• Job Description

  Req#: MISSI001170

  Summary

  As part of a Congregation team at The Austin Stone Community Church, the Missions Lead (ML) will be responsible for recruiting, training, and deploying partners and attenders of The Austin Stone into regular service to our city and among the nations. The ML will report to the Congregation Executive Pastor, Operations Director, or Spiritual Formation Director/Pastor.

  Essential Responsibilities

  • Develop, equip, resource, and care for lay leaders and volunteers in the Missions ministry.
  • Provide general shepherding care to Partners and regular attenders, connecting elders or deacons to any pastoral needs.
  • Lead deacon teams to uniquely invest, support, and lead ministry in local and global missions.
  • Ensure the implementation of the Missions strategy for deploying partners and attenders of the congregation into regular service to our city and among the nations.
  • Collaborate with congregational ministry to ensure effective communication and information flow to all congregational staff and to partners and attenders.
  • Steward the ministry budget.
  • Gather important ministry data including key performance indicators (KPIs) to report to congregational leadership.
  • Attend, serve, and lead at all required events and activities for The Austin Stone, including all Sunday services, staff meetings, prayer meetings, special events, and staff development days.

  Required Qualifications

  • High School diploma or equivalent required, Bachelor’s degree or equivalent, preferred
  • 2 years of experience in a vocational ministry role or equivalent experience
  • Previous experience shepherding people and providing pastoral care, preferred
  • Experience leading volunteers, preferred

  Competencies

  Shepherding - Ability to understand and meet people where they are emotionally, spiritually, and physically. Demonstrative skill in pastoral settings such as care, discipline and congregational gatherings. Exemplify a ministry that is reliant on prayer. Create environments and communities where God’s people sense the care of the church leadership team.

  Leadership Development - Ability to lead, recruit, resource, and mobilize volunteer teams to scale. Ability to recruit, manage, and lead teams to the mission of God through The Austin Stone. Proven capacity to multiply leaders (staff, deacons, volunteers, etc.) who hold and can communicate the church's values. Ability to mobilize the local congregation to love God, love the church, love the city and love the nations. Understanding of The Austin Stone’s ministry strategy and competency in application of strategies in equipping and mobilization.

  Communication - Has clarity of speech and proper use of grammar. Demonstrated capacity to inspire, instruct, and encourage through effective communication in various settings. Able to communicate and work within a complex organizational structure with multiple layers of input. Practices proactive communication laterally and upwardly in the organization. Proficient use of telephone and web video conferencing.

  Detail Oriented & Organizational Skills - Proven skills in creating, implementing, maintaining, and following through on processes that ensure people are engaged, cared for, informed and connected. Ability to coordinate multiple projects and tasks simultaneously. Able to successfully develop new and better ways to work and promote a continuous improvement mentality.

  Collaborative Leadership - Strong complementary leadership skills and capacity to lead in concert with other leaders. Creativity and innovation in ministry assessment and implementation. Demonstrated ability to network and connect with leaders toward Kingdom outcomes. Collaborate across the organization and with various ministry partners. Cultivate purpose-driven, relational networks.

  Physical Demands and Work Environment

  The physical demands and work environment described here are representative of those an employee encounters while performing the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

  • Occasional lifting of objects up to 30 pounds.
  • Ability to physically navigate a multi-level campus facility.
  • Subject to standing, walking, sitting, bending, reaching, kneeling, pushing and pulling.
  • Manual dexterity and coordination are required over 50% of the work period while operating equipment such as a computer keyboard, mouse, and similar machines.

  Disclaimer

  The information presented indicates the general nature and level of work expected of employees in this classification. It is not designed to contain, nor to be interpreted as, a comprehensive inventory of all duties, responsibilities, qualifications, and objectives required of employees assigned to this job.

  Culture and Character

  Employees of The Austin Stone are expected to become Partners (our term for members) of the church, fully embracing the values, mission, and purpose of our church. Additionally, all employees of The Austin Stone are expected to understand, affirm and adhere to our Affirmation of Faith, Bylaws, Culture Map, and other documents defining the beliefs, culture, and mission of The Austin Stone Community Church.

  Employees also possess the character qualifications of biblical leadership in the church. At a minimum, each employee must agree and aspire to maturity in these qualifications, invite the authority of church community and leaders as a means of growth in them, and pursue them humbly and faithfully by the power of the Holy Spirit.

  As part of our child safety program, employees in this role will be required to participate in a child safety screening and training process upon hire.

  Please read Attributes of Leaders as Employees at The Austin Stone for a greater description of cultural, character, and other aspects of joining our team at The Austin Stone.

  The Austin Stone Community Church is an Equal Opportunity Employer including Women, Minorities, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.

  Equal Opportunity Employer
  This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws. For further information, please review the Know Your Rights notice from the Department of Labor.

• About the company

  The Austin Stone is one church meeting in 6 locations throughout Austin, TX to worship Jesus and make His name known in our city and world.

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