The Role Of A Campus Pastor
The most pivotal role of anyone on the team of a multi-site church will be the Campus Pastor. Here are a few key points to that position:
- Champion The Vision – Probably the most important job of a campus pastor is to champion the vision of the church. One way we can do that is by creating the systems and structure to handle the growth of fulfilling the mission of your church.
- Carry The DNA – It is so important that you don’t drift or stray from who you are as a church. You must fight to always be who your church is. The vision, mission, and values of your church must always be there.
- Build Relationships – If your campus/church is new to the area you are in, one of your primary roles is to build relationships in your area. Whether it is community leaders or those who are attending for the first time, your campus will make a difference based on the relationships you are building.
- Develop Leaders – If the campus is going to be effective, it is going to be because of the leadership team. Developing a leadership team (not just picking out a bunch of leaders) will be crucial to all the campus will do.
- Delegate – You have to delegate everything and every task that anyone else can do. As fast as you can…develop and delegate. Accept that there might be a degradation in quality…but then again…there might not be. If you don’t delegate you will bury yourself and your campus.
- Create a Sunday Experience – Our role is to create relevant environments that will connect people where they are in life with the life flowing power of Jesus Christ. The vast majority of people that visit a church do so on Sunday morning. This is when people will invite those that do not already follow Christ to come.
- Serve Your Community – You’ve come to your community…now it’s time to serve it. What are the unique needs of your community? Ask and then go serve them. Live by the motto, “If your church closed down, would anyone even know or care.”
By all means this is not an exhaustive list, it really is a starting point or just a few keys to being successful in the role of a Campus Pastor.
Hey! New blog design. Always love a fresh one.
Keep up the great work Jason.
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RE:
How and by whom does each satellite get Vision and DNA defined? What is the process and how does the body participate in the creation of these?
Marc
Great questions Marc…I’m going to be doing some follow up posts on each of the 6 points…I’m going to use your questions as when I talk about Champion The Vison…thanks
Solid stuff bro! Congrats on the new layout. I dig the colors! \m/
I like that last point.
I like it all, except the choice of pic. Better than Bobby Stoops though. Seriously, these are some things I have been thinking about, due to some exciting recent developments around here.
My thought is that you might want to compare this list with the Biblical lists for what qualifications a pastor should meet.
1 Timothy 3 – http://bit.ly/vKUL4
Titus 1-3 – http://bit.ly/vGqye
Is there anything in the scriptural requirements for a pastor that are missing from the list? If so, there is a problem with the list.
Great addition and thought Kevin….
My goal with that post was not on the Scriptural Requirements as I’m already assuming that every church has that in their process of selection. My goal was to highlight more of what a campus pastor would be doing. Of course this list isn’t exhaustive.
I suppose my intention was to make sure our discussion of the daily requirements of any type of pastor did not become disconnected from the biblical mandates.
Perhaps it would be helpful to take the requirements from 1 Timothy and Titus and produce a list which reflects how those qualifications would look lived out in the daily tasks/responsibilities of a campus pastor.