Associate Pastor

The Falls Church Anglican (TFCA) is seeking a full-time Associate Pastor who will serve as a key member of the pastoral team, regularly assisting with the leading, serving, and other ministerial duties as well as providing pastoral care and pre-marital counseling. As the church continues to grow, it is crucial that it develops, maintains, and supports a growing Deaconate to serve the parishioners of TFCA. Working closely across the Discipleship, Congregational Care, and Community Life departments, this role support the important initiatives of each of these ministry areas. This Pastor would get exposure to the multi-faceted ministries of a large church.


DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

Pastoral Support


Available to serve at all worship events by assisting in liturgy, teaching and leading, and being available to parishioners after services. Available to help with other pastoral duties such as aiding in our process of marriage preparation for engaged couples and officiating weddings, leading funerals, and conducting baptisms.

Pastoral Care


At the direction of the Pastor for Congregational Care, provide pastoral care and visitation to parishioners (i.e. hospital visits and homebound parishioners).


Discipleship and Community Life


At the request of the Pastor for Discipleship and/or Associate Pastor for Community Life, participate in adult discipleship programs, including small groups, Sunday school and other courses that may be offered.


Other Duties as assigned by Senior Associate Rector and Rector

Requirements

• Ordained as priest in the ACNA
• 3-5 years of ministry experience, preferably in Anglican setting
• Demonstrated success leading in a ministry setting
• Demonstrated success in discipling/mentoring adults and developing leaders
• Eagerness to gain experience in wide variety of ministries at The Falls Church Anglican
• Basic office technology skills
• Satisfactory background check
• Agreement with TFCA's doctrinal position (see

MINISTRY CALLING

Employees of The Falls Church Anglican come together to serve God, one another, our congregation, our community and our world. As disciples of Christ, our employees steward their responsibilities with care, demonstrating the fruits of the Spirit in their daily responsibilities. We offer a workplace focused on the excellence that glorifies God as we perform our work, both in readiness to do our daily tasks and in embracing and knowing how the Word of God applies as we serve. We also model grace in our interactions, in thankfulness to the grace we are given in Christ.

We do not require all employees to be Anglicans, but because of our essential identity as a community of faith in Jesus Christ, we require all employees to wholeheartedly believe and confess that Jesus Christ is the Way, the Truth, and the Life: no one comes to the Father but by Him. As a community, we submit to the authority of the Holy Scriptures as the standard for Christian faith and life. We uphold the sanctity and dignity of human life, the creation of humankind in God's image as male and female, and the unchangeable standard of Christian marriage between one man and one woman as the only proper place for sexual intimacy and the basis of the family.

Within this context, we are committed to equality of treatment in hiring and in all employment conditions and opportunities.