Lead Pastor

Principal Function: The Lead Pastor is first and foremost a Christ-Follower who is working through their own spiritual formation toward Christ-Likeness. The Lead Pastor’s gifts are exercised as the head visionary of Trinity Friends Church.  The Lead Pastor is the Under-Shepherd of the True Shepherd, Jesus Christ, the head of the church.  The Lead Pastor works collaboratively with the Staff and Elder Teams to ensure missional fidelity and direction.

A Sampling of Lead Pastor Duties and Responsibilities (From EFCER Faith & Practice):

• Discern God’s vision for the church
• Be responsible to establish the core values to fulfill the vision of the local church
• Equip and empower people to live the mission, vision, and core values of the local church
• Oversee the preaching and teaching of the Word of God
• Protect the unity of the local church
• Ensure and oversee that pastoral care is taking place among the church body
• Serve as an elder
• Be an ex officio voting member of all groups within the organizational structure of the local church
• Be responsible for keeping the history, doctrine, mission, vision, and core values of EFC-ER before the local church
• Be a supportive liaison between EFC-ER and the local church