PASTOR OF CARE

Job Description

Full-time, exempt. Reports to the Pastor of Disciple-Making.

The Pastor of Care is responsible for providing direction and oversight to the ministries and personnel of Care Ministries, which include the primary areas of Support Groups, Marriage Ministries, and Pastoral Care Ministries.

Job Responsibilities

• Provide leadership for Re|Generation Ministry by recruiting a leadership team, caring for and leading the volunteers, and serving as the regular teacher for the weekly gatherings.
• Provide oversight and direction lay leaders, which includes such areas as Benevolence, Financial ministries, Hospital Visitation, and various practical caring ministries.
• Provide direction and support with the Family Disciple-Making Pastor for the Marriage Ministry Council.
• Oversee ministry for Crisis Marriages, including such actions as identifying and reporting status, counseling, small group studies, providing accountability, and supporting the Elders in church discipline by coordinating or directing Shepherding Panels as needed.
• Provide direction and oversight to the Ministry Assistant of Care Ministries who provides general administrative support to the Care Ministries team, and specific support for such ministries as Benevolence, Births/ Deaths/ Hospitalizations records, Support Group support, New Member support, Martha Ministry, Pastoral Counseling appointment scheduling, and other such support.
• Provide Pastoral Counseling through meeting – phone – email and also maintaining a network of Christian counselors for referral.
• Provide general pastoral duties such as weddings, funerals, hospital visitation, and other such routine activities of the pastoral staff.
• Provide general administrative oversight such as preparing and monitoring budgets, providing routine reporting questions, developing master plan goals, providing input for annual reports, and evaluating performance of the Care Ministries team.
• Perform other duties as assigned.