Executive Pastor

5801 W Plano Parkway
Plano, TX 75093

The Executive Pastor serves as the chief ministry strategist and vision integrator under the direction of the Senior Pastor. This role ensures that the Senior Pastor's vision becomes executable, measurable, and sustainable across every ministry of the church. As the primary leader overseeing pastors and the Director of Strategy, the Executive Pastor champions alignment, accountability, and excellence across the organization. In partnership with the COO, this role translates vision into action, ensuring all ministries operate cohesively, strategically, and in full alignment with the mission, theological foundation, and long-term direction of the church. The Executive Pastor protects the unity of the pastoral team, drives strategic clarity, and cultivates a culture of high performance, collaboration, and spiritual maturity. Essential Functions Vision Integration & Strategic Leadership • Serve as the Senior Pastor’s chief ministry strategist, translating vision into executable 12–24 month strategic priorities. • Ensure every ministry, initiative, and budget allocation aligns directly with the Senior Pastor’s vision and the church’s mission. • Lead long-range planning, establishing clear metrics, milestones, and accountability systems. • Provide clarity on priorities, sequencing, and execution for pastors and ministry leaders. • Exercise discernment and leadership courage by redirecting or declining initiatives that do not align with mission or strategic focus. • Partner closely with the COO to align financial stewardship, operational capacity, and ministry strategy. • Oversee the Director of Strategy to ensure enterprise-wide cohesion and execution excellence. • Champion a culture of excellence—where quality, intentionality, and spiritual depth define every ministry expression. Pastoral Team Oversight & Organizational Alignment • Provide direct leadership and coaching to pastors, holding them accountable to agreed-upon goals, cultural values, and performance standards. • Foster deep pastoral unity rooted in shared purpose, trust, and theological integrity. • Lead regular strategic alignment sessions with ministry leaders to ensure integrated ministry planning. • Establish clear ministry prioritization frameworks to steward resources wisely. • Strengthen cross-ministry collaboration to eliminate silos and maximize impact. • Serve as the primary liaison to key lay leadership committees, ensuring alignment with governance and strategic clarity. • Protect the staff team's culture by modeling spiritual maturity, professionalism, and relational health. Ministry Excellence & Execution • Oversee ministry planning cycles, ensuring excellence in execution and measurable impact. • In coordination with the COO, develop systems that support sustainable growth, scalability, and leadership development. • In alignment with the COO and operations roles, drive clarity in ministry and strategy roles, expectations, and outcomes for all leaders. • Ensure operational and pastoral decisions reflect theological conviction and strategic wisdom. • While partnering with the COO, strengthen leadership pipelines by identifying, mentoring, and developing high-capacity leaders. Spiritual Leadership & Shepherding • Serve as a spiritual leader to the pastoral staff and congregation, embodying Methodist theology and Christ-centered leadership. • Preach in each non-sanctuary weekend worship services at minimum 10 times per year to ensure alignment and connection across services. Preach in sanctuary weekend worship services as needed. • Attend and monitor sufficient program events and ministries to ensure alignment and understand gaps in welcoming, theology, and excellence • Promote unity, reconciliation, and conflict resolution among staff and the congregation. • Cultivate a spiritually vibrant, prayer-centered leadership culture. Core Competencies • Enterprise-level strategic thinking with strong execution discipline • Proven ability to lead and align high-capacity ministry leaders • Organizational clarity and systems architecture expertise • Courageous decision-maker with high emotional intelligence • Skilled in conflict navigation and cultural leadership • Deep theological grounding in Methodist doctrine and tradition • Strong financial and operational partnership acumen • Exceptional communicator with influence across diverse stakeholders • Spiritually mature, humble, and mission-driven • Strong alignment with support of the Senior Pastor’s vision Supervisory Responsibility Provides direct oversight of multiple pastors and the Director of Strategy, ensuring: • Strategic alignment with the Senior Pastor • Ministry excellence and measurable outcomes • Unified pastoral culture • Accountable leadership performance • Faithful stewardship of resources

Bachelor's Degree