Discipleship / Teaching / Associate Pastor

Grace Church (Multiple Locations); Ann Arbor (MI); On-site; USD 55,000 - 85,000; Full time

Job summary

Grace Ann Arbor is seeking a high-capacity Discipleship Pastor to lead our discipleship strategy, empower Community Group Leaders, and catalyze missional living through local groups. The role also involves preaching God's Word 8–12 weekends per year.

The right candidate has 5+ years of ministry leadership experience with a track record of growth and healthy team dynamics in a multisite church setting in Michigan.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of ministry leadership experience.
• Proven track record of ministry growth and leadership.
• Ability to recruit, develop and coach volunteers and leaders.

Responsibilities

• Lead the discipleship efforts aligned with worship, community, and mission.
• Recruit, develop, and coach Community Group Leaders; drive 90% adult participation; oversee cohorts; create workshops; empower retreats.
• Catalyze missional living within Community Groups and design new groups for local outreach.
• Preach God's Word 8–12 weekends per year in coordination with the Location Pastor.

Skills

Ministry leadership

Community group leadership

Preaching

Team development

Job description

Grace Ann Arbor is looking for a high-capacity relational Discipleship Pastor to lead our discipleship strategy, empower community group leaders toward multiplying disciples, catalyze missional living through community groups, and assist in preaching God's Word (8-12 / year). The right candidate will have 5+ years of ministry experience with a consistent track record of ministry growth and leadership.

Grace Ann Arbor is the first campus of a growing multisite church (now with 7 campuses primarily in Michigan but extending from Madison, Wisconsin to Edison, NJ)

Multi-Ethnic: approximately 60-65% White, 15-20% Asian, 15-20% Black and Hispanic, 5-10% Mixed / Others

Multi-Generational: predominantly graduate students, young professional and young families (with a good dose of older families and seasoned saints)

Healthy Church & Staff Culture: high trust and support, healthy communication and accountability, firm yet flexible systems and processes (i.e., not overly loose nor rigid)

Strongly Missional and Attractional: active in being good news to our city and preaching good news in a winsome and compelling way to highly educated, ambitious, skeptical people (68% people in the community have no religious affiliation of any kind) living in and around the best college-town in the U.S. (consistently ranked as one of the best places to live in the U.S.)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

1) Lead the discipleship efforts that champions our values of worship, community, and mission.

• Recruit, develop, and coach Community Group Leaders.
• Collaborate with discipleship team members to champion Community Group engagement with a goal of 90% adult participation.
• Oversee Community Group cohorts that support leaders and encourage multiplication.
• Develop workshops/courses that help new and seasoned disciples deepen their faith.
• Play a key role in helping people take the next step in their faith journey.
• Empower and equip leaders to coordinate/lead retreats, events & missional opportunities.

2) Catalyze missional living among Community Groups

• Strategically innovate new Community Groups designed to live out a unique mission that reaches and disciples new people.
• Mobilize groups to make a local impact by serving with local mission partners.
• Stir the imagination and build the courage of individuals and groups to identify their mission field and faithfully obey Jesus’ leading.

3) Preach up to 8-12 weekends

• Share preaching responsibilities under the direction of the Location Pastor and aligned with the network teaching schedule.
• Collaborate with the Location pastor to develop a dynamic, practical and biblical model for preaching.

KEYS TO WINNING

• Humble, Hungry, and Driven
• Skilled Strategic Thinker
• High Relational Capacity
• Strong Team Leader
• Collaborative Team Player
• Skilled People Developer / Coach

BIBLICAL REQUIREMENTS

The Discipleship Pastor is responsible for upholding Biblical priorities, core values and mission/vision of Grace Church, while personally:

• Committed to spending regular time with God.
• Model strong-Christ centered relationships with family and friends.
• Setting appropriate boundaries with time and relationships to protect character and integrity.
• Developing personal missional opportunities within and outside the church.
• Supporting the ministries of Grace Churches through generosity (tithing).
• Pursuing personal holiness. Living a lifestyle (modeled by Scripture) that is glorifying to God.