For The Nations Director

SBC Executive Committee; Fremont (CA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Resonate Church in Fremont, CA is seeking a For the Nations Director to lead our global mission efforts by building a central leadership team, cultivating international partnerships, mobilizing short-term trip teams, and integrating global mission into the discipleship pathway.

This role ensures that every Resonate disciple understands their part in the global story of God—whether they go, give, pray, or send.

Qualifications

• Deep alignment with Resonate’s theology, vision, values.
• Demonstrated shepherd heart and genuine care for people.
• Experience in cross-cultural ministry, global partnerships, or missionary mobilization.
• Willingness to travel internationally for partnership visits and trip leadership.
• Covenant membership at Resonate Church.

Responsibilities

• Provide vision and direction for global mission across Resonate campuses.
• Align global mission with central and campus discipleship goals.
• Cast vision for global discipleship within the church’s pathway.
• Ensure For the Nations reflects cross-cultural, long-term disciple-making beyond short trips.
• Develop and empower the For the Nations leadership team and coaches team leaders.

Skills

Leadership

Partnership development

Team building

Cross-cultural ministry

Communication

Travel willingness

Job description

TITLE: For the Nations Director

REPORTS TO: Discipleship Pastor

OVERSEES: For the Nations Leadership Team (Partnerships, Intake & Equipping, Trips, Prayer, Stories, Campus Champions)

HOURS: Full-Time, Exempt

TIME REQUIREMENTS: Sunday to Thursday, some events

EFFECTIVE DATE: August–September 2026

Role Summary

Resonate Church exists to make disciples who make disciples who make much of Jesus — including to the ends of the earth. The For the Nations Director leads Resonate’s global mission efforts by building and empowering a central leadership team, cultivating international partnerships, mobilizing short-term trip teams, and integrating global mission into the discipleship pathway. This role ensures that every Resonate disciple understands their part in the global story of God — whether they go, give, pray, or send.

Key Responsibilities

Vision and Direction:

• Guide vision, strategy, and execution for global mission across Resonate campuses.
• Align global mission with central and campus discipleship goals, ensuring it integrates into the broader discipleship pathway.
• Cast vision for global discipleship — helping every Resonate disciple see themselves as part of God’s global story.
• Ensure For the Nations reflects Resonate’s commitment to cross-cultural, long-term disciple-making — not just short-term trips.
• Work closely with the For the City Director to ensure local and global missions are integrated and mutually reinforcing in Resonate’s discipleship pathway.

What success looks like:

• Every Resonate disciple understands their role in global mission — going, giving, praying, or sending.
• Global mission is integrated into discipleship, not a standalone program.

For the Nations Leadership Team

• Build, lead, develop, and empower a central For the Nations leadership team responsible for Partnerships, Intake & Equipping, Trips, Prayer, Stories, and Campus Champions.
• The primary role of the For the Nations Director is to develop this leadership team — not to personally execute every function, but to ensure the team is healthy, aligned, and moving the mission forward.
• Provide regular investment, coaching, and accountability for each team leader.
• Recruit and develop new leaders into the team as the ministry grows.
• Represent For the Nations in Central Discipleship Team planning and ELT updates.

What success looks like:

• A healthy, empowered leadership team is driving the For the Nations ministry forward — not just the Director.
• Each function (Partnerships, Trips, Prayer, etc.) has clear ownership and is producing fruit.
• Team leaders are growing, developing others, and not burning out.

Partnership Development & Stewardship

• Identify, cultivate, and assess global ministry partners that align with Resonate’s mission, theology, and values.
• Develop the strategy for where Resonate invests intentionally: which partners, which regions, and what long-term gospel impact looks like.
• Maintain and steward the For the Nations budget, ensuring financial investment into partnerships is purposeful, accountable, and advancing gospel expansion.
• Build and maintain long‑term partnerships that move beyond transactional trip relationships toward genuine co‑laboring.
• Regularly visit and evaluate field partners to ensure alignment, mutual flourishing, and faithful stewardship.

What success looks like:

• Resonate has a clear, intentional partnership strategy with healthy long‑term global relationships.
• The budget is stewarded well and investments are producing measurable gospel fruit.
• Partners view Resonate as a faithful, consistent, and gospel‑aligned sending church.

Mobilization & Trip Execution

• Mobilize disciples across all campuses to engage in short‑term trips and long‑term sending.
• Recruit, train, and equip trip teams — from first‑time participants to experienced team leaders.
• Build and support a campus‑level champion network to ensure global mission is visible on every campus.
• Ensure trip opportunities are accessible across ages, schedules, and experience levels.
• Develop clear pathways for those who sense a call to long‑term missions — including connection to sending agencies.

What success looks like:

• Trip teams are healthy, well‑prepared, and returning with transformed perspectives and deepened faith.
• Every campus has visible representation and ownership of global mission.

Senders, Prayer & Giving Culture

• Develop a culture of sending at Resonate — where going is celebrated and staying to send is equally honored.
• Build and lead a prayer mobilization effort for global mission.
• Cultivate a giving culture that funds global partnerships and sends workers long‑term.
• Help disciples understand that sending, praying, and giving are acts of mission — not just support functions.
• Champion the Seek First vision of 1,000 Resonate feet on foreign soil — not as a pressure target, but as a fulfilling picture of what it looks like for this church to go.

What success looks like:

• Prayer for global mission is a regular, visible part of Resonate’s rhythm.
• Giving toward global mission is increasing and personally connected to real partnerships.
• The 1,000 feet vision is creating excitement and momentum, drawing people toward going rather than obligating them.

Communications & Storytelling

• Work with the Communications Team to share stories of transformed lives through global mission.
• Ensure the Stories function is actively surfacing and telling what God is doing through For the Nations.
• Ensure global partners are highlighted and prayed for across church platforms.
• Build systems and metrics to track trip participation, giving, and long‑term impact.

What success looks like:

• Stories from the field are regularly shared and create missional momentum at Resonate.
• The congregation knows the names of Resonate’s global partners and prays for them.

Qualities & Qualifications:

• Deep alignment with Resonate’s theology, vision, values, and philosophy of ministry.
• Demonstrated shepherd heart and genuine love for people — this role requires personal investment in a team, not just program management.
• Demonstrated history of cross‑cultural ministry, global partnership development, or missionary mobilization.
• Strong relational, organizational, and communication skills.
• Collaborative and winsome leader with at least five years of ministry leadership experience.
• Willingness to travel internationally for partnership visits and trip leadership.
• Covenant membership at Resonate Church.