Senior Pastor – Mount Vernon – Indiana

Date Posted - July 31, 2025

F/T or P/T - full time

Hours per Week (if P/T) - 40-45

Salary - $50,000.00

Position Type - Pastor

Invitation to Serve - We are looking for a dynamic, energetic and inspiring leader.

Housing Option - Manse

Housing Information - Parsonage located adjacent to the church

Benefits - Pension, Social Security offset, Medical and Dental insurance, life insurance, and disability insurance.

Job Description -

First:

We are searching for a dynamic, energetic and inspiring through the following activities:

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 and youth 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, including visitations of shut-ins, elderly, and the sick and distressed
Community engagement and leading the way for the church to be an ambassador of God’s love

Second:

Sociable and approachable across all age groups through the following activities:

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
Supervision of staff and general administrative duties
Counseling, listening and referral
Availability to members and wider community for funerals, weddings, special worship programs, and as a representative of the church to local organizations

Third:

An effective communicator who strives to be involved in church/community
Study and prayer to increase faith and to improve skills so as to lead, teach, preach better
Energizing and deepening the spiritual connections and faith understandings of others in all they do
Participate in wider church activities such as conference and association meetings
Faithful financial development and stewardship
Community engagement and leading the way for the church to be an ambassador of God's love
Strategic planning for current and new directions in ministry

Denomination - UCC

Administrative Body - Indiana-Kentucky Conference - UCC

Organization - Immanuel UCC

Organization's Address - 5812 Ford Road, Mount Vernon, Indiana 47620, US