Seminary Chaplain

Dallas Theological Seminary Inc; Dallas (TX); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Dallas Theological Seminary seeks a Chaplain to provide pastoral care for students, staff, and faculty. The role involves mentoring, preaching, and leading initiatives to foster spiritual growth within the community. Candidates should possess extensive pastoral experience and a strong commitment to the seminary's values.

Qualifications

• 15 years of pastoral experience emphasizing pastoral care and team leadership.
• Commitment to the seminary mission and core values.
• Discerning and humble in providing pastoral care.

Responsibilities

• Develop and execute strategies for pastoral care to the seminary community.
• Lead the Office of the Chaplain to equip students and employees.
• Preach and oversee chapel services.

Skills

Strong communication skills

Servant-led leadership

Ability to lead through preaching

Education

DTS master's degree

Master of Theology degree preferred

Job description

Job Details

Job Location: Dallas Campus - Dallas, TX

Position Type: Full Time, Salaried, Exempt

Salary Range: Undisclosed

Job Category: On Campus

Description

Job Summary

Dallas Theological Seminary’s Chaplain provides pastoral care for all DTS students, staff, faculty, and their immediate families in ways that cohere with the seminary’s overarching strategy for strengthening the community. The Seminary Chaplain’s pastoral care manifests through encouragement, mentoring, preaching, prayer, visitation, and other ministries that model the seminary’s core institutional values. Since weekly chapel events are critical for growing spiritual health, the Seminary Chaplain is responsible for the proclamation aspects of DTS chapel events and serves as a member of the Chapel Production Team.

Duties/Responsibilities

Develop and execute strategies that provide encouragement, mentoring, preaching, prayer, visitation, and other types of pastoral care to the seminary community, regardless of location.
Lead the Office of the Chaplain in engaging and equipping students and employees to provide appropriate pastoral care to others in the community.
Collaborate with the President’s Office, Student Life, Counseling Services, Online and Distance Education, and the Office of Academic Affairs to identify needs and direct constituents to seminary resources that meet those needs.
Lead DTS’s efforts to be an institution of prayer by developing plans for prayer meetings and overseeing the Chaplain’s Office prayer sheet.
Oversee the Office budgets and personnel, utilizing all team members’ gifts and skills to help fulfill the department’s pastoral care responsibilities.
Preach and represent the seminary when required by the position or request by the President or Vice President.
Collaborate with the Vice President for Communications and Community and Chapel Production Team to design and execute biblically sound and compelling chapel services.
Schedule chapel speakers (including speakers of special chapel weeks, [e.g., Spiritual Life Board, WEC, W.H. Griffith Thomas, etc.]) and liaise between them and the Chapel Production Team.
Participate in chapels by hosting, praying, speaking, or introducing the chapel speaker as part of a rotation of individuals, which the Director of Chapel Programming designs and the Chapel Production Team implements.

Qualifications

Evidence of the fruit of the Spirit (Galatians 5), commitment to the seminary mission and core values, and an ability to affirm the entire DTS doctrinal statement
Discerning, humble, and innovative in providing pastoral care in complex educational environments
Strong communication skills and a commitment to DTS students, employees, and their families regardless of location
Strong servant-led leadership and willingness to collaborate with others
Ability to lead through preaching and other public-facing responsibilities

Education and Experience

DTS master’s degree required; Master of Theology degree preferred
At least 15 years of pastoral experience, emphasizing pastoral care and team leadership

Physical Requirements

Prolonged periods of sitting at a desk and working on a computer
Must be able to lift up to 25lbs. at times