Associational Mission Strategist / Director of Missions

Classification: Part-time salaried ministerial staff

Qualifications

• Must meet the biblical qualifications for gospel ministry in accordance with 1 Tim 3:1-7.
• Must be a motivated person with deep Christian commitment and a sense of call to mission service.
• Must hold strong affirmative belief concerning Baptist doctrine, polity and practices.
• Must be thoroughly cooperative with the work of the Alabama Baptist State Convention and its entities and the Southern Baptist Convention and its agencies.
• Must have enough training and experience to enable planning, establishing, coordinating, promoting, conducting and evaluating the objectives of the association.

Responsibilities

Missions Strategy

• Provide mission/ministry leadership to the association of churches; foster a mission/ministry spirit; initiate the starting of missions/churches; and establish points of witness and ministry.
• Involve the association’s program organizations and committees in mission/ministry service.
• Lead the association to organize in order to accomplish association mission/ministries.
• Maintain denominational relationships to assist them in planning, promoting and implementing their programs of work as appropriate and reasonable.
• Maintain an appropriate relationship to business, social, government, education, religious and welfare groups to infuse Christian values and to share resources.

Ministry to Churches and Church Leaders

• Work with pastors and other ministers in areas such as orientation to the association, support systems, pastoral care, conflict management, and personal development.
• Help churches fulfill their purpose/objectives; work with pastor search committees; visit churches routinely; be available to assist churches as needed.
• Teach and preach in specific churches as requested; organize training events as needed. The ASM is free to accept honorariums when asked to preach in churches for regular or special services.
• Strengthen relationships in the fellowship of churches; guide the churches in a harmonious Baptist faith and practice; create an atmosphere of joint mission/ministry service.
• May conduct revivals for up to two weeks outside the Association and up to four weeks within the Association, provided work in the Association is not adversely affected. Revivals within the Association exceeding four weeks must first be approved by the Personnel Committee.

Administrative Leadership

• Give general leadership in all aspects of associational life.
• Discern priorities for allocating time (calendar), money (budget), and other resources.
• Administer processes such as planning, organizing, enlisting, equipping, motivating, guiding, coordinating, communicating, and evaluating the total work of the association.
• Engage in long-range associational strategy planning to ensure a comprehensive plan for the association is implemented and evaluated.
• Manage the office, business affairs, staff, and publications.