About This Role

The Connections Pastor facilitates relational connection of Colonial Hill Baptist Church guests by leading them to a sense of belonging, involvement, and spiritual growth by meeting them where they are and leading them to their next steps.

Primary Responsibilities and Tasks of the Connections Pastor

• Assist in the overall leadership of the church, ensuring that all ministry opportunities assigned by the Pastor are executed with excellence.
• Create and continuously improve a next steps process that moves people from guest or long-time member to growing follower of Jesus—from "going to church" to "planted in the house of the Lord."
• Follow up with each person who completes a Connection Card, texts in "SAVED," gets baptized, attends a small group, or goes to Growth Track to ensure they have their optimal next step.
• Lead and develop a pastoral care team, to include deacons, that follows up in a timely manner with congregants who get ill, are hospitalized, have babies, or lose loved ones.
• Assist the Business Administrator in overseeing small groups, to include identifying, recruiting, training, coaching, and caring for small group leaders.
• Identify, recruit, train, and empower new Dream Team members, and work with Greeter's and Usher's Dream Teams to ensure all visitors feel loved upon arrival.
• Create and oversee quarterly events that facilitate community for church members and guests outside of Sundays.

Strengths & Skillset

• Passionate about leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus.Highly organized and dependable.
• A proven Christ-like leader who is able to motivate and inspire others.
• Has demonstrated the ability to think, plan, and act strategically and relationally.
• An innovative self-starter who thrives in a team environment.

Personal Responsibilities

While not specifically related to the job, here are some personal responsibilities of everyone on staff at Colonial Hill Baptist Church.

• Share the vision of the Pastor to fulfill the Great Commission with integrity, unity, and zeal.
• Be in agreement with the doctrinal statement of the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1963.
• Love God, love people, pursue excellence, and choose joy.
• Maintain God-ordained priorities in your life by putting God first, your spouse second, your children third, and your ministry fourth.
• Encouraged to give at least 10% of your income to the church.
• Demonstrate a Christ-like attitude through all interactions with congregation and staff.
• Invest in and invite the lost to know Jesus and visit church.