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MinistryHub is honored to partner with Fellowship Bible Church in their search for a Pastor of Congregational Care. Please direct all applications through MinistryHub and any inquiries to [email protected].

Purpose of Position: 

• To oversee congregational care of the whole person for both campuses of Fellowship Bible Church.
• Lead and empower lay leaders and volunteer teams for care ministry, providing guidance, training, and ongoing support.
• Shepherding the body through significant spiritual milestones.
• To oversee the partnership with and resourcing of the Counseling Center at Fellowship.

Reports To: 

Executive Pastor, Outreach & Ministry Strategy

Responsibilities: 

Oversee Congregational Care of the whole person for both Campuses of Fellowship Bible Church

• Design and maintain a congregational care model that aligns with the mission and values of FBC:
  • Helping ministry areas develop systems of care for their volunteers and the people the ministry serves.
  • Lead our staff in development and training in care and shepherding of the congregation.
  • Caring for the whole person; physical needs, emotional, mental, and spiritual needs.
• Manage the development and implementation for providing comprehensive congregational care for the whole person and support processes including the following:
  • Benevolence.
  • Wedding and Funeral Coordination.
  • Prayer Ministry.
  • Visitation for infirmed and shut-ins.
  • Baptisms.
  • Individual and Family Crisis.
  • Fellowship Group Care.
  • Exploration of a potential recovery ministry at Fellowship with strong lay leadership, and group-based ministries of care such as grief share, that comes alongside people to find support in times of need.
  • Utilize supporting systems, such as church management system, for accurate data management and timely reporting.
  • Create an annual departmental budget and manage expenditure accordingly.

In pursuit of our vision: Lead and empower lay leaders and volunteer teams for care ministry, providing guidance, training, and ongoing support.

• Oversee the training and development of leaders and volunteers to participate in the ministry of congregational care.
• Lead and direct volunteer teams within care ministry, ensuring they are continually supported, equipped, and empowered to serve the congregation effectively.
• Through these teams and leaders foster a culture of compassion, empathy, and relational care within the church.
• Many teams do not yet exist and need to be developed, leaders recruited, and systems and processes built out.

Shepherding the congregation through significant spiritual milestones:

• Oversee current processes and design new systems and processes to help shepherd individuals through significant milestones in their faith i.e., conversion, baptism, child dedications, funerals.
• Oversee the response and follow up with new believers, developing people who are dedicated to walking alongside them and discipling them.
• Curate resources, classes and workshops to help individuals and families navigate these milestones and deepen their faith.
• Collaborate with ministries and ministry leaders to ensure seamless integration of milestones within the broader church community.

Oversee the Partnership with and resourcing of The Counseling Center at Fellowship

• Manage the relationship with the counseling center director.
• Ensure the objectives set forth in the counseling center contract are met.
• Perform periodic review of the counseling center operations to ensure continued alignment with church mission and theology.
• Develop and maintain the budget for counseling benevolence.
• Develop and maintain a process for distributing need-based counseling benevolence to the members and regular attenders of Fellowship.
• Ensure that we as a whole are offering biblically based pastoral counseling and guidance to individuals and families.

Skills & Qualifications: 

• Demonstrates personal relationship with Jesus through the Four Practices.
• Committed to the Mission, Core Values, and Staff Behaviors, of Fellowship Bible Church.
• Bachelor’s Degree with a relevant concentration such as biblical studies or theology required.
• Proven experience in providing pastoral care, counsel, and support to individuals and families.
• Ability to apply biblical framework to real-life situations, helping people follow Jesus in the midst of all circumstances.
• Minimum of 5-7 years of experience in ministry leadership capacity, preferably in pastoral care.
• Demonstration of a Spirit Filled life, a gifting in discernment and wisdom, meets the qualification of deacons according to the scriptures.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills can relate to people from diverse backgrounds and build meaningful connections leading with love and empathy.
• Strong organization and administrative leadership, including the ability to develop systems and processes.
• Ability to handle confidential information with discretion and maintain appropriate professional boundaries.
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Office, church management software preferred.