General Information
Job Title:
Lead Pastor: Charis Community Church
Job Description:
Charis Community Church is seeking a Lead Pastor who will lead the church in fulfilling our mission of being a Christ dependent, disciple making, kingdom focused church through prayer, preaching, vision-casting, and shepherding.
The ideal candidate would be a humble leader with a shepherd's heart. He will be gifted in gospel-centered preaching, disciple-making, and have a heart for church planting. Above all, he will treasure Jesus and equip the elders, the staff, and the congregation in growing in Christ-likeness.
Position Qualifications:
-The Lead Pastor must meet the character qualifications of an Elder outlined in 1 Timothy 3:1-12 and Titus 1:5-9. He is accountable to a plurality of elders. He will serve alongside the elders to lead the church to fulfill our unique vision and values.
-The Lead Pastor must model a mature, growing, vibrant, personal relationship with Jesus Christ, an active prayer life and a sensitivity to the Holy Spirit's leading.
-The Lead Pastor must be able to work collaboratively with other elders/staff/ministry leaders in the church.
-The Lead Pastor must have a desire and demonstrated skill in shepherding God's people reflective of the characteristics outlined in 1 Peter 5:1-4.
-The Lead Pastor must have demonstrated skill and experience in gospel-centered expository Bible teaching/preaching, leadership, shepherding, and discipleship.
-The Lead Pastor must affirm Charis's Statement of Faith
Application Deadline
07/31/2026
Job Type:
Full Time
Salary Range:
TBD
General Information
Church/Organization Name
Charis Community Church
Contact Name & Contact Info
Industry
Church
Denomination
Southern Baptist Convention (SBC)
City, State
Bloomington, IL
Description of Organization
Charis was planted in 2007 by a core group of believers with a burden for a Gospel centered, church planting, disciple-making ministry. We are located in Central Illinois in a combined community of roughly 150,000 that is home to Illinois State University and Illinois Wesleyan University and a community college, solid public and parochial school options and two hospitals. We have a growing economy that offers diverse and well-paying jobs including our largest employer State Farm Insurance. Rivian, an American electric vehicle automaker and automotive technology company is a new growing employer.
As a church that values church planting, Charis planted a church in Metamora in 2023 and sent an elder to plant a church in Madrid, Spain in 2019. Currently Charis has 6 lay elders and a staff elder who is the associate pastor of formation. Weekly attendance averages around 240 with many young children and college students.
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