Lead Pastor- Central Appalachian Missionary Conference

8 / 26 / 2025

The Central Appalachian Missionary Conference is seeking clergy and seminary students who feel called to serve in a local United Methodist Church, engaging in meaningful ministry rooted in personal growth, community vitality, and transformational discipleship.

Candidates should be committed to leading a congregation toward becoming a healthy, revitalized, and missionally effective church. This includes fostering spiritual maturity in themselves and their community, cultivating vibrant worship, nurturing relationships, and encouraging active outreach that transforms lives. This pastoral role is grounded in the fourfold ministry of Word, Sacrament, Order, and Service , as entrusted through ordination or licensure in The United Methodist Church and upheld in the Book of Discipline.

Primary Duties

Word and Ecclesial Acts

• To preach the Word of God, lead in worship, read and teach the Scriptures, and engage the people in study and witness.
• To ensure faithful transmission of the Christian faith.
• To lead people in discipleship and evangelistic outreach that others might come to know Christ and to follow him.
• To counsel persons with personal, ethical, or spiritual struggles.
• To perform the ecclesial acts of marriage and burial.
• To conduct funeral and memorial services and provide care and grief counseling.
• To visit in the homes of the church and the community, especially among the sick, aged, imprisoned, and others in need.
• To maintain all confidences inviolate, including confessional confidences except in the cases of suspected child abuse or neglect, or in cases where mandatory reporting is required by civil law.

Sacrament

Order

Service

Qualifications

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Closing Date : Until Filled

The Central Appalachian Missionary Conference (CAMC) is an Equal Opportunity Employer and actively seeks and encourages applications from minorities, women, and individuals with disabilities. All offers of employment are subject to the applicant successfully completing background, reference, and other applicable checks.

No Staffing Agencies or Recruitment Firms