Job Overview

The Pastor of Discipleship and Care will provide staff support to shepherd and equip the saints of Redemption Hill Church (RHC) in Whittier, CA. His primary focus will be on disciple-making ministries (i.e. the whole of the great commission from preaching the gospel to presenting people complete in Christ) and care ministries.

Job Description

This is a full-time position (50+ hours a week on average), with the opportunity to be a major culture-shaping voice for RHC. This role presupposes the pastor will leverage his time, pouring into others with a "leadership/coaching" mindset.

The Disciple-Making responsibilities of this position include:

• Oversee Life groups including recruiting, training and supporting life group leaders and launching new groups on a regular basis.
• Oversee ABC's including recruiting, training and supporting ABC leaders—working with them to ensure a regular rhythm that both builds the continuity and community of their classes and creates "elective" breaks for deeper discipleship courses—which will sometimes be offered alongside and sometimes during a short hiatus of ABC's.
• Oversee deeper discipleship training ministry. This pastor will continually cast vision and promote this ministry so it becomes "part of the furniture" of life at RHC.
• Oversee Missions/Outreach/Compassion based ministries.
• Oversee Leadership Development Ministry in partnership with the Lead Pastor.
• Oversee the Women's and Men's Ministry Directors, working in close partnership to support them and keep their ministries aligned with the overall focus for RHC.
• Be a regular teaching voice in a variety of ministry settings.

The Care Ministry responsibilities include:

• Partner with the Care Coordinator and Visitation Director to ensure consistent care for members of RHC who are in need, particularly our senior members.
• Take the lead in pastoral visitation and in coordinating a "shepherd on call" rotation to meet emergency needs.
• Coordinate "pastoral counseling" and maintain a referral system for meeting targeted needs.
• Oversee benevolence ministries in accordance with elder policies