Job Overview

Covenant Church and the outreach role in a nutshell.

We are looking for a proven leader who has the heart and experience to equip and develop our people and teams to mobilize our church to bring God's Kingdom to Greenville and beyond. The heart of the director must ultimately celebrate the success of others. We are a church who wants to become a movement of people who live and love like Jesus, and our Outreach Director must help us cultivate a culture of reflecting God's story to a hurting world in everyday ways. We have no aspirations of being a trendy destination church; rather, we want to be humble and authentic people who worship 7 days a week in the ways we love our neighbors, the hurting, and the people in our spheres of influence for the sake of discipleship. If this connects with you, we are excited to begin the conversation. Click HERE to see more about the Outreach Director position and to start the simple application process.

Greenville, North Carolina is a great place. Greenville is growing city located in the coastal plains of eastern North Carolina. It lives along the Tar River and has numerous parks, trails, and is the gateway to many of North Carolina's amazing beaches along the Crystal Coast and Outer Banks. Postcard towns like New Bern, Beaufort, and Belhaven are great day trips, or cities like Washington DC, Asheville, Charleston, and Baltimore are roadtrip destinations that can be reached by lunch. Greenville is diverse, proud, and a great place to live, work, and raise a family. Most importantly, Greenville is receptive to the Gospel, and we want God to use us in this great city. We need brave and bold leaders to help us reach it.

Outreach supports Covenant on 5 primary levels:

It starts with leadership. For outreach to be successful, we will need a leader to help mobilize our Missions Leadership Team, and our congregation, toward reaching our community holistically. These efforts are integration with discipleship as we empower a congregation in ways that look like Jesus in a few key ways: 1. Strategizing, organizing, and mobilizing Covenant Church in direct cooperation with the Outreach staff. These efforts should be tied to a multi-year local/international strategy. 2. The Outreach Team holds all areas of outreach accountable to Covenant's overall vision & mission. 3. Stewarding our financial investments, and ministry partnerships to ensure effectiveness, and the achievement of mobilizing the Covenant family in compelling ways. 4. Helping ensure Outreach is in lockstep with Covenant Life's discipleship priority. 5. Inviting our congregation into the vision, strategy, and opportunity that exists in outreach.

Equipping & resourcing real-life, real-time opportunities, and telling the stories. Outreach isn't an event, or a thing; it's a lifestyle that encompasses prayer, meeting felt needs, and taking calculated risks in existing relationships with friends, neighbors, co-workers, and beyond. There's exists an opportunity to teach people how to live an integrated life, meaning,

outreach isn't something we do; it flows from who we are. This doesn't mean we're trying to ‘save' or ‘fix' people; we love others as a reflection of how God loves us. We trust that God will flow through us for the good of others, to HIS glory. Equipping can take various forms: 1. How to connect with others in everyday ways that helps foster genuine relationships. 2. How to engage a curious, cautious, or critical world without imposing our agendas. 3. How to shed a ‘Christian-culture' mindset that allows us to meet people where they're at. 4. How can we continue to walk with people prior, during, and after a spiritual ‘decision'. 5. How we can confront our own motives, ‘toxic' charity, or hurtful ways we can ‘help' others. As we mobilize and empower our church, it's vital we share the stories of what God is doing in our church, neighborhoods, community, and the world. We want to inspire our congregation to take loving and bold steps as we love and serve others. This is an important part of outreach.

Supporting & supplementing existing opportunities. There are seasonal rhythms, ministry calendar rhythms, and other strategic opportunities we can support, such as message series, church wide events, and so on. We can complement these rhythms by scheduling our training or equipping sessions accordingly . Additionally, we can partner with our ministry leaders to help empower their teams, provide tools or resources, or even organize a strategic opportunity that aligns with the ministry area and brings a blessing to our community and/or ministry partners.

Clearing a path to serving. We must devise a multi-year plan that both narrows and deepens local partnerships, and incorporates complimentary international opportunities; being mindful of the overall spiritual development we aim to achieve in our congregation through outreach. We must meet people at various spiritual levels, offering connected, meaningful, and consistent opportunities that align with our strategy to reach our community, state, and world.

Job Description

Those who hold positions of leadership at Covenant must commit themselves to living out Covenant's desire to become a movement of people who live and love like Jesus—this must be central to our ministry leadership. We value honesty, unity, initiative, and intentionality as we humbly serve those God has placed within our care. The Director of Outreach is responsible for leading and mobilizing Covenant Church's outreach efforts, ensuring alignment with the church's overall vision and mission. This role focuses on strategy development, leadership coordination, partnership stewardship, and congregational engagement across the efforts of outreach.

Leadership, Strategy Development, and Accountability • Lead the Missions Team in strategizing, organizing, and mobilizing Covenant for effective outreach. • Ensure outreach initiatives align with Covenant Life's discipleship priorities. • Develop and implement a multi-year local and international outreach strategy, ensuring wise stewardship.

Equipping & Resourcing the Congregation • Promote outreach as a lifestyle through training, equipping, and real-life opportunities for engagement. • Develop resources to help members build genuine relationships and engage ‘non-believers' effectively. • Provide tools and resources that promote the practical aspects of outreach in every day ways. • Train the congregation on identifying and avoiding unhelpful ‘evangelistic' outreach practices.

Supporting & Supplementing Ministry Initiatives • Align outreach efforts with church-wide events, sermon series, and annual ministry rhythms as applicable. • Partner with ministry leaders to empower their teams with outreach tools and down-to-earth training. • Provide equipping opportunities tailored to various ministry areas and congregational needs.

Clearing a Path for Serving • Design outreach in ways that meets individuals at different spiritual levels, offering consistent & meaningful opportunities in neighborhoods, friend groups, workplaces, families, and in the community. • Implement initiatives that encourage deep community involvement beyond financial contributions.

Outreach Strategy, Resources, and Communication • Set measurable goals for church participation in local and international outreach efforts. • Ensure balanced outreach opportunities, allowing members to serve in their neighborhoods, workplaces, and communities through local partnerships. • Develop tools that inspire everyday acts of love and evangelism.

Resource Development & Engagement • Organize bi-monthly lobby promotions highlighting outreach opportunities and resources. • Develop tools (e.g. web app) to facilitate prayer walks, outreach prompts, and other interactive elements. • Implement an ‘opt-in' text strategy to provide daily outreach-related encouragement and action steps.

Communication & Storytelling • Maintain a strong presence to share outreach stories & encourage participation (service, web, lobby, etc). • Share outreach stories weekly via social media and monthly through bulletins and service testimonies. • Ensure rapid response (within an hour or 24 hours at worst) to those expressing interest in outreach. • Maintain an up-to-date outreach webpage featuring storytelling, vision casting, and partnership details. • Coordinate all outreach promotions with calls to action with clear next steps.

Qualifications & Skills: – Strong leadership, organizational, and strategic planning abilities. – Excellent communication and storytelling skills to engage the congregation. – Ability to cultivate and maintain strong partnerships with local and international partnerships. – Experience in training and equipping individuals for outreach and evangelism. – Familiarity with digital engagement tools such as apps, social media, and texting platforms. – Passion for discipleship; aligning outreach with spiritual formation.