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Position Description

New Vision Fellowship, a growing church for all ages in Madison, NC intent on multiplying God’s glory on the earth and affiliated with the Southern Baptist Convention, seeks a God-called, spiritually mature, highly capable, full-time Executive Pastor to serve as the primary leader under the Lead Pastor. This individual will oversee church operations, staff, ministry teams, and facilities, ensuring all aspects of church life align with our mission and vision. The Executive Pastor will also play a vital role in preaching, teaching, and shepherding, helping our church thrive and grow in Christlikeness.

Key Responsibilities

1. Leadership & Staff Development & Oversight

  • Develop & directly supervise church staff, conducting regular reviews and fostering a culture of accountability, encouragement, and professional development.
  • Serve as the chief integrator, ensuring all ministries and teams operate in unity toward the church’s vision.
  • Provide leadership in the absence of the Lead Pastor.

2. Preaching & Teaching

  • Preach in corporate worship services at least every other month, delivering biblically sound, relevant, and engaging sermons.
  • Demonstrate strong teaching abilities, equipping the church through both pulpit and smaller gathering settings.

3. Ministry & Volunteer Oversight

  • Develop and oversee all volunteer serving teams, affinity ministries, and groups, working with team and ministry leaders to ensure effective deployment, training, and encouragement of volunteers during weekly worship and other serving opportunities.
  • Champion the assimilation process for new members and guests, fostering a welcoming and connected church culture.

4. Discipleship & Life Groups

  • Collaborate with the preacher of the weekly message to develop and provide materials for Life Group gatherings during active Life Group trimesters, ensuring alignment with the church vision for groups.
  • Oversee the church On Ramp class, planning and executing sessions that introduce newcomers to the faith, the church, groups, giving and service opportunities.

5. Financial & Facilities Administration

  • Lead the annual budgeting process, monitor expenditures, and ensure financial stewardship in accordance with church policies.
  • Oversee construction and facilities management planning and execution, with special emphasis on urgent new construction and expansion needs.

6. Pastoral Care

  • Share responsibility for visitation, counseling, and shepherding alongside the Lead Pastor, caring for the spiritual and practical needs of the congregation.

7. Mission & Vision Alignment

  • Ensure all ministries, programs, and initiatives are aligned with the mission and vision of New Vision Fellowship.
  • Serve as a key voice in strategic planning and vision implementation.

Qualifications

Biblical & Spiritual Qualifications

  • Meet the biblical qualifications for pastors/elders as outlined in 1 Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:6-9, and 1 Peter 5:1-4, including:
    • Above reproach, faithful to spouse, self-controlled, respectable, hospitable, able to teach, not given to drunkenness or violence, gentle, not quarrelsome, not a lover of money, manages family well, not a recent convert, has a good reputation with outsiders.
  • Demonstrate a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and a commitment to personal holiness.

Education & Experience

  • Theological and ministry training background (such as a Master of Divinity) and/or commensurate business experience in leadership and team building preferred.
  • Minimum 5 years of experience in church ministry, with proven leadership in staff supervision, preaching, and ministry operations.

Doctrinal Alignment

  • Full agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message 2000.
  • Commitment to operate within the convictions and practices of the church’s statement of faith: https://nvf.life/about-us/#beliefs

Skills & Competencies

  • Proven ability to lead, develop, and unify teams.
  • Strong communicator, both in preaching and interpersonal settings.
  • Organizational and administrative excellence.
  • Experience in budgeting, facilities oversight, and project management.
  • Heart for discipleship, evangelism, pastoral care, worship, and prayer.

How to Apply

Interested candidates should submit a cover letter, resume, and three references (including at least one pastoral reference) to xp-search@nvf.life. Applications will be accepted until the position is filled.

New Vision Fellowship is committed to loving God, loving people, and making disciples. If you are a servant-leader passionate about advancing the gospel of Jesus Christ and equipping God’s people, we invite you to prayerfully consider joining our team.

More About Our Church & Town

New Vision is a 28-year-old church in Madison, NC with a heart to multiply God's glory on the earth. We partner with Southern Baptists, NC Baptists, and the Triad Church Network for the purposes of missions and the sharing of resources.

Our church is experiencing a season of rapid growth as we've celebrated 36 baptisms in the last 2 years, launched a second worship service in 2024, paid off our mortgage in 2023 (now preparing for another one), and have more than doubled in size in the last 7 years. Our children's ministry - the Wheel, and our student ministry - the Kiln, are booming, as well. And we have healthy, established ministries for college & young career professionals (The Mill), men (Men of Vision), women (Titus 2 Women), seniors (Vintage Visions), and moms (Melding Moms), to name a few. We love serving our community, supporting the mission of Christ around the globe, sharing fellowship with brothers and sisters of the faith, and welcoming new individuals to the family. We gather in energetic, Christ-centered, contemporary worship on Sundays and in Life Groups for fellowship and discipleship throughout the week.

Madison is what might be described as an extended suburb of nearby cities, which include Greensboro, Martinsville, and Winston-Salem. Our river-rich small town still has a tinge of the mills that made us, and she offers a lively downtown district with boutiques, restaurants, and other businesses. Within our borders and those of our sister town, Mayodan, you'll find parks, factories, supermarkets, and all the laid-back life you can gulp up.