Connection & Care Senior Director

Position Details

Job title: Connection & Care Senior Director
Department: Connection & Care
Level: Leadership Team
Reports to: Executive Team
Direct Reports: ChurchLife Director, Pastoral Care Director, & Counseling Director
Payroll:                   ☑  Salary                                   ☐  Hourly
Ministry Exception: Religious worker not covered by FLSA, not entitled to overtime or minimum wage
Duration:               ☑  Continuous     ☐  Temporary
Work Schedule

Full-time: 40 hours
Position Description

1. Summary: Participate as a member of the Leadership Team under the direction of the Executive Team to oversee and carry out the mission and vision of the church and the direction set by the Elders for ChurchLife, Counseling, and Pastoral Care ministries. Additionally, as a player-coach, take the lead role as ministry director over ChurchLife. The goal in that role is to oversee the ministry area that connects congregants to Denton Bible Church and to each other. This person will build a team of leaders who lead, encourage, and equip the assimilation ministry, membership classes, volunteer opportunities, Starting Point, and large-scale church events. Lead Denton Bible Church’s assimilation system to move first-time guests toward becoming fully involved members.  
2. Leadership Team Responsibilities:
1. Shepherd Your Staff: Care for, develop, evaluate, and hold accountable the staff under your leadership with a focus on your direct reports. This includes discipling, developing, and evaluating them, not just supervising tasks (Pr. 27:17, 1 Thes. 2:8).
2. Promote the DBC Mission & Vision: Apply our mission and vision to each ministry under your area to help create direction for that ministry. This would include setting strategy in line with the Elders’ direction (Eph. 3:12-13, Heb. 13:17, Pr. 21:5).
3. Working Across Ministries: Collaborate with other ministry areas to promote unity and cooperation (Phil. 2:3-4, Rom. 14:19).
4. Stewardship: Oversee ministry budgets, assist in planning, and ensure accountability (Matt 25:21, 2 Cor. 8:20-21).
5. Raising up Leaders: Identify and train future leaders (Eph 4:12, 2 Tim 2:2).
3. ChurchLife Responsibilities:
1. Responsible for the development, oversight, and implementation of a program that enfolds a person into the church body. This will begin at the visitor entry level and continue into service and leadership areas.  These activities may include:
• Sunday Ministries: Recruit, train, and supervise Starting Point, parking crew, greeters, ushers, ambassadors, communion, and prayer team.
• Visitor Follow-Up: Identify, contact, and relay information to appropriate ministry leaders.
• Membership Classes: Teach and defend Denton Bible Church’s doctrinal statement of faith, distinctives, and core values, as well as administrate the class details.
2. Teach, review, and modify membership classes.  Review and clarify membership applications.  Field questions regarding Denton Bible Church's ministry philosophy, beliefs, and distinctives.
3. Devise, implement, maintain, follow-up, and track progress with a structured plan for involving new members in ministries of the church and membership classes.
4. Develop a strategy and a leadership team that helps people grow in all phases of spiritual maturity.
• Coordinate teachers for membership class.
• Follow up with new members to make sure they are connected.
• Develop a plan for placement follow-up when people sign up to serve.  Work with the staff to ensure everyone is contacted when they sign up for a specific ministry.
• Develop a plan to help people discover their giftedness and SHAPE so they can best serve the Lord.
• Develop a strategy and team to recognize and show appreciation to people who are serving the Lord.
• Work with the staff to develop ministry job descriptions for each position of service in the church.
5. Lead and oversee special events for the church.
• Plan and promote churchwide events including area fellowships.
• Work together with other ministries.
6. Oversee and update content in church publications. Inform staff and leadership, asking them to maintain up-to-date information regarding their ministry in all forms of church communication.
7. Prepare and submit an annual budget request, manage approved budgets responsibly, and adhere to the finance and accounting guidelines as established.
8. Other duties as assigned

Qualifications

Education, Training, Knowledge, Experience: 
• Minimum:
• Bachelor’s degree with a desire to seek additional education in ministry
• Three (3) years (full-time equivalent) experience in any ministry setting
• Understands, agrees with, and able to teach as well as admonish others in the doctrinal statement and core distinctives of Denton Bible Church
• Member of Denton Bible Church 
• Preferred:
• Documented completion of an acceptable program of formal ministry education and training

Skills & Abilities: 
• Minimum:
• Exhibits a personal and growing relationship with God building on a foundation of the Word and prayer
• Can communicate clearly and effectively one-on-one, in small group settings, and in larger group settings; displays discernment regarding what they share
• Shows initiative and perseverance 
• Ability to be flexible in an environment with changing priorities
• Commitment to maintain confidentiality
• Ability to work well with others and be a team player
Ability to prioritize workload, meet deadlines, and manage many projects simultaneously
• Preferred:
• Knowledge of ministry software and databases

Licensed, Commissioned or Ordained: ☑  YES                                             ☐  NO