Assistant Pastor of Family Ministry & Local Engagement

Assistant Pastor of Family Ministry and Local Engagement

Job Description

About Stone Hill Church

Stone Hill Church is a nondenominational, gospel-centered, Great Commission church (Matt. 28:16-20) committed to winning, building, connecting, and sending disciples for Jesus Christ.

Job Description

The Assistant Pastor of Family Ministry and Local Engagement is to cast the vision for both family discipleship and local engagement at Stone Hill. This includes teaching, equipping, and discipling the congregation in the areas of families/parenting, and evangelism/service to our local community. “Disciple” is used here to mean deepening our families in their knowledge, love, and following of Jesus in their hearts, minds, affections, and choices, as well as in their witness and service to our local community. This pastor is tasked with encouraging our church, and in particular, families to follow Jesus in a more mature, passionate, prayerful, and fruitful way. He has confidence in God’s Word as a compelling and central element of family discipleship and local engagement, understanding discipleship as more than intellectual knowledge or propositional assent. 

Objectives Of This Role

Serving as a member of the pastoral team and under the general supervision of the Senior Pastor, the pastor will teach and develop discipleship programs and ministries focused on families. Our vision for this role recognizes the family as critical in discipleship, and also that discipleship is a “whole church” project.

Serving as the leader of evangelism and local engagement, under the general supervision of the Senior Pastor, the pastor will oversee ministry modeling evangelism in both the proclamation of the coming kingdom and the demonstration of the nature of that kingdom. 

Essential Responsibilities and Duties

Church Leadership and Administration

• Serves on the Pastoral Team, assists the Elders and Senior Pastor in areas of congregational training and care, and may lead one of the church’s parishes.


• Maintains regular office hours and availability for pastoral responsibilities: preaching, teaching, mentoring, and discipling.

Parent and Family Discipleship

• Oversees the Family Ministry Team.


• Teaches, guides, and provides counsel and resources to families as they spiritually lead the formation and discipling of their children/teens. 


• Oversees the planning, organization, and implementation of events and ministry in creating an integrated shepherding program in support of parents and family discipleship. 


• Strengthens the partnership between parents and the church to nurture the faith of young people and children. 


• Develops and directs ministry activities focused on marriages 


• Develops and directs the Middle School and High School Youth Ministry.

Local Engagement and Evangelism

• Develops strategy and oversees execution of strategy for local engagement and congregational evangelism


• Forms connections with groups, organizations, and individuals from the local community for opportunities for our church to engage, serve, and witness.


• Envisions, plans, creates, and implements programs, events, and teams to engage the community. 


• Oversees Local Engagement Team and local engagement efforts for Stone Hill Church, including, but not limited to, ministries like: Grief Share and the Stone Hill Learning Center. 


• Partners with the Pastor(s) overseeing Benevolence, the Koinonia Team, and the Global Outreach Director to plan and implement opportunities for engagement and evangelism.

Minimum Qualifications

Personal Responsibilities

The following personal responsibilities are required for everyone on staff at Stone Hill:

• Maintain God-ordained priorities in your life by putting Jesus Christ first, any family next, and ministry last. 


• Shall be a member of Stone Hill Church. 


• Demonstrate a Christ-like attitude through all interactions with the congregation, staff, and volunteers.


• Invest in and invite others to know Jesus and come to Stone Hill Church

Spiritual

• Be a believer of Jesus Christ with a desire to humbly serve the Lord, and a passion for youth and family ministry.


• Agree wholeheartedly with the Apostles’ Creed and Nicene Creed, as well as the doctrinal statement, mission statement, staff covenant, programs, practices, and teaching positions of Stone Hill Church of Princeton.


• Live a life of integrity in growing conformity to the standards of spiritual leadership set forth in Scripture (e.g. 1 Tim 3:1-7, Titus 1:6-9, Gal. 5:22).


• Ordained or pursuing ordination.

Education

Bachelor’s degree from an accredited college.

Experience

A minimum of 3 years of relevant experience.  

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Commitment to interact with people in a godly, gracious, and courteous manner.


• Strong interpersonal and communication skills.


• Maintain a long-term pursuit of learning and a passion for the life of the mind.


• Be a self-starter and an initiative taker.
  

Preferred Qualifications

A Master's-level degree: an M.Div. or an M.A. in a field relevant to family and youth ministry and/or outreach and evangelism is strongly preferred.

Reporting

Reports to the Senior Pastor. The Assistant Pastor of Family Ministry and Local Engagement, like all other staff, is ultimately accountable to the Board of Elders. The Board of Elders may change reporting relationships at its discretion.

Working Conditions | Schedule

Full-time, Salaried, Exempt, Indoor/office, Outdoor.