Church Interns
• Production Manager and designated Production Support Staff
• Other administrative and operational personnel
Provides Operational Oversight & Coordination For
• Sunday service teams and lay leaders
• Church-wide events and their operational execution
• Administrative systems and communications
• Ministry event planning and logistical support
Works Closely With
• Lead Pastors and other pastoral staff
• Ministry Directors and Staff
• Worship Leadership and Production Team
• Small Group Leaders and Volunteer Ministry Leaders
The Executive Pastor coordinates operational execution across ministries without automatically replacing the ministry-specific authority of designated pastors or ministry leaders.
Work Schedule & Expectations
This is a full-time pastoral and executive position requiring regular weekday office hours, Sunday responsibilities, staff meetings, and active congregational ministry. Some evenings and weekends will be required for major events, leadership meetings, and ministry initiatives.
The Executive Pastor should maintain a consistent Sunday presence but may delegate direct setup, teardown, and other operational duties to qualified leaders. Sustainable rhythms, effective time management, and leadership development are essential expectations.
Why This Role Matters
As King's Church grows, the complexity of gathering hundreds of people, overseeing staff, supporting ministries, and caring for volunteers requires intentional leadership, strong teams, clear systems, and operational accountability. The Executive Pastor of Operations & Ministry will strengthen that infrastructure so pastors are freed to shepherd, staff are equipped to lead, volunteers are empowered to serve, and the congregation can continue making Jesus known throughout Washington, DC and beyond.
Job Description
Primary Responsibilities
1. Executive Leadership & Organizational Management
• Translate pastoral vision and ministry priorities into effective organizational execution.
• Oversee administrative infrastructure, operational procedures, and internal systems.
• Develop efficient workflows, clear responsibilities, communication structures, and accountability across teams.
• Serve as a primary point of coordination between the Lead Pastors and administrative and
operational support staff.
• Anticipate organizational challenges, recommend improvements, and resolve problems proactively.
• Build systems that support continued church growth and potential expansion to multiple Sunday services.
• Maintain regular office hours and participate in staff meetings, planning, and church-wide initiatives.
2. Staff Leadership & Management
• Supervise designated administrative and operational staff, including the Scheduler, Administrative
Support, Interns, Production Manager, and other assigned personnel.
• Conduct regular one-on-one meetings, set performance goals, provide feedback, and support staff development.
• Establish clear job responsibilities, priorities, and performance expectations.
• Oversee appropriate delegation and completion of administrative and operational tasks.
• Foster a godly, competent, committed, supportive, and unified staff culture.
• Address performance concerns and organizational challenges with wisdom and care.
• Support staff onboarding, training, professional development, and leadership growth.
• Serve as a primary point of contact between pastoral leadership and support staff while respecting the authority of other ministry leaders.
3. Church Administration & Office Management
• Develop and maintain efficient procedures supporting the church's day-to-day administration.
• Oversee office operations, facility maintenance coordination, bills, vendors, Instacart orders, and office supplies.
• Ensure weekly updates to church databases, including Planning Center, Constant Contact, and relevant Google Sheets.
• Oversee the organization and maintenance of the Church Directory.
• Manage Emburse account administration for ministry and small group leaders.
• Oversee new visitor contact, follow-up, and scheduling of pastoral meet-and-greets.
• Manage the preparation, scheduling, and distribution of King's Weekly content and related communications.
• Coordinate church-wide announcements and communications with other staff; assist with or delegate Canva graphic design as needed.
• Ensure recurring administrative tasks and projects are completed accurately and on schedule.
4. Sunday Operations & Service Leadership
• Maintain final operational accountability for Sunday planning, preparation, staffing, and execution.
• Oversee Sunday volunteer teams, including hospitality, security, tech, setup and teardown, and other designated teams, through staff and lay leaders.
• Ensure effective scheduling, volunteer communication, recruiting, onboarding, training, and team development.
• Coordinate with pastors, worship leadership, and production staff on service plans, liturgical
elements, presentation slides, and service transitions.
• Oversee facilities, signage, equipment, supplies, room preparation, and safety procedures.
• Maintain updated team policies, procedures, and clearly assigned leadership responsibilities.
• Develop repeatable systems and leadership pipelines that can support additional Sunday services.
• Respond to Sunday operational challenges and continually improve procedures.
• Maintain a regular Sunday presence while delegating direct setup, teardown, and other execution responsibilities as appropriate.
Final accountability does not require personally completing every Sunday task or remaining onsite for the entirety of setup and teardown when qualified leaders have been assigned.
5. Church-Wide Events & Ministry Operations
• Serve as the final operational point of contact for regular church-wide events and ministry activities, working through designated ministry leads and support teams.
• Oversee logistical coordination for GO, REC, THINK, LEARN, Kingdom Kids, King's Collective, Good Neighbor, Run Club, Small Groups, EQUIP, Men's Ministry, and Women's Ministry.
• Ensure major events have clear owners, plans, timelines, registration processes, communications, and adequate resources.
• Develop consistent event-planning procedures and scalable systems.
• Form and lead a supplemental events service team to assist with special gatherings such as the annual Christmas party, gala, and major church-wide events.
• Support women's ministry event execution, including Women's Life and LINK, in coordination with designated ministry leaders.
• Provide operational support for Good Neighbor partnerships with like-minded nonprofits.
• Oversee the organization and communication of outside mission teams.
• Evaluate events and initiatives and improve their execution.
The Executive Pastor may delegate the planning, attendance, and execution of individual
events while retaining overall operational accountability.
6. Volunteer Leadership & Development
• Establish healthy systems to recruit, train, disciple, and retain volunteers and volunteer leaders.
• Meet periodically with key lay leaders for encouragement, care, feedback, and development.
• Identify and equip emerging leaders to take increasing responsibility within ministries.
• Maintain training materials, procedures, and expectations for volunteer teams.
• Partner with pastors and ministry leaders to ensure volunteers are spiritually cared for, not merely utilized.
• Cultivate a culture of prayer, ownership, humility, hospitality, excellence, and joyful service.
• Address volunteer conflict and leadership challenges with wisdom and care.
7. Congregational Discipleship & Pastoral Ministry
• Regularly meet with church members and attendees for discipleship, encouragement, prayer, and spiritual development.
• Assist the Lead Pastors in appropriate shepherding, counseling, and member care.
• Participate in regular member check-in meetings alongside other staff.
• Identify and equip future ministry leaders.
• Participate actively in a King's Church Small Group and the wider discipleship life of the church.
• Support membership, baptism, and other congregational ministry initiatives as needed.
• Model faithful church membership, hospitality, evangelism, and personal discipleship.