Care Pastor
Pastor / Full-Time
Main Areas of Focus: Shepherding/Teaching/Leading, Counseling, Member Care
Location: Franklin, TN.
Position Summary
The Care Pastor at Stonebridge Bible Church will lead the church’s efforts to provide compassionate, biblically grounded care to individuals and families. This role will focus on Counseling and Member Care, ensuring that the spiritual, emotional, and practical needs of the congregation are met with wisdom, grace, and truth. The Care Pastor will work closely with ministry leaders, staff, and volunteers to establish a culture of shepherding throughout the church, while also supporting the teaching ministry of Stonebridge.
Key Roles
Although specific in function, the chief end of this position is to be a faithful pastor to the people of Stonebridge—leading, loving, teaching, and caring for adults in every season of life. The pastor must bring the presence of Christ into every relationship and responsibility and help the people of God mature into the image of Christ through Word, Spirit, and community.
Specifically, the Care Pastor will be responsible for:
#1: Lead, Shepherd, & Align
Lead, Shepherd, and Align the church staff and ministry teams under your area of ministry, providing spiritual guidance, fostering collaboration, and ensuring alignment with the church’s vision.
Provide clear direction and vision to all team members.
Provide necessary tools for team members to succeed (resources, training, technology, people, time, and attention).
Ensure hyper clarity on team members' functions, roles, and expectations.
Ensure teams have quarterly goals to align with the larger ministry objectives.
Communicate clearly, effectively, and often.
Set up proper meeting rhythms to help team members succeed in their roles.
Ensure team alignment to Core Values.
Hold quarterly coaching check-ins with each direct report to provide feedback and help team members improve their competency.
Provide positive and negative feedback quickly (24 hours).
Criticize in private, praise in public.
Willingness and ability to hire, terminate, review, reward, and recognize team members.
#2: Counseling
Provide biblical counseling to individuals, couples, and families, and build a sustainable, gospel-centered counseling ministry.
Offer short-term, biblically based counseling to church members and regular attenders.
Address issues such as marriage, grief, addiction, parenting, anxiety, conflict, and spiritual formation.
Create a counseling intake process that includes screening, scheduling, confidentiality policies, and documentation.
Develop a referral network of trusted Christian counselors and mental health professionals for long-term or specialized care.
Equip lay counselors, ministers, and pastoral interns to provide basic biblical care through a supervised, structured training program.
Maintain appropriate boundaries, legal awareness, and documentation in all counseling settings.
Coordinate with ministry teams (e.g. Youth, Family, Marriage) when counseling intersects with their care responsibilities.
Stay informed on best practices in pastoral care, biblical counseling, and crisis response.
#3: Member Care
Lead the church’s efforts to ensure that every member is seen, known, supported, and shepherded.
Develop and maintain systems for proactively identifying and meeting the spiritual, emotional, and practical needs of the congregation.
Oversee hospital visits, home visits, and follow-up for those experiencing illness, surgery, or grief.
Coordinate care efforts with elders, staff, and ministry leaders to ensure no one falls through the cracks.
Organize and lead care initiatives such as prayer teams, support groups, benevolence response, and meal trains.
Oversee a church-wide member care system that includes regular pastoral check-ins and follow-up with at-risk or absent members.
Serve as a key point of contact for members in crisis or transition (e.g. deaths, divorces, trauma, etc.).
Equip volunteers and leaders to participate in the care ministry through training, coaching, and encouragement.
Maintain a culture of confidentiality, compassion, and responsiveness.
Oversee and steward the Care Ministry budget in line with the church’s vision and priorities.
#4: Teaching & Discipleship Contribution
Support the teaching ministry of the church through strategic instruction and leadership development.
Teach in various settings across adult ministries: fellowship groups, seminars, retreats, or classes.
Preach in Sunday services as assigned by the Senior Pastor.
Develop content that supports spiritual formation and leadership development across adult ministries.
Identify and equip other capable teachers within the church.
Culture Alignment
Chemistry is key in any team. We hire, empower, evaluate, and partner with…
Owners, not Managers. Leaders and self-starters who care about it all.
Joyful Teammates (attitude is everything…) who promote unity and serve gratefully because they know it is NOT about them but HIM and US.
Proactive and Transparent Partners (Not passive/aggressive or political but relationally honest).
Respectful Leaders (how they treat those they lead) and Humble Followers (how they treat those who lead them).
Hungry Learners and Mature Doers. They eagerly seek growth and wisdom, then apply it with consistency, integrity, and follow-through.
Disciples and Disciplers. They have a personal daily walk with the Master, and they influence others to do the same…at home (Job ONE) and at Stonebridge (DNA and Core Priority).
Givers, not Getters. With a “Can do” spirit of, “If I can, I will”.
Postion Details
SALARY RANGE
This is an exempt role with a salary range based on experience, gifting, and qualification.
BENEFITS & PERKS
Paid Time Off
Enjoy Fridays off
403(b) retirement plan + employer match
Medical stipend towards health coverage of your choice
Budget for Personal and Professional Development
Spiritual investment & accountability
Quarterly team investment
Budget for Pastoral Development
Church Overview
Stonebridge Bible Church is a growing, gospel-centered church located in Franklin, TN. We exist to glorify God by making disciples who worship sincerely, serve faithfully, and live missionally. Our community is built on a deep commitment to the authority of God’s Word, the centrality of Christ, and the power of biblical discipleship—at every stage of life. Led by a dedicated team of pastors and elders, we minister to children, students, and adults through intentional, relational, and Bible-driven ministry.
We’re in an exciting season of growth and expansion, including a new church campus opening in 2026. As we’ve grown to 2,000+ Sunday worshippers, we’re looking for team members who are passionate about Jesus, equipped to lead, and eager to invest their lives in what matters most: building God’s Kingdom through the local church.