Your purpose starts here! By joining Redeemer Lincoln Square, you’ll help build a great city and bring personal conversion, community formation, social justice, and cultural renewal to New York City and, through it, the world. We are FOR NYC; and a church that is not for ourselves, but for others, where our community is known, loved and cared for, and that values questions and the people who ask them.

Position: Assistant Pastor of Mission and Outreach

FLSA Status: Exempt

Band: 8P

Reports to: Executive Director 

Work Hours: Full-time (minimum 40 hours per week), including Sundays

Salary: $100,000-$120,000 / year

Date: March 1, 2026

Position Summary

Redeemer Lincoln Square (LSQ) is a congregation of 850 active congregants, the majority of whom are professional New Yorkers navigating one of the most post-Christian cultural environments in America. LSQ is in a significant moment of growth and expansion. An important cornerstone of our current 5-year strategic plan includes building out community engagement and evangelism.

In light of this, LSQ is seeking an Assistant Pastor to develop, execute, and lead the church's strategic vision for mission. The ideal candidate is someone who is equal parts theological architect and practitioner. The Assistant Pastor will work in collaboration with the Senior Pastor and ministry leaders in a team-based environment to translate vision into aligned ministry initiatives. This candidate must be deeply grounded in the gospel, culturally fluent in post-Christian urban contexts, and compelled by the conviction that the church exists for others.

Responsibilities
Evangelistic Strategy & Development
LSQ is committed to cultivating a church-wide culture of curious, relational evangelism. The Director of Mission and Outreach will lead this vision into implementation by developing and executing a comprehensive strategy that shifts congregational culture from passive attendance to active witness, equipping members to serve as the primary bridge between the Gospel and their networks.

• Create, design, and lead The Evangelism Network (TEN) as a way for LSQ to equip evangelists in our church. TEN identifies, supports, and resources evangelistically oriented Christians (EOCs) — approximately 3% of the congregation — through in-person coaching, digital community, and curated content designed for a post-Christian context, while equipping the broader congregation to grow in missional posture.
• Collaborate with the Discipleship Team to integrate evangelism training into the School of Christian Formation through cohorts, seminars, and classes to equip members for post-Christian relational evangelism focused on cultural narratives, common objections, and curious conversation rather than conventional presentation-based methods.
• Coordinate evangelistic opportunities for Community Groups, Young Adults, and other ministries.
• Oversee and facilitate the Missions Committee, comprised of elders and lay leaders, to steward financial support for gospel-minded partners, and facilitate short-term mission trips.

Evangelistic Programming

LSQ is a church that values questions and the people who ask them. This role will design and lead structured, repeatable outreach pathways that invite skeptics and seekers into thoughtful exploration of the Christian faith and create clear next steps for ongoing connection within LSQ.

• Select, develop, and oversee an evangelism course (e.g., Alpha, The Story) aligned with LSQ’s theological convictions, creating intentional space for skeptics and seekers and establishing clear next-step pathways for continued engagement.
• Recruit and develop lay leaders and hosts to support evangelistic programs and follow-up. 
• Track and celebrate stories of gospel conversations and conversions.
• Work with the Hospitality and Connections Manager to integrate seekers and those professing faith for the first time into the life of LSQ, including community groups, membership, and other ongoing discipleship opportunities.
  
  

Mercy and Justice Community Engagement

Expand LSQ’s mercy and justice footprint in its local and surrounding neighborhoods, as well as across New York City when appropriate. The Director of Mission and Outreach will provide pastoral and strategic leadership for LSQ’s community engagement, mercy ministry, and local justice partnerships, working in collaboration with the Community Engagement Specialist.

• In collaboration with the Community Engagement Specialist, oversee the development and stewardship of strategic partnerships with community organizations, cultivating relationships that serve our neighborhoods and greater city, including but not limited to:
• • 2–3 significant partnerships serving the Lincoln Square community (e.g., Amsterdam Houses, Goddard Riverside)
  • 2–3 significant partnerships serving the Hell’s Kitchen community (e.g., St. Paul’s House)
  • 4-6 significant community partnerships intentionally serving the broader needs of New York City (e.g., The Bowery Mission, Do For One, Safe Families)
• Work with Hope for New York (HFNY) to ensure effective communication, promotion, and integration of their initiatives within our congregation.
• In collaboration with the Community Engagement Specialist, provide strategic oversight of LSQ’s mission and community engagement efforts, including, but not limited to:
• • Launch and scale mission and community engagement initiatives that mobilize time-constrained urban professionals into meaningful service.
  • Develop and implement strategies to recruit, train, and sustain long-term volunteers, moving engagement from event-based participation to ongoing relational service.
  • Ensure the development and coordination of community engagement opportunities across Community Groups, Young Adults, and other ministries.
• Serve on and provide pastoral leadership to the Community Engagement Advisory Committee.
• Collaborate with the Discipleship Team to integrate theological and practical training in justice and mercy into the School of Christian Formation through cohorts, seminars, and classes.

