Job Posting OPEN
Discipleship & Community Pastor
JOB DESCRIPTION
Revised: 11/2024
JOB TITLE: Discipleship
& Community Pastor
CLASSIFICATION: Full Time STATUS: Ministerial Exception
MINISTRY: Discipleship & Community MANAGER: Associate
Lead Pastor
GENERAL WORK WEEK: Sunday –
Thursday
JOB SUMMARY AND PURPOSE:
The
Discipleship and Community Pastor is responsible for providing visionary
leadership, strategic oversight, and operational excellence in fostering
spiritual growth and relational connection within Cross Timbers Church. This
role focuses on teaching, strengthening discipleship pathways, and cultivating
community engagement while ensuring alignment with the church’s mission,
vision, and values. The Discipleship and Community Pastor will oversee the
creation and implementation of discipleship programming, and ministry-specific
initiatives to build a thriving church community.
STAFF CULTURE:
Culture is critical to the success of Cross Timbers
and its employees. We define our culture
in this way. “The environment we
create by how we work and how we work with each other”. We continually strive for a high
output, happy and healthy team; H3. We
invest in our staff to develop their skills, so they thrive in their roles as
well as focusing on helping them to develop spiritually.
STAFF
EXPECTATION:
As a condition of
employment with Cross Timbers, it is essential (required) that employees and
their families become active participants in the life and ministry of CT. This includes regular attendance to services
and finding a way to volunteer with a ministry not in the scope of this
job.
MINIMUM QUALIFICATIONS:
·
Experienced leader, with excellent relational &
communication skills (3-5 years)
·
Proven ability and experience leading &
managing a staff and volunteers (3-5 years)
·
Public speaking ability; able to deliver a message
during main services and/or events
·
High level of discernment and the ability to
maintain confidentiality when needed
·
Proven leadership abilities in empowering,
developing and helping others seek their potential
·
Willing and open to change, be flexible in a
variety of situations
·
A team player giving and receiving input, willing
to compromise & cooperate
·
Exhibit clear and effective verbal and non-verbal communications
skills
·
Able
to develop people and systems to optimize growth and effectiveness
·
Forward thinker who assumes responsibility and
takes initiative
·
Must possess a genuine humility and work well in
the context of a team
·
Clearance of a criminal background check
PASTORAL
RESPONSIBILITIES:
A Cross Timbers
Church pastor exhibits the heart to pray for, provide spiritual guidance, encourage,
and lead people to Christ. The church qualifies and commissions a pastor as an
individual who has been given the responsibility and or authority to administer
in full or in part the following:
·
Biblical
Teaching to the congregation or sub-part of the congregation (i.e., kids;
students; college, financial freedom)
·
Lead
or have oversight of a church ministry, program, or department
·
Perform
religious/spiritual functions of the church
·
Baptisms
·
Weddings
·
Funerals/memorial
services
·
Pastoral
guidance
Full-time Cross
Timbers Church pastors will become a part of the Pastor On-Call (POC) rotation
cycle which helps the organization accomplish and meet the needs of various
pastoral aspects in the life and ministry of the church. Part-time Cross Timbers Church pastors will
support as time allows but not be included in the POC rotation due to hour
restrictions.
PRIMARY
RESPONSIBILITIES:
·
Oversee
the execution & alignment of a discipleship system emphasizing personal
spiritual development & evangelism.
·
Lead
the re-implementation of a Growth Track.
·
Champion
initiatives that encourage community-building and help people grow in
relationships with one another.
·
Provide
oversight, guidance, and development for Discipleship Pastor, Groups Pastor, Outreach,
1st Impressions Coordinator and administrative support.
·
Supervise
direct reports setting clear goals and expectations and promoting a
collaborative work environment.
·
Drive
forward-thinking strategies to optimize ministry effectiveness and growth.
·
Be
a part of the teaching team, teaching on Sundays 4-8 times a year, and helping
create content for Sundays, social media, tools, and other places as needed.
·
Serve
on the Directional Leadership Team and help guide the church and staff to the
vison of CT.
·
Oversight
and management of ministry budgets and resources effectively, ensuring
alignment with organizational goals.
·
Supervise and manage the Discipleship &
Communications team including but not limited to regular 1:1 meetings
with direct reports, providing opportunities for growth and development through
clear and simple goals, responsibilities and expectations
·
Attend essential (required) staff
meetings/functions as assigned by the manager and/or Leadership.
- The
statements contained in the document are intended to describe the general
nature of this role and level of work performed by employees in this
role. This job description in no
way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by
the employee occupying this role.
Employees will be required to follow any other job-related
instructions and to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their
Manager.
GENERAL
WORK HOURS INFORMATION:
·
Full-Time Positions - There is a 40-hour
weekly work expectation for all full-time employees.
o Full-time staff work weeks are categorized by position as Monday –
Friday or Sunday–Thursday.
·
Part-Time Positions - Part-time employees have varying hours depending upon the role but
should never exceed 29 hours per work week.
The actual number of hours per week is not guaranteed and may vary with
the workload. Failure to adhere to the
29-hour rule is a violation of the employment agreement.
·
The established work week is Sunday through
Saturday for all payroll purposes including tracking part-time hours.
·
Flexible part-time employees’ schedules and work
locations are based upon the role and scope of responsibilities.
·
A finalized schedule will be established with the
Manager but typically falls within the general hours noted below.
o
Monday-Friday role 8:30-5:00
Monday-Thursday 8:30-2:00
Friday
o
Sunday-Thursday role 9:00-5:00 Monday-Thursday 7:00-1:00
Sundays (varies by role)
·
A 1-hour lunch break is provided and required to be
taken by an employee. The actual time of
the lunch break is determined with the manager’s input.
·
Employees must understand that ministry does not
always fall within a normal schedule and working outside of that schedule can
periodically include weekends, evenings and holidays for CT sponsored events that
are essential (required). For full-time
roles, additional hours outside the normal scope may be accommodated with comp
time and/or a temporary adjustment to the normal schedule where indicated. This is handled by Manager discretion.
WORK ENVIRONMENT – PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS:
·
Position
requires bending, stooping, and stretching to complete various tasks, and
occasional lifting of boxes weighing up to 25-50 pounds. Work is generally
performed indoors but may involve limited exposure to outdoor weather
conditions.
COMMENTS:
The above statements are intended to describe the
general nature of this job and the level of work performed by employees in this
position. This job description in no way
states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the
employee occupying this position.
Employees will be required to follow any other job-related instructions
and to perform any other job-related duties required by their manager.
The employment relationship remains subject to the
employment at will doctrine in the State of Texas, meaning either the employee
or the employer may terminate the employment relationship at any time with or without cause and with or without notice. If you
are in agreement with the above, please sign and return this document to Human
Resources.