Pastor at Redeemer Community Church
San Francisco, CA 94107
About the job
Co-Lead Pastor Job Description
Redeemer Community Church
Redeemer Community Church was planted in 2002 with a mission to embody and bear witness to the redeeming work of God in San Francisco. We are a multi-generational, multi-ethnic (although predominantly Asian American) church that is rooted in the Bayview Hunters Point neighborhood of San Francisco. Founded with 33 core members and our children, we are today a small committed church community of around 100.
The best way to understand Redeemer Community Church is to read our church vision statement. Our denomination is Cumberland Presbyterian, but we are influenced by a variety of Christian traditions and denominations. We are compelled by God’s vision of a beloved community marked by diversity both in her ethnic and generational makeup. Our commitment to justice and kingdom economics have been formed by groups such as the Ekklesia Project, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, the Christian Community Development Association, and Fuller Theological Seminary.
Redeemer closely partners with Rise Prep, a high school, and Dayspring Partners, a software development business for the common good. Both Rise and Dayspring are close partners in the gospel and in ministry to our neighborhood. We share space with both organizations.
More information about Redeemer can be found at our website, https://www.redeemersf.org.
Co-Lead Pastor Description
Redeemer is seeking pastoral leadership in the form of a pastoral team, consisting of at least two co-lead pastors that will partner in leading Redeemer in ministry and mission. Redeemer currently has one pastor, Young-Ki Kim, who joined Redeemer in October 2023. This position would work closely with Pastor Young-Ki to shepherd Redeemer.
The primary responsibilities of a Co-Lead Pastor:
Stewardship of Redeemer’s vision and resulting implementation within our church’s life of worship, community, and mission:
(35%) Preaching and teaching, with each individual pastor preaching < 50% of Sundays
(25%) Formation and discipleship for ministry leaders
(25%) Pastoral care toward congregation
(15%) Represent Redeemer in our community, including both our place-based context in the Bayview and our close partnerships with Rise Prep and Dayspring Partners
We desire a Co-Lead Pastor model so that our pastors can complement each other.
Each individual candidate will be evaluated on the dimensions below:
- Ability to lead through clear and prophetic vision
- Gospel-focused preaching oriented toward both individuals and congregation as corporate body
- Model and encourage gospel lifestyle choices, holding up a range of models of faithfulness
- Ability to encourage and equip leaders
- Mutual ecclesiological and theological fit, including relative to prophetic witness of the local church
- Vision for integrated discipleship of children/youth
- Ability to lead Redeemer within its place-based calling in the Bayview neighborhood of San Francisco
- Sophisticated understanding of local race and economic issues
Other Expectations
- Best efforts to work from the church office at least twice per week to facilitate meeting with other leaders and overlap with Rise and Dayspring
- Open to ordination through our denomination (preferred)
Minimum requirements
- Minimum of 3 years associate or senior level pastoral leadership experience
- Graduate theological degree or equivalent thereof
- Experience with preaching
- The Candidate will be asked to submit references from previous churches s/he has served in this capacity which will include preaching/teaching recordings
- Background check and fingerprinting
Compensation and Benefits
- Full time equivalent (FTE) hours: Seeking between 60% (24 hours per week) to 100% FTE (40 hours per week)
- Compensation: $85,000+, depending on experience. To be prorated based on % allocation employed
- A portion of compensation will be dispensed as a tax-free housing allowance
- 5 weeks PTO
- Sabbatical policy
- Budget for pastoral equipping, books, and spiritual direction
Organization Information
Address
Redeemer Community Church
1224 Fairfax Ave
San Francisco, California 94124
Contact
Brian Sze
6179011801
[email protected]
Website
www.redeemersf.org