Pastor of Family Ministries
East Side Grace Church
Overview: The Pastor of Family Ministries works in close partnership with the Senior Pastor to assist him and offer insight into the development and implementation of the church’s ministry strategy, while focusing on East Side Grace’s ministries to parents, youth, and young adults. This senior staff member shares authority and responsibility with the Senior Pastor to design and develop church vision and develop and resource ministry staff. He administers key elements of East Side Grace’s organizational structure and assures effective execution on church initiatives that involve staff and volunteers.
Key Result Areas: The Pastor of Family Ministries oversees and continually improves ministry systems in reaching the lost, assimilating new people into the family of East Side Grace, growing believers in spiritual maturity through groups and service teams, equipping believers for ministry in their spheres of life, and developing spiritual leaders at East Side Grace.
Youth Ministry: The Pastor of Family Ministries is East Side’s lead shepherd and disciple maker for 1) middle school and high school students, and 2) younger adults who are not yet married, and oversees the disciple-making process for these groups. He also oversees the Director of Children’s Ministry, and thus has pastoral charge over East Siders from birth through young adulthood. His primary focus is on building up those he leads through prayer and the ministry of the Word (Acts 6:4).
The Pastor of Family Ministries views his volunteer ministry team and the Director of Children’s ministry as a primary focus of his own ministry. The volunteer ministry team, composed of faithful followers of Christ with a mixture of Word-based and service-based gifts (1 Peter 4:11), will be responsible for shepherding interaction with students and young adults, which the pastor will regularly monitor and assess. The ministry team will also support the pastor by carrying out various administrative functions.
Executive Ministry Responsibilities:
? Give insight and assist the Senior Pastor in developing and implementing the church’s ministry strategy
? Create, implement, oversee, and improve ministry systems
? Collaborate with the Senior Pastor to hire, train, and coach ministry leaders and staff
? Oversee teams responsible for executing Sunday morning worship services and significant church events
? Manage and oversee the church’s organizational structure and employee policy
? Based on direction from the Senior Pastor create the annual church budget in partnership with the finance committee
? Actively serve with the Senior Pastor to address crises as they arise
? Be available for other assignments from the Senior Pastor
Youth Ministry Responsibilities:
? Organize and facilitate regular youth group meetings where students worship together, learn from the word of God, and build relationships with one another
? Recruit and develop a spiritually growing team of youth workers that actively cares for students, shares the Word of God with them, and challenges them
? Catalyze students for ministry to Christ-followers and unchurched peers in their spheres of life
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? Create and oversee events that build community among students and offer opportunities for them to invite their unchurched friends
? Build bridges into organizations and contexts (e.g., public schools) to expand East Side Grace’s student ministry to the unchurched
? Develop youth and young adult leaders
? Support connections between students and the broader church body
? Oversee and develop a team of young adult ministry workers
Qualifications and characteristics
? A growing mature Christ follower
? Positive and professional demeanor
? Competence in leadership, organizational development, and strategic judgment
? Self-starter, able to reach objectives without oversight
? Strong people and communication skills, both oral and written
? Biblical education and 5+ years of pastoral-type experience
? An established track record of building a vibrant youth ministry
? Equipper of ministry workers to impact those within their spheres of influence
? Strategist (sees the big picture and able to develop the steps to get there)
? Designer, developer/implementer, tweaker of systems
? Achiever/goal oriented
? Staff developer/leader coach
? Equipper of ministry workers to impact those within their spheres of influence
? Heart for the lost
? Risk taker
? True partner . . . strong but humble (not the final voice)
Staff connections: The Pastor of Family Ministries will serve with the other pastors at East Side Grace to shepherd the flock by means of preaching, Sunday worship support, special event planning, and other roles. The pastor will also maintain close connection with the Director of Children’s Ministries, who will report to him and collaborate with him as needed. The Ministry Support Administrator will provide administrative support to the pastor.
Reporting: The Pastor of Family Ministries reports directly to the Senior Pastor of East Side Grace. Regular meetings between the two pastors will be the primary point of contact for the Senior Pastor to support the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries and assess his progress toward tasks and objectives that the two pastors have determined in partnership with one another. The Senior Pastor will formally evaluate the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries twice annually on the Executive Pastor of Family Ministries’ 1) demonstration of pastoral character, and 2) performance on tasks and objectives.
Compensation: The Pastor of Family Ministries will receive a salary commensurate with his training, experience, additional roles, and family needs. Compensation is offered at the discretion of the Senior Pastor and the East Side Grace Elder Board. Time off and professional expenses (which are both encouraged) should be coordinated with the Senior Pastor.
