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Pastor for Discipleship and Connection
Job Description
Summary of Role
The Pastor of Discipleship and Connection will lead the way at Element Church in helping people learn and live the way of Jesus together. This position will lead and oversee all key Next Step initiatives in the church.
The Pastor of Discipleship and Connection will provide leadership, training, and engaging additional leaders for all of the discipleship pathways and Next Steps at Element Church, along with pastoral oversight and shepherding care. Element is in a season as a church where discipleship is a primary value and an increased focus for us—this role will have the resources and support to succeed.
Primary Responsibilities of Position
There are six key areas of leadership and oversight in this role:
- Connections Ministry. This role will envision and oversee the Sunday experience “from street to seat,” helping people feel welcomed, planned for, and loved. They will be best in class at followup, helping people move from first time guests into engaged members of the church.
- Next Steps Pathways. The Discipleship Pastor will keep us sharp on our ability to move people far from God into lifelong discipleship. This includes Element’s Formation Pathway and things like Element Connect, our Sunday Classes, and more.
- Small Groups. This is the primary expression of community and growth at Element. Oversight here will entail leader care, tools, training, curriculum development and curation, and new member onboarding.
- Prayer Ministry. All pre-service intercession, prayer team in service (such as altar calls or post-service prayer tent), and weekly intercession will fall into this category.
- Baptism. The Discipleship Pastor will lead the way in helping people engage in this step of obedience, both in vetting their faith and discipling those in need, and in officiating baptism services.
- Pastoral Care. We want the discipleship pastor to build a care team for things like hospital visits, new mothers, elderly in need, and similar. They will also serve in areas like weddings, funerals, pastoral counseling, and the like. We’d love to imagine a team similar to what some call “deacons” equipped and unleashed to care for our church body.
Education and Experience
- Bachelor’s Degree (Master’s preferred)
- 3-5 Years Experience of successfully leading church ministry Discipleship, Small Groups or like areas of responsibility in a church or other non-profit service organizations.
More details are available here: Pastor for Discipleship and Connection