- Developing and leading numerous ministry teams
- Recruiting volunteers and raising leaders
- Teaching Scripture to new believers
- Effectively developing an annual ministry plan and budget
- Working on a high-relational team of staff and ministry leaders
- Provided one-on-one pastoral care
- Casting vision for a college ministry at Crossroads
- Growth in evangelism
- Assisting the senior pastor with preaching responsibilities
- Sep 2013 – Sep 2014: Lead Campus Pastor Grace Point Community Church New Lenox, IL
- My role at Grace Point was to be the lead pastor of a church plant of Crossroads
- Community Church. As campus pastor, my responsibilities were to grow our New
- Lenox campus by strengthening the core team already in place, provide congregational
- Care, develop key ministry teams at our site, preach weekly, and intentionally reach out to the community.
- Church Planting:
- Passionately deliver the vision and purpose to the planting team
- Develop and train new leaders to recruit and train volunteers
- Collaborate with ministry leaders to evaluate growth and needs
- Mentor pastoral interns on staff
- Oversee the weekly set up and tear down of service
- Effectively developing and operating within a budget
- Preaching and Teaching:
- Weekly preparation and delivery of sermons
- Prepare and lead a weekly small group
- Organize and teach new member classes
- Interview candidates for church membership
- Guest speak at private schools and youth events
- Congregational Care:
- Provide pastoral care and counseling
- Hospital visits
- Homevisits
- Funerals
- Weddings
- Pre-marital and marriage counseling
- Discipleship and mentoring of new believers
- Community Outreach:
- Partnered with LincolnWay Special Recreation Association for community events
- Built relationships with New Lenox, Franklin, and Manhattan School boards.
- Developed ministry relationships with other pastors and local churches.
- SKILLS ACQUIRED
- Casting and implementing a vision for our church plant
- Preaching on a weekly basis
- Networking with other local pastors for the goal of reaching the lost
| - Pastoral care for those in the church
- Recruiting, training, and equipping volunteers to take ownership of their areas of service
- Building relationships and partnerships with local businesses for the good of the community
- Running a team of staff members and volunteers.
- Establishing small groups and equipping leaders for growth and multiplication
- Scouting and acquiring meeting space for weekly church services
- Jan 2013 – Aug 2013: Associate Pastor Cornerstone Fellowship Church Waynesville, NC
- As the associate pastor I was responsible to oversee these five ministries of the church:
- Christian Education, Community Groups, Marriage and Family, Media/Communication,
- And Student Ministries.
- Christian Education- Curriculum planning for Pre-K through 12th grade, equipping volunteers to become leaders of ministry teams, and casting a vision for the children's education that is both theologically sound and applicable.
- Community Groups- Establishing a vision for and developing small groups as the church transitioned from a Sunday school model to evangelistic community groups.
- Marriage and Family- In consultation with the senior pastor, assessing needs in the church and creating ways to strengthen marriage and families. Setting up and co-teaching marriage classes, marriage retreats, and developing a long-term strategy for building healthy, lifelong, Christ-centered marriages.
- Media/Communications- Ensure that all of the church's media outlets are being utilized to communicate with our members and community throughout the week about church functions, prayer requests, and physical needs. My weekly duties included running and updating the church website, Facebook page, twitter account, and other means of public communication.
- Student Ministries- Continuing to oversee the student ministry for middle school and high school students each week. In addition to planning youth events and meeting regularly with students, I was also responsible for creating and teaching the curriculum weekly.
- SKILLS ACQUIRED
- Learning how to work with the senior pastor to develop a vision for the church and implement action towards achieving that vision
- Assisting the senior pastor with duties such as member care, planning special events, general administrative functions, and preaching in his absence
- Creating and executing the over-arching purpose of Gospel-centered education for our children, youth, and adults
- Training and equipping volunteers to take ownership of their skill sets and accomplish the tasks needed for the proclamation of the Gospel
- Ability to build relationships with individuals of all ages and stages of life
- Disciple new believers and training them for service and leadership in the church
- Improved my knowledge of technology and how to use social media more effectively to share Jesus with the community
- Establishing and equipping community groups for growth, evangelism, and multiplication
- Improving my abilities as a teacher and student of God's Word as I taught weekly and preached quarterly each year.
- Nov 2009 – August 2013: Student Pastor Cornerstone Fellowship Church Waynesville, NC
- I oversaw the student ministries for middle school and high school. This included me weekly
- Investing in students lives outside of church, preparing and teaching lessons, disciple student
- Leaders, and continuing to work towards growing a thriving youth ministry.
- SKILLS AQUIRED
- Casting and implementing a vision for students who will only be with me for 1-7 years
- Learning how to plan teaching curriculum for 6 months, 1 year, and 4 years in conjunction with the vision
- Building relationships with students on their level and mentoring young believers one-on-one
- Organizing student retreats, service/mission trips, outreach events, and recreational activities
- Teaching Scripture multiple times a week
- Administrative, Budget, Coach, Consultation, Counseling, Delivery, Doors, Special events, Leadership, Mentor, Mentoring, Word, Networking, Organizing, Recruiting, Safety, Sound, Strategy, Teaching, Teacher, Tear, Vision, Website
- Congregational care
- Pastoral counseling
- Spiritual leadership
- Spiritual instruction
- Relationship-Building
- Disciple-making
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