Date Posted - May 11, 2026
F/T or P/T - full time
Hours per Week (if P/T) - 40
Salary - $56,000.00
Invitation to Serve - We are seeking a motivated person who is able to help recruit additional members to continue to grow the congregation. This individual would need to have knowhow in growing aging congregations.
Housing Option - Housing Allowance Provided
Housing Information - parsonage not provided
Benefits - Salary Plus Benefits
Job Description (PDF) - https://greatlakescallfinder.org/wp-content/uploads/2026/05/Mt-Clemens-Zion-UCC-2026.05.11-Local-Church-Profile.pdf
Job Description -
Summary Ministry Description:
In a short paragraph, reflect on where your church is going and what it might look like when
you get there. What do you need to get there? Who are you seeking to join you on this part of
your church’s faith journey?
Our church contains a beautiful sanctuary with storytelling-stained
glass windows. We are a traditional church with a small faithful congregation. We are currently
struggling financially due to an aging congregation, as well as, having a building that is now too
large for the size of our congregation. We are working to grow our congregation by reaching out
into our local community for younger families and people currently not affiliated with other
congregations in our area. We, also, are searching to find partnerships to rent areas of our
building to help offset the cost of running our building. We are seeking a motivated person who
is able to help recruit additional members to continue to grow the congregation. This individual
would need to have knowhow in growing aging congregations.
What we value about living in our area (2 – 3 sentences): We are within close proximity to
downtown Detroit. Downtown Mt. Clemens is walkable and cozy. Areas within 30 minutes of
the church property have great schools and reasonable housing cost. Also, we are close to area
freeways mainly I94.
Current size of membership: ~160
Position Title: Senior Pastor Settled – a called position intended for longer-term ministry in which the minister moves
church membership to the congregation and moves standing to related association
Compensation Level: Full Time
Does the total support package meet conference compensation guidelines? Yes
SCOPE OF WORK
• preparation and leadership of Sunday worship including scripture study, crafting of liturgy and
bulletin, sermon preparation, guiding and sometimes finding lay liturgists, planning of music in
coordination with musical staff or volunteers, preaching, offering of prayers, etc.
• faith formation and vitality through prayer, Bible study, service, identifying helpful resources
and opportunities and helping lay persons take advantage of them
• leadership development by working with people in the church to create ministry and programs
• pastoral care in collaboration with lay people
• community engagement and leading the way for the church to be an ambassador of God’s love
• weddings and funerals for participants in the worshipping community
• strategic planning for current and new directions in ministry
• attend meetings and give leadership as needed to church programs, in collaboration with lay
leadership
• participate in wider church activities such as conference and association meetings
• faithful financial development and stewardship
• responsibility for supervision of staff
• availability to wider community for funerals, weddings, special worship programs, and as a
representative of the church to local organizations
• counseling, listening and referral
• study and prayer to increase faith and to improve skills so as to lead, teach, preach better
• energizing and deepening spiritual connections and faith understandings of others in all they
do
Core Competencies: Compassionate, Sociable, and Conflict Resolution.
Describe the ministry goals you envision your next minister co-collaborating with the
congregation to achieve.
In our next minister, we would like to have shown experience in creating growth with a church.
Being able to lead our congregation through worship to bring more people into the church
creating growth. The next minister will assist the congregation by teaching us new ways to be more welcoming
and inviting to bring more people from the local Mt. Clemens community.
The next minister will need to speak the English language as this is the language spoken and
written within the church. Being able to communicate with different demographics effectively.
Based on what you have learned about who your church is, who your church’s neighbor is, and
who God is calling the church to become, describe four areas of excellence from The Marks of
Faithful & Effective Authorized Ministry that your next minister will display to further equip the
congregation’s ministry in these areas.
In our next minister we would like him/her to display the areas of Exhibiting a Spiritual
Foundation and Ongoing Spiritual Practice, Building Transformational Leadership Skills,
Engaging Sacred Stories and Traditions, and Nurturing UCC Identity. These are the four areas
we feel will best help our congregation to further our shared ministry.
Denomination - UCC
Administrative Body - Michigan Conference - UCC
Organization - Zion UCC - Mt. Clemens
Organization's Address - 68 New Street Mt. Clemens, MI 48043 85 Market Street Mt. Clemens, MI 48043
Organization's Website - http://www.zionuccmtclemens.com
