Job Board

Women’s and Care Ministries Pastor/Director

Reports to: Discipleship and Outreach Pastor

Objective: The Women’s and Care Ministries Pastor/Director will oversee Women’s and Care Ministries, helping others meet Jesus and walk on the discipleship pathway by providing clear on-ramps and programming for the spiritual formation and development of women and the emotional/spiritual care of both men and women in the church at large.

Requirements:

● Adhere to the Statement of Faith of the Evangelical Free Church of America

● Agree with the Kearney EFree Church Mission, Vision, & Philosophy of Ministry

● Follow the Kearney EFree Church Bylaws & Governance Manual

Responsibilities:

Women’s Ministry

● Creates, evaluates, and revises strategy that aligns with the mission, core values, and discipleship model of the church.

● Determines and proposes annual budget for Women’s Ministry programming and monitors and controls expenditures to ensure operation within approved budget.

● Gives directive leadership in the area of teaching, scheduling, and providing relevant women’s spiritual formation training throughout the year.

● Responsible for removing complexity and redundancy across all Women’s Ministry programming and for empowering ministry to women in the context of Life Groups as the primary discipleship community, by working with Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor, Connections and LifeGroup Pastor in guiding those attending seminars to get connected in LifeGroups.

Care Ministry

● Creates, evaluates, and revises strategy that aligns with the mission, core values, and discipleship model of the church.

● Determines and proposes annual budget for Care Ministry programming and monitors and controls expenditures to ensure operation within approved budget.

● Responsible for discovering and equipping leaders to implement strategy.

● Works with all Care Ministry leaders to ensure programming remains relevant, aligned, and effective.

● Responsible for removing complexity and redundancy across all Care Ministries and positioning this ministry within the context of Life Groups as the primary discipleship community, by working with Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor, Connections and LifeGroup Pastor in guiding those attending Care Ministry programs to eventually get connected in long term LifeGroups.

Shared Responsibilities:

● Model TEAMWORK: Working together to fulfill the mission of Kearney Evangelical Free Church, recognizing and utilizing the spiritual gifts and talents of the team, serving the team as a vital contributor and encouraging team members in their areas of responsibility.

● Model TRUST: Being consistently reliable, working to develop authentic relationships through honesty and accountability and esteeming the value of confidentiality and personal integrity.

● Model HUMILITY: This means honoring and supporting the ideas and gifts of contributions of each team member:

● Model EFFECTIVE COMMUNICATION: Sharing your ideas in a manner that is clear to others, listening intently, assuming nothing while clarifying everything and sharing responsibility to understand and be understood.

Personal Growth Expectations:

● Seek to be a growing, passionate follower of Jesus Christ

● Seek to invest in one’s marriage and family

● Seek to be a good steward of mind, emotions, body, time and wealth

Qualifications:

● Evidences the gift of leadership

● Possesses the ability to cast vision that’s in alignment with the church mission. This person must possess the ability to see the overall vision, communicate this vision and own the responsibility of communicating this vision to leadership and those serving in the ministry.

● Excellent communication skills

● Clear commitment to her own ongoing spiritual formation

Education:

● Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science in an area of study related to position. MA preferred.

● Willingness to be credentialed as a pastor in EFCA or similar denomination is preferred.

Questions/Inquiries:

• For questions or inquiries, contact Adrian Boykin, Pastor at Kearney eFree Church, adrian@kearneyefree.com 308-237-5968

To Apply: adrian@kearneyefree.com