Senior Pastor
Job Description
The Senior Pastor will:
- Provide vision and strategy to lead this body to the next level
- Preach biblically faithful messages about 42 times per year
- Lead an excellent staff of 12 to accomplish the ministry objectives of the body
- Partner with the elder team to guide Fox Valley Church
- Provide sacerdotal duties as expected
- Partner as relevant with the EFCA in reaching the wider ministry of the denomination
About this Church
Fox Valley Church (FVC), founded in 1977 and based in the Fox Valley area, is seeking its next senior pastor as longtime leader Tom Atchison prepares to retire in 2027 after more than three decades of faithful ministry. Deeply rooted in its Evangelical Free Church of America heritage, FVC holds to biblical authority, the gospel, trinitarian formation and mission with Reformed and Calvinist theological leanings alongside charitable space for differing views on secondary matters. Today about 650 people call FVC home, served across two multi-site worship services (8:45 a.m. and 10:30 a.m.) with contemporary, Spirit-sensitive worship, a “1:1:1” discipleship framework, Life Groups, and a team of 10 staff operating under elder-led pastoral council governance. FVC enters this search not from a season of decline but from a position of health and momentum—an expanding 22,800-square-foot campus with a $10.7 million expansion underway, strong lay engagement and a clear sense of mission. The church is looking for a senior pastor who can honor its history while helping discern and pursue what’s next.