Pastor of Spiritual Formation

Hillside Church of Marin is a great church with two locations just across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. Over the past few years God has been leading us to find better ways to love, serve, and reach our diverse community. Marin County is one of the most secular places in the United States but we are seeing God move and we have been growing a lot! We're looking for someone to help us steward that growth and strengthen a legacy of spiritual formation at Hillside. If you love developing leaders through tools like Practicing the Way and Alpha (which we’ve been running for 28 years now and love!) and are excited by ministry in a very secular context, we would love to talk to you! We have a dynamic and diverse team that are passionate about ministry in Marin. This is challenging soil but God is clearly at work here and we can’t imagine a more rewarding place to serve Christ.

We've created a special site, hillsidejob.com to provide you with more information about this position.

To apply please review hillsidejob.com and follow the instructions on the bottom of the page. Please do not apply using churchstaffing.com

Primary Responsibilities:

• Lead teams to effectively run spiritual formation experiences like Alpha, Rooted, Practicing the Way workshops and small groups.

• Multiply, train and support leaders who share a vision for outreach and discipleship.

• Develop and implement a vision for lay-led Pastoral Care.Teach at our Sunday services several times each year.

• Support missional engagement initiatives with our local community.

• Lead our prayer team and champion a culture of prayer and dependence on the Holy Spirit.

• Continually create pathways to connect people into community.

• Participate in regular meetings with the Hillside team.

• Serve the other Hillside staff members with humility, contributing whenever possible to a sense of team and cooperation.

You'll thrive in this position if: 

• You get fired up and smile at the thought of running another Alpha. (Hillside’s run Alpha for 28 years and we can’t wait for the next round to begin!)

• You know that “Practicing the Way” doesn’t refer to Star Wars.

• You enjoy identifying, developing, and releasing volunteer leaders.

• You love helping people get connected into community.

• Cultural and contextual complexity excite you. (Easy bores you.)

• You are comfortable both leading and following.

• You enjoy speaking and want to further develop your speaking abilities.

• You want to be a part of a healthy team together on a mission.

• You are experienced with and excited by a ethnic and socio-economic diversity.

Characteristics and Strengths:

• An authentic, active walk with Christ that fuels compassionate ministry

• A love for local church ministry

• A self-starter with a high level of energy and enthusiasm

• Ability to think big picture and strategy without losing sight of details

• Team player demonstrating humility, and strong interpersonal skills

• A desire to learn and grow as a leader

• Alignment with Hillside's core beliefs and mission.

• Experience and ability to successfully lead, recruit, develop, motivate, train, encourage, and challenge a team.

• Conducts life with the utmost integrity in all situations.

• Able to keep calm under pressure and respond in a measured way in stressful situations.

• Proven organizational and administrative skills.

Experience:

• 5+ years ministry leadership experience on a church staff with similar responsibilities

• Proven ability to effectively recruit and lead staff and volunteer ministry teams to accomplish goals

• Proven ability to articulate and defend the Christian faith, particularly the Gospel, to a diverse audience

• Solid verbal, written and interpersonal communication skills

• Tech savvy - Well versed in Mac and cloud based programs

• Seminary degree or comparable ministry experience.

To apply please review hillsidejob.com and follow the instructions on the bottom of the page. Please do not apply using the link below.