OVERVIEW

The Associate Pastor of Disciple Making will help nurture Grace’s discipleship journey by implementing our disciple-making strategy and creating environments where people move fromlost to committed disciples who make disciples.Hewill workto supportthe Pastor of Disciple Making tocreatespecificdisciple-makingopportunitieswithin thepathway.In addition,hewill provide leadership fortheprayer ministry.

CHARACTER

He is a self-aware, spiritually mature believer with a vital, growing relationship with Jesus Christ, expressed through humble, servant leadership and a love for both the local church and the broader kingdom of God. He will embody our five marks of a mature disciple: spiritually deep, gospel fluent, emotionally mature, culturally intelligent, and missionally engaged.

ABOUT YOU

You lead out of your marriage (or singleness) and embody emotional health, living in rhythms that keep you deeply rooted in the love of Jesus. You are passionate about seeing people transformed through intentional discipling relationships. You are excited about the challenge of scalingthese kinds of relationships while preserving their organic nature. You love the expression of the Gospel across cultures, and the possibilities for whole-person discipleship in a multiethnic community intrigue you.

Most importantly, you believe in the centrality of the gospel as the means for an abundant life, so your work to equip, teach, and disciple flows from, and points to, the power of the Gospel. You long to do all of this in a community of pastors.

ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS

Champion Disciple-Making Pathway

Support the Pastor of Disciple-Making in implementing Grace’s disciple-making strategy across all ministries.

Lead and develop the parts of the disciple making pathway that include Alpha, baptism, the Foundations &Essentials curriculums, and interpersonal discipling relationships.

Own the operational life cycle of growth pathway courses: planning, setup, execution, hospitality, and tear down. Recruit, equip, and mobilize leaders and volunteers for every environment.

Integrate Emotionally Healthy Discipleship (EHS/EHR) into the disciple-making pathway.Developing rhythms and leader pipelines so courses are reproducible.

Equip and coach staff and volunteer leaders to implement Five Marks of a Disciple and Four Anchors of MEC into their ministries.Manage the production of guides and materials for these Marks/Anchors.

Oversee baptism classes and scheduling, assisting families and ensuring baptisms are meaningful.

Oversee Grace Prays Ministry

Continue to expand the culture of intercessory prayer at Gracebyrecruiting, equippingand supporting prayer leaders and overseeing Prayer Place teams

Establish an annual rhythm for corporate prayer and systems for intercessory prayer response.

Lead church-wide prayer initiatives (weekly prayer gatherings, prayer vigils, prayer walks, and special seasons of prayer).

Create resources for personal and corporate prayer (guides, journals, online prayer platforms).

Pastoral Presence

Be a consistent and visible presence on Sunday mornings connecting with people and welcoming them.

Perform general pastoral and care duties as needed (visitations, counseling, weddings, pastoral care etc.)

Teach in small and medium-sized settings as required.

COMPETENCIES

Training and experience in disciple-making with the abilityto developand lead teams.

Collaborative spirit, eager to foster unity across teams

Ability to recruit, equip, and multiply leaders.

Strong interpersonal and team-building skills with cross-cultural intelligence.

Ableto manage priorities and drive tasks to completionin a collaborative way.

Alignment with Grace Community Church’s theological convictions and philosophy of ministry, including, but not limited to Gospel-centered and Emotionally Healthy Discipleship; convictions around God’s vision for ethnic unity.

Knowledgeable inspiritual formationpractices,emotionally healthy discipleship, and intercessory prayer.

Graduate seminary degree preferred(M.Divor equivalent); theological training or equivalent experiencerequired.

Provenpastoral experience in a larger church, or 3–5 years in a smaller church context.

Able to use technology with ease and competence, knowing you will be more effective in ministry and collaborating with teams as you do.

SCHEDULE

1x Per Week-Meet with Pastor of Disciple Making

1x Per Week-Attend weekly All Staff Meetings on Tuesday mornings

1x Per Week-Attend weekly Pastor and Care Meeting on Thursday mornings

1x Per Week -Attend the weekly All Staff Prayer Pause

1X Per Week-On-Site on Sunday for all gatherings

1x Per Year-Participate in the All-Staff Retreat, typically in August

Rotational-Pastor On-Call

Christmas Eve + Easter Sunday Gatherings

As needed-Initiate/attend project specific meetings

RELATIONSHIPS

Reports to:Pastor of Disciple-Making

Oversees: Volunteer teams in discipleship and prayer ministries

Collaborates with: Community Life Pastor, Pastor of Care, and Prayer Ministry Leaders

BENEFITS

Family Health/Dental Vision Insurance/3 Weeks Annual Leave/2 Weeks Sick/Safe Leave/4 Weeks Paid Maternity/Paternity Leave/10 Holidays /403(b) Plan with Employer Contribution and Match/Employer-Provided Life & LTD Insurance

Grace Community Church

Associate Pastor of Disciple Making