Groups & Family Ministries Director

WHO WE ARE

The Commons Church is located in East Lansing, MI, just 4 minutes away from Michigan State University and is part of The Salt Network (thesaltnetwork.com), a network of churches that focuses on planting multigenerational churches in major university centers throughout North America. The Commons is a five year old church that launched in September of 2019.

SNAPSHOT

• 5 years old
• Average Sunday worship attendance: 1000+
• The Salt Company (college ministry) averages 600+ students on Thursday nights
• Staff team is currently 17 people
• We have network partnerships with the Salt Network, the Send Network, and the Strategic Launch Network.

VISION

Our metro area has 475,000 people and is home to both Michigan State University (51,000 students) and the state capital of Michigan.  East Lansing is a very influential city right in the middle of the state of Michigan that lacks a strong gospel presence.  In addition to that, within a two hour drive there are 12 other significant university centers where we hope to plant churches over the next few years.  This is a dynamic context to serve in.  We are passionate about reaching college students and planting churches, which means we are passionate about reaching, raising up and releasing the next generation of leaders!

Groups & Family Ministries Director

JOB SUMMARY:

DIRECT SUPERVISOR:

Austin Wadlow (Lead Pastor)

JOB TITLE:

Groups & Family Ministries Director (Full-Time)

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Groups
  • Our goal is to build a church, not a crowd.  That means that it is absolutely critical to get people into authentic, gospel community.  The more our church grows, the more important our small groups become and the more important our small groups become, the more our church will grow.
  • 70-80% of this position will be focused on giving leadership, vision and oversight to Connection Groups and Summer Men’s and Women’s Groups.  
    • This includes recruiting, vetting, training, caring for and evaluating Connection Group Leaders for The Commons.
    • This also includes giving leadership, vision and oversight to our Assimilation Pipeline with the aim of creating a clear, obstacle free pathway for our people to move from the Crowd to Connected to Committed.
  • You will need to work to prevent bottlenecks in our processes, especially in getting community members not only into but also actively attending Connection Groups
  • There is a lot of room in this role to dream and think strategically how to increase engagement in groups within our church
• Family Ministries
  • With the other 20-30% of this job, you will give oversight to The Commons Kids and The Commons Youth by providing direct supervision and coaching to our staff leaders in those areas.

OTHER DUTIES:

All staff members are expected to model flexibility and a willingness to take part in church activities and initiatives that may be outside of their normal day-to-day responsibilities and to model servant leadership in their position at all times.  

SUMMARY:

The Groups & Family Ministries Director is primarily responsible for building and shaping the small groups ministries of The Commons Church.  This role reports directly to the Lead Pastor and relies on this direct report for influence and direction.

CHARACTER:

The successful candidate will have a healthy, vibrant walk with God, will already be actively involved in the leadership of the church, and will be committed to being in authentic gospel community.  Their lifestyle will be marked by being a servant leader, generous with their money, time and giftings, joy and love for spending time with the Lord.  A growing desire to shepherd others in their relationship with the Lord and to raise up leaders is necessary.  They will be people of integrity in all areas of life!

COMPETENCY:

The leadership competencies required: team building, vision-casting and training leaders for ministry; ability to thrive in a fast-moving environment; excellent working knowledge of the Bible; tactical thinker with proven ability to equip leaders and organize functional structures; transformational leader of leaders; effective communicator to adults of all ages; proven effectiveness in a ministry setting; able to connect multi-generationally.

8 KEYS FOR THIS ROLE:

1. High Capacity
2. Team Player
3. People Magnet
4. Mobilizer
5. Multi-Tasker
6. Communicator
7. DNA-Carrier
8. Strategic Thinker

EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE:

• Clear, vocational calling to ministry
• Currently serving, leading and tithing at your local church
• Proven ability to disciple, mentor and lead others to Christ
• Proven ability to lead and develop teams
• A firm grip on God’s Word
• A seminary degree is helpful, but not required
• Ministry experience is helpful, but not required

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