Job Board

Associate and Assistant Pastors

Women’s and Care Ministries Pastor/Director

Kearney Evangelical Free Church - Kearney, NE
Posted: 03/03/2025
Salary/Range: Determined Upon Hire
Location
Kearney, NE
Description:

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