Discipleship & Teaching Pastor at Rutherford Bible Chapel
Rutherford, NJ

PRIMARY JOB RESPONSIBILITIES:

Champion RBCs Goal of Spiritual Formation & Biblical Education

  • Owning the execution of the church’s vision to develop a culture of being disciples who make disciples as part of their spiritual formation.
  • Teach the Bible systematically in ways that are understandable to the community and help them make application to how they live.
  • Develop and create the speaker schedule with the support of the church elders.
  • Lead the church's teaching team and personally teach approximately 50% of the year for  Sunday Service(s).
  • Spend time daily studying the Bible and Bible centered material to absorb relevant content for teaching.
  • With the church Elders, create a teaching team that incorporates current seasoned teachers along with emerging gifted teachers. Create venues for workshopping sermons and to help all speakers to get better.
  • Provide teaching at ministry closing programs, special programs: such as holiday services, funeral services, outreach, and other events.
  • Open to teaching at other churches in the surrounding areas that align with RBC at the request of other churches.

Coordinates Pastoral Teaching and Discipleship

  • Hosts a small group (with the intention of equipping others to lead small groups)
  • Assists the Elders  in the coordination of small groups and discipleship programs. Sharing in the goal of participation to see 60%+ participation groups outside of Sunday Services.
  • Coordination includes but is not limited to oversight of curriculum, attendance, structure, and quarterly leader check-in/training.
  • Coordinate teaching training/guidelines for ministry leaders and staff, leading yearly meetings to provide ministry leaders with training for strategies on teaching the word of God within their ministries
  • Meet individually with people to share the Gospel and disciple others
  • Vet external speakers and provide/develop methods to evaluate speakers and provide feedback.

Leadership, Supervision, and Oversight

  • Help lead (along with the elders and the leadership team) in the implementation and refinement of the Church’s mission and vision
  • Support the Elders with the day-to-day management of part-time church staff through holding regular team meetings and check-ins with the team. Be available for ministry leader check-ins and advice on arising weekly issues and ensure physical needs are being addressed.
  • Develop systems to create clear lines of communication between the church community, staff, trustees and the elders.
  • Serve as an elder and member of the Church’s Leadership Team, if appointed to do so.

Additional requirements:

  • Must be computer savvy, in the areas of visual presentations, email correspondence, and preferably Google Docs.
  • A minimum of 5 years of church leadership experience and/or professional work experience
  • Graduate coursework or equivalent in biblical studies is preferred
    Valid drivers license
  • Clear a criminal history background check

Address

Rutherford Bible Chapel
161 West Passaic Ave
Rutherford, New Jersey 07070

Contact

Bobby
12012946077
[email protected]

Website

rchapel.org

Location
Rutherford, NJ
Job type
Full Time
Posted
Hours/week
40
Pay rate
$70,000 - $80,000
Ordained position
No
Exempt status
Exempt
Skills
Conflict Resolution
Creating New Procedures
Public Relations
Public Speaking
Teaching
Industries
Church Ministry