Preaching, Teaching, Pastoral Care

• Preach up to 20-25% of Sundays as directed by the Senior Pastor, based on ability and church needs. Must demonstrate theological depth, cultural awareness, and the ability to engage Manhattan's skeptics.
• Lead worship services as assigned, embodying pastoral presence and liturgical leadership.
• Teach membership classes in addition to cohorts, classes, and seminars.
• Partner with pastors, the pastoral care team, and the Session to provide pastoral care, contribute to church discipline cases, serve on the Safeguarding Team, and offer prayer and support to the congregation.
• Provide pastoral oversight and development of mission-focused leaders within LSQ’s leadership pipeline, including RAMP apprentices, ministry interns, leadership cohorts, and mentoring relationships.
• Teach and pastor the weekly LSQ cohort of the Faith and Work Gotham Fellowship as needed. 

Qualifications
Education and Experience

• Minimum 5 year pastoral experience
• Minimum of four years of undergraduate education and a theological degree from an accredited seminary or equivalent required. Master of Divinity (M.Div.) preferred. This position is open to teaching elders ordained or ordainable in the Presbyterian Church of America (PCA).
• A strong commitment to the Christian faith and alignment with the core theological principles of Redeemer Lincoln Square and the PCA, including the Westminster Standards.
• Demonstrated experience in evangelism ministry, community engagement, and mercy/justice work in an urban context. 
• Cultural fluency in post-Christian, educated, professional urban environments.
• Strong communicator who is able to teach, preach, facilitate, and lead training with clarity and gospel-warmth.
• Genuine love for skeptics, seekers, and the marginalized; a practitioner of relational evangelism.
• Ability to build systems and programs from early-stage concepts to operational reality.
• Team player with high emotional intelligence; able to collaborate with pastors, staff, elders, deacons, and volunteers.
• Prior ministry experience in New York City or a similar global city context.

Skills and Competencies

• Evangelistic Heart: Missionary instincts that prioritize reaching the lost, with creativity in developing evangelism strategies for skeptical, time-constrained urbanites
• Experience implementing and leading seeker-oriented programming.
• Gospel Fluency: Deep theological grounding in Reformed theology, with the cultural intelligence to communicate the gospel compellingly to post-Christian, urban professionals
• Preaching Excellence: Exceptional pulpit skills that reflect both intellectual rigor and pastoral warmth, with demonstrated ability to engage skeptics and believers alike
• Leadership Development: Proven capacity to identify, coach, and deploy emerging leaders into ministry, with a track record of building replicable training pathways
• Deep integration with Redeemer’s theological framework and DNA, or similar gospel-centered renewal movements. 
• Demonstrate relational health in key family and interpersonal relationships. 

Full-time members of the Redeemer Lincoln Square team, are offered competitive salaries, paid time off, and benefits, to include:

• Fully paid Medical Plan Premiums
• Shared cost PPO Medical Plan Option
• Fully paid Dental insurance premiums, with dental buy-up plan option
• Fully paid Vision insurance premiums
• 403b Retirement with company contribution
• Redeemer-paid short-term disability, long-term disability and basic life insurance
• Voluntary accident, life, and AD&D policies for employee, spouse, and children
• Redeemer-funded HSA and HRA with elected high-deductible medical coverage
• Optional Limited Purpose FSA for dental, vision, and dependent care costs
• Transit / commuter benefit
• Counseling benefit 

The wage range for this role takes into account the wide range of factors that are considered in making compensation decisions including but not limited to skill set; experience and training; licensure, certifications, and ordination; and other organizational needs.

Use of Hiring Technology
As part of our recruitment process, we may use technology-assisted tools, including artificial intelligence (AI), to help review applications and identify candidates whose qualifications align with the requirements of the role. AI can assist us in evaluating skills, qualifications, experience, or certain keywords. These tools support, but do not replace, human review and decision-making.

While interviewers may record and transcribe interviews using AI tools, we do not utilize AI to evaluate or analyze interview videos. Recording of interviews is done solely for the purpose of note-taking or transcribing the conversation, and human review is conducted of the notes prior to connecting them with an applicant's file. The organization does not utilize Automated Employment Decision Tools to conduct video analysis of any recorded interviews, and is fully compliant with New York City Local Law 144.