Discipleship // Life Group Coach

Lincoln Berean; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Lincoln Berean Church seeks an Associate Director of Life Groups / Life Group Coach to empower Young Adult Life Groups and support other Life Group leaders. This role collaborates with Men’s, Women’s, and Care Ministries to coordinate resources and shepherd members.

The position focuses on serving and equipping Life Group Leaders, modeling discipleship, and contributing to a healthy Life Groups culture within the church community.

Qualifications

• Associate’s Degree required; Bachelor’s preferred.
• 2+ years in coaching or leadership development.
• Strong relational and biblical leadership abilities.

Responsibilities

• Coach Life Group Leaders and equip leaders.
• Provide care and shepherd Life Group members.
• Coordinate support resources for Life Group Leaders.
• Participate in Life Groups Team meetings.
• Perform general ministry duties as assigned.

Skills

Coaching

Leadership development

People skills

Education

Associate’s Degree

Bachelor’s Degree preferred

Job description

Position Title: Associate Director of Life Groups // Young Adult Coach

Reports To: Director of Life Groups

Status: Full-time, Ministry Staff (45 hours/week)

Schedule: Monday - Friday, Sundays 8:30AM - 12:30PM

Required Application Items:

• Resume
• Cover Letter
• Social Media Links

Job Purpose and Goals:

An Associate Director of Life Groups / Life Group Coach supports and advances the Life Groups Team in the relational disciple-making strategy. This relational disciple-making strategy is a beautiful expression of our ongoing LBC Vision Statement: Coming together to know Jesus, become more like Him, and help others do the same. A coach invests in and equips lay leaders to know, love, and lead their Life Group members. This role also collaborates with the Men’s, Women’s, and Care Ministries to effectively coordinate ministry efforts and provide appropriate support resources to Life Group leaders and members.

This specific role focuses on serving, equipping, and supporting Life Group Leaders who are leading “Young Adult” Life Groups (Typically people in their 20’s and 30’s), while also offering support to other leaders when needed. The coach will lead and equip Life Group leaders to effectively and biblically shepherd their Life Group members.

The five key roles for this ‘seat’ are:

• Coaching and Equipping Life Group Leaders
• Providing Care and Shepherding
• Coordinating Support Resources for Life Group Leaders
• Participating in the Life Groups Team
• General Ministry Responsibilities

Key Roles and Responsibilities:

Coaching and Equipping Life Group Leaders

• Investing in and equipping Life Group leaders to effectively shepherd their Life Groups members. Pray for leaders, Life Groups and Life Groups Ministry as a whole.
• Serve as the primary resource for assigned Life Group Leaders by being available and offering guidance on how to lead a Life Group, skillfully manage difficult conversations, navigate group development dynamics, listen, and coordinate support resources.
• Communicate with their assigned Life Group Leaders passing on Life Group Communications, meeting with each leader at least once per session and texting encouragement.
• Managing assigned Life Groups in the Ministry Platform software, adding, or removing people, as well as, prepping assigned Life Groups for Open Enrollment sessions.
• Mentor/develop Life Group leaders, apprentice Life Group leaders while watching to identify potential Life Group leaders. Participate in interviews of new leaders. Multiply Life Groups by equipping and releasing apprentice Life Group leaders to assume leadership of a new or existing Life Group.
• Update the Life Groups Team on the health, status, next steps, and stories of their assigned Life Groups.

Providing Care and Shepherding

• Serves as a Life Group Leader, seeking to model what it means to be invested and engaged in the lives and growth of their group members.
• Personally shepherd their assigned Life Group leaders encouraging them to implement the same intentionality with their own group members.
• Shepherd and care for all Life Group members in the demographic, offering support, encouragement, and utilizing available resources to meet tangible needs when made aware.
• In alignment with LBC's relational disciple-making strategy and based on demographic needs, develop an annual calendar of larger events.

Coordinating Support Resources for Life Group Leaders

• Maintain awareness of any specific Life Group leader/member needs that may warrant focused support ministry resources.
• Coordinate with support ministries (Men’s, Women’s, Care) to assist Life Group leaders with needed resources to effectively shepherd and care for Life Group members.
• Prepare/Teach classes aligned with the LBC mission and vision, as needed.

Participating in the Life Groups Team

• Attend and actively participate in all Life Group Ministry Gatherings/Trainings as may be required.
• Collaborate and assist with events as needed.
• Participate in Life Group L10’s (weekly meetings).
• Contribute to training and development ideas for Life Group Leaders

General Ministry Responsibilities

• Coach and mentor ministry lay leaders and volunteers as assigned.
• Be present and available on Sunday mornings and occasional Saturday evening services.
• Serve with other ministry staff on the On-Call Team, which ministers to the needs of the church family.
• Perform weddings, funerals, baptisms as requested.
• Other duties as assigned by the Director of Life Groups

Education, Skills, and Background

• Associate’s Degree required / Bachelor’s Degree preferred.
• 2+ years experience in “coaching”, leadership development and/or leading people
• Healthy and growing relationship with Jesus Christ
• Highly relational, able to connect with a variety of people.

Abilities and Commitments:

• Christ Centered: You build your life and ministry around Jesus, with an open heart allowing the Holy Spirit to lead and inspire.
• People Savvy: You relate well to all kinds of people and cultures – inside and outside the church as well as cross culturally; can build rapport, constructive and effective relationships; uses diplomacy and tact.
• Self-Awareness: You know your personal strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, and limits; seeks feedback; gains insights from mistakes; is open to criticism; is not defensive.
• Trustworthy: Honest and considers confidentiality a priority.

Must make Lincoln Berean Church your home church and participate in the life of the community (Life Group).

At Lincoln Berean Church, we fully expect each staff member to be actively engaged in following Jesus and believe that if this commitment to Jesus is present, it will be evident in a staff member’s personal life, family relationships, and ministry. In working at Lincoln Berean Church, every staff member must be aware of and embrace the responsibility to represent the:

• Church’s Mission: To glorify God by seeking to present every person complete in Christ.
• Vision: Coming together, to know Jesus, become more like Him, and help others do the same.
• Doctrine: Key Beliefs
• Staff Core Values: Healthy Drive, Teachable, People Savvy, Radical Candor and Hopeful
• Life Groups: The Christian life is not meant to be lived alone – we are better together!

Measured by:

• A 30-60-90 day review by your manager
• Trimester and annual review by your manager