Executive Pastor

Executive Pastor of Ministries & Broadcast Location Pastor

REPORTS TO: Lead Pastor

DIRECT REPORTS: Location Pastors; Block School of Leadership Director; Kids Pastor; Youth Pastor; Young Adults Pastor; Marriage Ministry Directors; Northeast Associate Location Pastor; Northeast Kids Director; Northeast Worship Staff; Northeast Production Staff (shared Location oversight with Northeast Associate Pastor).

ABOUT THE ORGANIZATION

The Block Church is a Spirit-led, gospel-centered, volunteer-driven, multi-site church committed to reaching people, developing disciples, and seeing communities transformed throughout Philadelphia and beyond. We are a diverse and growing church with a vision to plant and replant healthy churches throughout the region and nation.

NATURE AND SCOPE OF JOB

• The Executive Pastor of Ministries & Broadcast Location Pastor serves in two primary leadership capacities at The Block Church. First, this pastor serves as the primary shepherd, leader, and public face of the Northeast broadcast location, a congregation of 1,000+ people. This includes directly leading and developing the Northeast staff, cultivating the health of the congregation, overseeing location ministry and operations, and ensuring an excellent weekend experience for both the in-room congregation and broadcast audience.

• Second, this pastor provides church-wide leadership and oversight for ministries across all locations of The Block Church. This includes oversight of Location Pastors, The Block School of Leadership, Assimilation, Block Groups, Block Teams, Kids, Youth, Young Adults, and Marriage Ministry.

• This is primarily a leader-of-leaders role. Rather than personally carrying out every aspect of day-to-day ministry, the Executive Pastor of Ministries develops, empowers, and holds accountable the staff and leaders responsible for those ministries.

• The congregation should experience this pastor as a present and accessible shepherd, while staff and ministry leaders should experience a leader who provides vision, develops people, establishes accountability, removes obstacles, and builds healthy systems that allow ministry to grow.

SALARY - Full-time with benefits. Compensation is based on experience, qualifications, and demonstrated leadership ability.

LEADERSHIP ENVIRONMENT- This role requires the ability to simultaneously lead a large local congregation and provide organizational leadership across a growing multi-site church. The ideal candidate demonstrates the following:

Empowerment: Is a leader of leaders who develops and empowers strong staff and lay leaders.

Versatility: Possesses the ability to move between pastoral leadership and organizational leadership.

Oversight: Is comfortable providing vision, accountability, coaching, and direction to multiple leaders and ministries.

Systems: Builds healthy systems rather than becoming the system.

Initiative: Is proactive, organized, relational, and comfortable leading in a growing environment.

Shepherding: Has a strong shepherding instinct and genuinely enjoys caring for people.

Multiplication: Develops leaders and creates pipelines that allow others to grow into greater responsibility.

Alignment: Understands the dynamics of multi-site ministry and can maintain alignment across multiple locations.

Mission: Is passionate about evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and building a healthy local

church.

Communication: Communicates clearly, leads with honor, and works effectively with senior leadership, staff,

volunteers, and congregation members.

Broadcast Location Leadership – Northeast

• Serve as the visible shepherd and primary pastoral leader of the Northeast location. Be present and accessible on weekends, at special events, and throughout the community.

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the Northeast staff, including the Associate Location Pastor, Kids Director,

• Worship Staff, and Production Staff.

• Ensure an excellent broadcast service and weekend experience for both the in-room congregation and broadcast audience.

• Work through the Associate Location Pastor to execute location ministry, including guest follow-up, new-believer follow-up, the weekly New to The Block Group, location communication, and Sunday volunteer staffing.

• Prepare thoroughly for Sunday services by reviewing the order of service, delivering strong offering moments and closings, and coordinating with key staff and lay leaders.

• Maintain a strong pulse on the congregation and ensure people are taking next steps through serving, Block

• Groups, giving, discipleship, baptism, and other opportunities.

• Provide pastoral leadership and oversight for counseling, benevolence, hospital visitation, funeral care, and other pastoral needs in partnership with Elders, Prayer Coordinators, and the Associate Location Pastor.

• Champion community engagement by developing relationships with local businesses, schools, police and fire districts, civic organizations, and community leaders.

• Ensure the location maintains an active presence in the community, including a monthly Serve Saturday.

• Manage the Northeast location budget with support from the Central Team.

• Intentionally care for, develop, and build relationships with those who give and serve at the location.

Location Pastor Oversight – All Locations

• Lead, coach, develop, and hold accountable each Location Pastor for the overall health, growth, leadership, and financial stewardship of their location.

• Help Location Pastors develop strong leadership pipelines that move people into serving, Block Groups, giving, discipleship, and greater leadership responsibility.

• Ensure healthy ministry systems, reporting, and accountability are being utilized consistently across locations.

• Regularly evaluate location health, identify challenges, and work with Location Pastors to develop solutions.

• Lead Location Pastor meetings and contribute to church-wide staff meetings, staff prayer, and organizational leadership conversations.

• Ensure Location Pastors are effectively shepherding their congregations while developing leaders who can carry ministry.

Next Gen & Family Ministries Oversight

• Lead, develop, and hold accountable the Kids Pastor, Youth Pastor, Young Adults Pastor, and Marriage Ministry Directors.

• Ensure each ministry remains aligned with the overall mission, vision, culture, and direction of The Block Church.

• Establish clear goals, expectations, and measurable outcomes for ministry leaders and regularly review progress.

• Develop a clear discipleship pathway from Kids to Youth to Young Adults and ultimately into adult life, discipleship, and ministry at The Block.

• Ensure safety and child-protection policies are consistently implemented and followed across every location.

Leadership Development & Ministry Systems

• Lead and develop the Block School of Leadership Director in building leaders at every level of the church.

• Oversee church-wide assimilation and ensure people have clear pathways from first-time guest to becoming fully engaged members of the church.

• Provide leadership and oversight for Block Groups and Block Teams by working through the leaders responsible for each ministry.

• Continually evaluate ministry effectiveness and build or improve systems as challenges arise and the church grows.

• Identify leadership gaps and work proactively to develop people who can assume greater levels of responsibility.

• Build scalable ministry structures that can support continued multi-site growth.

Preaching, Pastoral Leadership & Community

• Preaching opportunities are available based upon communication gifting and organizational needs; however, the primary need of this role is a disciple-making shepherd and strong leader developer.

• Regularly connect with people through meals, coffee, gatherings, and informal relationship building.

• Maintain meaningful relationships with both the congregation and staff.

• Model the mission, culture, values, and pastoral expectations of The Block Church.

• Remain personally engaged in evangelism, discipleship, pastoral care, and leadership development.

QUALIFICATIONS

• Demonstrated success serving and leading in a ministry environment.

• Experience providing pastoral care, leading staff and volunteers, and developing leaders.

• Experience leading through other leaders, preferably within a large or multi-site church environment.

• A passion for evangelism, discipleship, leadership development, and pastoral ministry.

• A proactive leader with strong organizational ability, emotional intelligence, work ethic, and communication skills.

• Ability to lead collaboratively while communicating with humility, honor, clarity, and accountability.

• Demonstrated ability to develop people, delegate responsibility, build systems, and hold leaders accountable for outcomes.

• Ability to balance the relational responsibilities of shepherding a congregation with the strategic responsibilities of organizational leadership.

• Minimum of five years of hands-on ministry experience, including at least two years in a staff leadership position.