Our pastor

At New Mercy Palisades, we employ a round-table model for our pastoral leadership. By design, we do not have a senior pastor. Rather, the round table of pastors collectively function as the “senior pastor”.

There are numerous benefits to this model. It avoids building a church around a single personality, which can hinder community and can be a precarious foundation for a church. The round table functions as the pastors’ small group community, which help foster accountability and the health of our pastors. Also, rather than one senior pastor feeling the weight of responsibility, the round table carries the burden together. Additionally, because the pastors share the preaching responsibility evenly, the congregation also receives a profound spiritual benefit by receiving what we call a “balanced diet” of preaching. By learning from different preachers and teachers with different styles, approaches to spirituality, and life stories, congregants are exposed to a spiritual diversity that we believe promotes well-rounded growth.