Groups & Care Pastor - Lead Belonging & Teams

Gateway Community & Technical College; Frisco (TX); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Church in Frisco, TX seeks a Groups and Care Associate Pastor to oversee Groups and Care at the campus, recruiting and developing group leaders and providing care through visitation, crisis response, grief, and benevolence. The role leads the Serve Team, builds leadership pipelines, manages budgets, and ensures reporting.

It collaborates with Campus Pastor on vision and outreach through groups and performs pastoral care with confidential records.

Qualifications

• A clear passion for Jesus and a strong biblical foundation.
• Clear and effective communicator with both large and small groups.
• Ability to recruit, develop, and deploy team members and serve volunteers.
• Able to recruit and develop volunteer leaders at volume.
• Strong pastoral care instincts with sound judgment for referrals.
• Able to maintain confidentiality and follow reporting obligations.
• Steady and non-anxious in crisis, grief, and high-emotion situations.
• Strong conflict management skills.
• Able to hold others accountable with clarity and care.
• Demonstrated emotional and relational intelligence.
• Strong time-management and ability to juggle priorities.
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and able to learn new software.

Responsibilities

• Supports the Groups Pastor and manages the delivery of Groups and Care at the campus
• Leads, manages, and pastors the Serve Team and congregants they serve, and builds and stewards that Serve Team: recruiting, training, retention, and appreciation
• Conducts weekly one-on-one oversights with direct reports for spiritual, relational, and professional development, and builds a pipeline of leaders so that every position has a back-up
• Carries budget responsibility for their areas of ministry where assigned, and spends within the approved threshold
• Ensures completion of all reporting for their areas, including attendance, salvations, prayer requests, incidents, and budget
• Recruits, develops, and equips healthy group leaders, oversees group launches across the year, and develops a culture of belonging where people find meaningful community
• Cultivates and trains new group leaders and leads leadership orientation meetings
• Supports the campus in casting vision and providing direction for Groups, coordinates Groups-focused gatherings at campus events, and represents Groups in Starting Point
• Partners with the Campus Pastor and Groups Pastor on local outreach opportunities which will be expressed through groups
• Ensures ordinary care happens inside groups, and personally carries what runs past what a healthy groups team can hold
• Performs one-on-one pastoral care and counseling, refers to licensed professionals when a need falls outside the scope of pastoral care, and maintains confidential care records per Gateway's confidentiality and reporting policies
• Coordinates hospital visitation, crisis response, and grief support at the campus, and assists in the benevolence process through intake, assessment, referral, and follow-up
• Builds and leads care Serve Teams, including prayer and visitation teams, and supports the campus's support group and recovery offerings
• Holds a ministerial license to minister, preach the gospel, and fulfill the work of serving God's kingdom, valid for the duration of pastoral ministry at Gateway Church, and carries spiritual authority within the church
• Serves the congregation by officiating weddings, funerals, baby dedications, communion, and other ministry services
• Is present and serving at weekend services and churchwide events as the ministry calendar requires, and is available to the congregation for pastoral care as needs arise
• Teaches through precept and by lifestyle example
• Performs other duties as assigned.

Skills

Clear communication

Team development

Volunteer recruitment

Pastoral care

Confidentiality

Crisis management

Conflict management

Accountability

Emotional intelligence

Time management

Microsoft Office

Education

Two+ years ministry experience

Bachelor's degree or equivalent

Licensed minister or eligible to be licensed

Biblical counseling or crisis response training

Multisite church experience

Tools

Church database software

Job description

Gateway Church in Frisco, TX seeks a Groups and Care Associate Pastor to oversee Groups and Care at the campus, recruiting and developing group leaders and providing care through visitation, crisis response, grief, and benevolence. The role leads the Serve Team, builds leadership pipelines, manages budgets, and ensures reporting.

It collaborates with Campus Pastor on vision and outreach through groups and performs pastoral care with confidential records.