Eastern Hills Bible Church is a multi-generational, 50-years young, non-denominational church rooted in Manlius, NY, comprising people from communities across the greater Syracuse area. On any given Sunday, you’ll find those who have been attending for fifty years (yes, it’s true!) and those who have only been in attendance for a few weeks. We are known in the community for our generosity, partnerships with local nonprofits, and creating environments where those who are disconnected from Christ experience connection in Christ.
About the Adult Ministries Pastor:
The successful Adult Ministries Director will thrive in their ability to help adults become fully engaged in Christ, at church, and on mission. They will enjoy collaboration alongside our Care Pastor, Engagement Coordinator, and Executive Pastor of Ministries on our Adult Ministries Team. This leader of leaders will be relationally skilled, experienced, and passionate about helping others experience a community that one-anothers one another and equips followers of Jesus to help others follow Him. They should be hungry, humble, growth-oriented, and enjoy having fun at work. Finally, they will be committed to excellence and value the importance of irresistible environments.
Job Description
The Adult Ministries Pastor’s Responsibilities Include:
Create onramps that lead to increased engagement in classes, groups, and outreach.
Develop core (fundamental) classes that equip followers of Jesus, teach each class once per calendar year, as well as occasional elective classes.
Develop and launch groups through hosts and facilitators under the leadership of staff and lay leaders by establishing qualifications and training.
Share congregational care by assisting with connections, membership, baptism, weddings, funerals, visits, and calls.
Regularly attends meetings as assigned by the Executive Pastor.
Teach in worship services on holiday weekends and other Sundays scheduled by Lead Pastor.
Relationships
Serves on Adult Ministries team led by Executive Pastor.
Recruits, trains, and supports a team to assist with content development for classes; teaches and assists with content approval for group content.
Recruits, trains, and supports group leaders that create environments for one-anothering and living on mission.
Recruits, trains, and supports teams that assist with local and global outreach efforts.
Serves on the teaching team to assist with developing content in worship services.
Rhythms
Following Christ through personal and corporate worship.
Investing and inviting others to follow you as you follow Jesus.
Financially supporting His mission.
One-anothering through groups, classes, and teams.
Maintaining emotional and physical health.
Implementing a plan for job performance improvement.
Maintain office hours on campus established by their supervisor.
Results
An increasing number of adults are becoming fully engaged in Christ, at church and on mission, evidenced by 10% growth in KPIs identified by the Lead Pastor and Executive Pastor including but not limited to the following:
Increased participation of personal worship such as serving, sabbath, sacrifice, and solitude
Adult worship participation onsite and online
Participating in a class once per year
Investing & inviting (one person per year)
New givers
Growth in current giving
Participating in a small group at least one semester per year
New group leaders
Serving on Sundays at least once per month
Participating in local or global outreach once per year
Baptisms
New members
Members who have taken all core classes
What You Bring:
The following describes many of the characteristics of the ideal candidate for the Adult Ministries Director:
Education & Experience
Baptized follower of Christ.
3+ years of experience in leading at a church of 500+ with similar responsibilities as this role, preferred
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities
Excellent written and verbal communication skills
Proficiency Planning Center Online & Google Suite
Available no less than 48 Sundays per year.
Personal Characteristics & Qualifications
Champions our mission, vision, values, and “Big 12”
Theological alignment with EHBC
Agrees to the EHBC guidelines and practices outlined in our employee handbook
High EQ
What it’s like to live in Syracuse, New York (Greater Syracuse Area):
Forbes Magazine rated our area as one of the top 10 places to raise a family. Our location allows living in a rural, slow-paced community while experiencing the beauty of all four seasons. In addition, there are highly sought-after primary and secondary school systems in private, public, and parochial offerings and a high-quality, comprehensive healthcare system that includes five hospitals, with over 1,500 practicing physicians and a full range of long-term care facilities.
Whatever you want, you’ll find outdoors in CNY. Syracusans may like to complain about snow, but it gives us a little swagger as we head out to ski, ride a snowmobile, or brush off a lake to drill an ice-fishing hole. Spring, Summer, and early Fall, you’ll find people boating, kayaking, canoeing, swimming, white-water rafting, or hiking through breathtaking beauty.
Syracuse is “the 20-minute city.” Popular suburbs are 20 minutes or less from the city’s center, and it’s seldom more than a 20-minute drive to rivers and lakes, ski slopes and hiking trails, or rural solitude. So we don’t waste time in traffic jams on the way to work in the morning – or heading home at night.
We bleed Orange! The Carrier Dome is the largest basketball arena in the United States. We’ve seated more than 30,000 fans for the big games, especially with rivals like Duke, Georgetown, Villanova, and Connecticut. Our seven CNY counties have more than two dozen private and public colleges and universities. They give us one of the largest concentrations of students, professors, researchers, authors, artists, scientists, engineers, and guest speakers in America.
Downtown Syracuse has recently boomed with apartments, condos, restaurants, and nightlife. The energy has brought digital companies, engineering firms, startups, and entrepreneurs, enticed by urban excitement and the culture to satisfy diverse tastes. Our
Triple-A baseball team provides affordable family fun in a beautiful ballpark. If you want to go for a drive, the hills and valleys in LaFayette south of Syracuse are loaded with orchards, and apples are the main attraction. USA Today voters have twice named Beak & Skiff as the nation’s best apple orchard.
Finally, if you like to travel, we are less than a day’s drive to New York City, Philadelphia, Washington D.C., and Boston. Syracuse Hancock International Airport also offers a number of nonstop destinations, and connections to family and friends. It annually wins the award for the nation’s best snow removal. Bottom line, it’s no surprise U.S. News pegs Syracuse as one of the best metro areas to call home!
