Church Planter - Eastern Pennsylvania

The Christian and Missionary Alliance; Middletown Township (PA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

The Eastern PA District of The Christian and Missionary Alliance is seeking a Church Planter to lead a church planting team and implement a vision for disciple making.

You will recruit and develop a Gospel-centered team, live missionally in the planting location, and communicate the Gospel across diverse settings.

Licensing with the Alliance is required; details through the district discernment process.

Qualifications

• Evidence of biblical elder-like character and alignment with Alliance ministry philosophy.
• Licensed, or willing to be licensed, as an official Alliance worker.
• Complete the district discernment/assessment process to determine readiness to plant.
• Demonstrated experience of multiplication in the local church.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, develop, and lead the execution of a church planting strategy that sees a multiplying disciple making community established.
• Oversee the curations of values, habits, and stories that create a culture of living with Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and commitment to the mission of Jesus.
• Effectively recruit, lead, develop, coach, and oversee the church planting team and leadership toward being a Gospel-rooted, courageous, and faith-filled people.
• Live missionally in the neighborhood where the church is to be rooted.
• Clearly and passionately communicate the Gospel in a variety of environments.
• Care for the spiritual maturity and development of the church.

Skills

Disciple making

Strategic leadership

Team development

Church planting

Job description

The Alliance is a Christ-centered, Acts 1:8 family that is passionate about bringing all of Jesus to all of the world. The Eastern PA District of the Alliance uniquely fulfills this mission by developing Kingdom workers for increasing Gospel impact. As a district, we are looking for a multiplying leader who is ready to bring the Gospel of Jesus to new communities through church planting.

Overview

As a Church Planter, you will be the spiritual, visional, and multiplication leader of a church planting team in a location determined through our discernment and assessment process. You will be responsible to seek the Lord’s direction in implementing a vision and strategy for creating a disciple making community. Through the creation of a church planting team, you will foster a community that is rooted in the Gospel, lives on faith-filled mission with Jesus, and exercises courageous leadership.

Each church planter is expected to be a Gospel-rooted, courageous, missional, and catalytic leader that meets the biblical qualifications of an elder. You are expected to lead the church planting team to be highly focused on disciple making, collaborative, and have a high level of excellence. You are expected to be developmental and creative in your approach to establishing a culture that leads to an effective multiplying work.

Responsibilities

• Conceptualize, develop, and lead the execution of a church planting strategy that sees a multiplying disciple making community established
• Oversee the curations of values, habits, and stories that create a culture of living with Jesus, being changed by Jesus, and commitment to the mission of Jesus
• Effectively recruit, lead, develop, coach, and oversee the church planting team and leadership toward being a Gospel-rooted, courageous, and faith-filled people
• Live missionally in the neighborhood where the church is to be rooted
• Clearly and passionately communicate the Gospel in a variety of environments
• Care for the spiritual maturity and development of the church

Basic Requirements

• Clear articulation of personal faith in Jesus, demonstrated character qualities of biblical elder, and an affinity for the philosophy of ministry of the District (i.e. Gospel development in regional networks)
• Licensed, or willing to be licensed, as an official worker of the Alliance
• Complete our district’s discernment/assessment process to determine readiness to plant
• Demonstrated experience of multiplication in the local church

Preferred Skills And Experience

• Experience with starting ministries in new contexts, communities, and cultures
• Highly strategic, organized, and entrepreneurial with exceptional communication skills
• Creativity and a willingness to try new approaches
• Established skills in crisis management, decision-making, and relationship-building

Team Dynamics: Direct reports to Executive Director of the district unless planting under the leadership of a district church

Compensation: TBD based on Church Plant Development Plan

This position requires licensing with The Christian & Missionary Alliance. To learn more about The Alliance and requirements for licensing, please visit our website.