Family Pastor (Director)

Soul City Church
Chicago, IL, US
Full-time

Job Description

Job Description

Salary : POSITION TITLE

POSITION TITLE

Family Pastor (Director) - Soul City welcomes all qualified candidates for this position. Depending on the candidate's professional background (i.

e., work / ministry experience and education), the title Pastor may be adjusted to Director to better align with the candidate's skills and Soul City Church’s needs.

LOCATION

1150 W. Adams St. Chicago, IL 60607 On-site

POSITION STRUCTURE

Reports To : Transformation Pastor, Brandon Henderson

Category : Full Time

Work Schedule : Sunday-Thursday

OUR MISSION

We are a local church with a global mission - leading people into a transforming relationship with Jesus. The heart behind everything we do is to see the soul, the city, and the world transformed by an only God movement.

We aim to partner with the Holy Spirit to create moments that lead to movement, moments to connect, commit, and change.

POSITION SUMMARY

The Family Pastor leads the vision and strategy of Soul City Kids, Soul City Students, and Soul City Families Camps. This role will provide a comprehensive strategy for birth through high school at Soul City, while also empowering a team of leaders to serve the children and families of Soul City Church and our community.

This Pastor will be responsible to set the direction, goals, and initiatives of our mission to partner with parents to raise a generation of Jesus followers from birth through high school.

The Family Pastor will direct the Sunday experiences for both Soul City Kids and Soul City Students by ensuring creative, engaging, safe, and age-appropriate teaching for all children and students.

This role will also provide creative discipleship take-home elements weekly for families and ministry opportunities outside of Sundays happen regularly.

The three major components of this position are :

1. Lead the Family Ministries with vision and strategic insight.

2. Overseeing a team to execute Sunday programming, including volunteer engagement.

3. Partner with parents to lead their kids spiritually beyond Sundays.

This Pastor is a true leader of leaders who wants to build a vibrant Family Ministry culture at Soul City Church.

KEY RESPONSIBILITIES

20% - Lead, cast vision, and direct the Family ministries, including budgeting, operations, Family Connections, and strategic planning.

Champion the value of kids, students, and families at Soul City Church.

20% - Lead, develop & shepherd 2 Family ministry staff.

20% - Weekend Families programming leadership : champion the values of Soul City within SCC Families. Ensure safety, creativity, and correct room ratios while delivering a fantastic weekend experience.

20% - Partner with families outside of Sundays by leading special events (Easter Outreach, Jingle Jam, Family Dedication, Soul City Kids Camp, Student Camps)

10% - Lead curriculum implementation and create monthly take home discipleship resources for parents.

10% - Ensure that all Families volunteer teams ( Kids, Students, Events, and Camps ) are cared for, trained, and staffed appropriately to execute excellent Family ministries offerings.

POSITION REQUIREMENTS

COMPETENCIES

  • Managing Vision and Purpose - Knows how to communicate a compelling and inspired vision or sense of core purpose. They talk beyond today by inspiring and motivating the entire Family ministry.
  • Managing Through Systems - Can design practices and processes which allow managing from a distance possible. They can make things work for others without being there.
  • Customer Focus - They are dedicated to meeting the expectations of kids, parents, volunteers. Gets first hand information through surveys or interviews.

Understands how to gain trust and acts with customers in mind.

  • Strategic Agility - Can see beyond today and see the necessary steps in order to get to where we need to go.
  • Managing and Measuring Work - Clearly assigns responsibilities and decisions to the Families staff team. Sets clear objectives and measures of success.

Monitors processes, progress, and the results within every area of the Family ministry.

Building Effective Teams - Understands how to create strong morale. Defines success for the whole, fosters open dialogue, and creates a feeling of belonging.

EXPERIENCE

  • Children’s Ministry / Student Ministry
  • Leading and training volunteers
  • Teaching children
  • Creating discipleship resources for families
  • Managing people
  • Leading through change / transition
  • Leading Orange Curriculum

EDUCATION

Bachelor’s degree in a related field encouraged.

POSSIBLE SPIRITUAL GIFTS

  • Leadership
  • Encouragement
  • Shepherding
  • Administration
  • Teaching
  • 30+ days ago
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