Connections Pastor

CONNECTIONS

DIRECTOR / PASTOR

People. Community. Growth. Leadership.

POSITION PURPOSE

The Connections Director/Pastor is responsible for creating and leading a clear pathway that helps people move from first-time guests to connected, growing, serving, and leading disciples. This person owns the connection process, ensuring that people do not fall through the cracks and that every next step has a clear owner, system, and follow-up.

THE BIG GOAL

1. Where do I belong?

2. What is my next step?

3. Who is helping me take that step?

AREAS OF RESPONSIBILITY

1. VIP / FIRST-TIME GUEST CONNECTION

Own the process of connecting with people who identify themselves as guests.

· Ensure every VIP is contacted promptly.

· Create and maintain a consistent follow-up process.

· Coordinate the two-month follow-up process.

· Recruit and train VIP follow-up volunteers.

· Move VIPs into Growth Track and other appropriate next steps.

· Track people who have not yet taken a next step.

• Develop a plan to follow up with new believers and plug them into the growth track.

· Look for ways to turn a first visit into an ongoing relationship.

Success looks like: No VIP falls through the cracks. Every VIP receives personal follow-up and has a clear opportunity to take a next step.

2. GROWTH TRACK

Own the system that helps people discover and take their next steps.

· Maintain the Growth Track calendar and process.

· Recruit and develop Growth Track leaders.

· Ensure classes are staffed and prepared.

· Monitor attendance and completion.

· Follow up with people who start but do not finish.

· Make the next step obvious at every stage.

· Coordinate with Small Groups and serving teams.

· Continually evaluate whether the pathway is working.

Pathway: Awaken 101 → Serve 101 → Small Group 101 → Freedom → Baptism →

3. SMALL GROUPS

Help people move from attending church to belonging to community.

· Recruit and develop Small Group leaders.

· Help new leaders launch groups.

· Help existing groups stay healthy.

· Connect people who want a group with an appropriate group.

· Monitor group openings and capacity.

· Create a pipeline for future Small Group leaders.

· Provide curriculum and resources.

· Help groups reproduce rather than simply maintain themselves.

Success looks like: People are connected to healthy Small Groups, and groups continually produce new leaders.

4. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT

Build leaders who can do the work instead of personally doing all the work.

· Identify potential leaders.

· Recruit and train leaders.

· Give leaders meaningful responsibility.

· Coach and develop leaders.

· Develop future leaders for every Connections area.

· Maintain a succession plan for key volunteer positions.

· Develop leaders who can develop other leaders.

Success looks like: Every major area has healthy leadership and a clear pipeline of future leaders.

CORE RESPONSIBILITIES

PEOPLE Recruiting Training Scheduling Coaching Developing leaders

SYSTEMS Creating clear processes Maintaining follow-up systems Tracking next steps Identifying gaps Improving systems

CULTURE Creating a welcoming culture Making connection everyone's responsibility Celebrating volunteers Recognizing people who go above and beyond

RESULTS VIP follow-up Growth Track participation Baptisms Small Group involvement Volunteer engagement Leadership development Movement from one next step to another

IDEAL CANDIDATE

· Passionate about helping people take meaningful spiritual next steps.

· Strong relational and organizational skills.

· Able to recruit, train, coach, and develop volunteers and leaders.

· Thinks in systems and processes without losing sight of people.

· Comfortable measuring results, identifying gaps, and creating solutions.

· Able to build a culture where leaders multiply leaders.

· Committed to the mission, values, and biblical foundation of the church.

WHAT SUCCESS LOOKS LIKE AFTER 90 DAYS

VIP

· Is every VIP receiving follow-up?

· Do we know who has not responded?

· Are VIPs moving toward another connection point?

GROWTH TRACK

· Are people progressing through the pathway?

· Are classes consistently staffed?

· Where are people getting stuck?

SMALL GROUPS

· How many people are connected?

· How many groups are healthy?

· How many new leaders are being developed?

· Where do we need additional groups?

LEADERSHIP

· Does every major area have a leader?

· Is every leader developing another leader?

· Who is the next generation of Connections leaders?

• The Connections Director owns the church's connection pathway, developing leaders and systems that help people move from first-time guests to connected, growing, serving, and leading disciples.

Work Location: In person