Church Partnership Specialist

REPORTS TO: VP of Church Engagement

POSITION SUMMARY:

The Church Partnership Specialist is the steady, daily presence to help build the church relationships GEM holds, including but not limited to following up, checking in, keeping partnerships warm and moving forward. Alongside that relational work, this person also teaches and preaches, helping churches see and understand what God is doing across Europe. It's a role built on consistency: showing up, staying in touch, and making sure no partnership goes quiet.

Key Responsibilities

1. Church Partnership Pipeline

• Identify, cultivate, and grow relationships with churches across GEM's tiering system (Emerging, Partnering, Vanguard)


• Use GEM's internal decision-support tools to determine when to visit a church and when to make a financial ask


• Build and manage a defined, growing portfolio of church partners

1. Pulpit & Platform Presence

• Preach, teach, and present GEM's vision directly to congregations, staff teams, and elder boards


• Represent GEM at events, conferences, and church gatherings nationally

1. Framework Development

• Help each church partner find its lane - sending people, funding projects, or resourcing the mission


• Customize and deliver GEM's Church Package offering to fit each partner's context

1. Pipeline Development & Handoffs

• Work cross-functionally with Mobilization, Development, and Marketing to move church-sourced participants through the pipeline - from Short-Term Trips through GAP Year to Long-Term sends


• Ensure consistent messaging and engagement pathways across every touchpoint

1. Relationship Stewardship & Reporting

• Maintain regular communication, follow-up, and scheduling with key church partners


• Track partnership health and outcomes; present metrics and updates to internal stakeholders

WORK ENVIRONMENT

• This job operates hybrid office environment. This role routinely uses standard office equipment such as laptop computers, smartphones, photocopiers, filing cabinets and scanners.


• Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may change at any time with or without notice. 

PHYSICAL DEMANDS

• The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job.


• While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to talk or hear. This position requires the ability to occasionally lift office products and supplies, up to 20 pounds.  Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision and ability to adjust focus.  

POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK

• This is a full-time position, days and hours of work flexible.

TRAVEL

• This position requires travel at 30%

Qualifications

• Strong, credible communicator - comfortable preaching or teaching from a platform


• Strategic relationship-builder with high relational intelligence


• Proactive, self-starter mindset able to manage a national travel-based portfolio


• Genuine conviction about Europe's spiritual need, not just organizational loyalty

Preferred

• Vocational ministry, missions mobilization, or church partnership/development experience


• Track record of pulpit or platform ministry


• Familiarity with sending-church culture and short-term/long-term missions pipelines