Job Board

Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor – Job Description

 

Reports to: Lead Pastor

Objective:

The Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor will oversee the growth of the discipleship pathway throughout the Men’s, Women’s and Care ministry, Life Groups, and Bilingual ministry by providing clear on-ramps for spiritual growth and development, adult growth seminars, and mobilizing Global Missions initiatives for the church at large.

Qualifications:

1. Fully Endorses the EFCA Statement of Faith.
2. Understands and invests in one’s marriage and family.
3. Understands the process of making disciples and effectively equipping others in making disciples.
4. Has the ability to cast a vision that is in alignment with the church mission and core values.
5. Seeks to grow as a leader and model of genuine faith as a passionate follower of Jesus Christ.

Role:

The Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor of Kearney eFree Church shall function in the following manner under the leadership of the Holy Spirit.

1. Teacher – Has the gift of teaching the Word for spiritual and leadership development.
2. Counselor – Helps give Biblical insight and direction for those needing help with issues or crises in their lives.
3. Networker – Provides direction and leadership for those he oversees to help work together in alignment within ministry opportunities that directors oversee.
4. Resource Provider – Helps individuals and groups find the right resources to help their personal life and ministry be effectively used for building the kingdom.
5. Leadership – Provides opportunities for leadership development through personal one-on-one mentorship and team development.

 

Responsibilities: 

1. Discipleship

• Creates, evaluates, and revises strategy that aligns with the mission, core values, and discipleship pathway of the church.
• Determines and proposes annual budget for discipleship programming and monitors and controls expenditures to ensure operation within approved budget.
• Gives pastoral leadership in the area of teaching and resourcing.
• Responsible for maintaining simplicity across all discipleship programming, including those overseen by direct reports, and empowering ministry in the context of Life Groups as a primary discipleship portal, by working with Connections and LifeGroup Pastor and Women and Care Director/Pastor.

2. Global Outreach

• Evaluates, and revises strategy that aligns with the mission and core values of the church.
• Determines and proposes annual budget for all Global Outreach programming and monitors and controls expenditures to ensure operation within approved budget.
• Coordinates with the Community Engagement Director to ensure that Global Missions programming and Community Engagement programming compliment, rather than compete with, each other.
• Works with Global Outreach Team to mobilize and implement global missions initiatives with the church at large.
• Responsible for discovering and equipping leaders to lead short term missions opportunities.
• Oversees the assessment of continued support to full-time missionaries.
• Sustains and builds multi-level participation in our ministry partnerships with Compassion International (Colombia) & Circle Urban Mission (Chicago).

3. Provides Adult Leadership Care

• Leads and directs Men’s Leadership team ministries, including Forge and key strategic events, to continuously improve their quality and alignment with church ministry direction.
• Oversees the Women and Care Director/Pastor, providing leadership and direction to continuously improve the quality of Women’s and Care Ministries and their alignment with church ministry direction.
• Oversees the Visitation Pastor, providing leadership and direction to continuously improve the quality of Visitation and Men in Action ministries, and their alignment with church ministry direction.
• Oversees the Connections and LifeGroups Pastor, providing leadership and direction to improve these ministries’ quality and alignment with church ministry direction.
• Oversees Pastor of Bilingual Ministry, providing leadership and direction to continuously improve the quality of Bilingual ministries and their alignment with church ministry direction. Assists with teaching in the Bilingual Ministry when appropriate.
• Oversees the process of intentionally guiding seekers and new believers onto the discipleship pathway.

 

Shared Responsibilities: 

1. Team Player – Working together with the pastoral team to fulfill the mission of Kearney Evangelical Free Church, recognizing and utilizing the spiritual gifts and talents of the team, serving as a vital contributor and encourager to team members in their areas of responsibility.
2. Trustworthy – Being consistently reliable, working to develop authentic relationships through honesty and accountability and esteeming the value of confidentiality and personal integrity.
3. Supporter – Means honoring and supporting the ideas and gifts of contributions of each team member.
4. Communicator – Sharing ideas in a manner that is clear to others, listening intently, assuming nothing while clarifying everything, and sharing responsibility to understand and be understood.

 

Relationships:

The Discipleship and Global Outreach Pastor of Kearney eFree Church relates to the following individuals and ministry teams.

1. He is responsible, first of all, to the Head of the Church, the Lord Jesus Christ, to whom we must all give an account (Romans 14:12; Colossians 1:18).
2. He is hired by and reports to the Lead Pastor and is accountable to him in terms of function, responsibilities and accomplishment of ministry.
3. Works together with the pastoral team to accomplish ministry to fulfill the mission of Kearney eFree Church.
4. Meets with all direct reports and Men’s and Global Outreach ministry teams.

Education & Certification:

• Bachelor of Arts Degree or equivalent in experience. MA in Divinity, Christian formation, or Biblical Studies preferred.  Credentialed in a similar denomination or willing to attain licensure through EFCA.

 

To Apply: adrian@kearneyefree.com