Connections Pastor

About This Role

The Connections Pastor facilitates relational connection of Colonial Hill Baptist Church guests by leading them to a sense of belonging, involvement, and spiritual growth by meeting them where they are and leading them to their next steps.

Primary Responsibilities and Tasks of the Connections Pastor

1. Assist in the overall leadership of the church, ensuring that all ministry opportunities assigned by the Pastor are executed with excellence.
2. Create and continuously improve a next steps process that moves people from guest or long-time member to growing follower of Jesus—from “going to church” to “planted in the house of the Lord.”
3. Follow up with each person who completes a Connection Card, texts in “SAVED,” gets baptized, attends a small group, or goes to Growth Track to ensure they have their optimal next step.
4. Lead and develop a pastoral care team, to include deacons, that follows up in a timely manner with congregants who get ill, are hospitalized, have babies, or lose loved ones.
5. Assist the Business Administrator in overseeing small groups, to include identifying, recruiting, training, coaching, and caring for small group leaders.
6. Identify, recruit, train, and empower new Dream Team members, and work with Greeter’s and Usher’s Dream Teams to ensure all visitors feel loved upon arrival.
7. Create and oversee quarterly events that facilitate community for church members and guests outside of Sundays.

Strengths & Skillset

1. Passionate about leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus.
2. Highly organized and dependable.
3. A proven Christ-like leader who is able to motivate and inspire others.
4. Has demonstrated the ability to think, plan, and act strategically and relationally.
5. An innovative self-starter who thrives in a team environment.

Personal Responsibilities

While not specifically related to the job, here are some personal responsibilities of everyone on staff at Colonial Hill Baptist Church.

• Share the vision of the Pastor to fulfill the Great Commission with integrity, unity, and zeal.
• Be in agreement with the doctrinal statement of the Baptist Faith and Message as adopted by the Southern Baptist Convention in 1963.
• Love God, love people, pursue excellence, and choose joy.
• Maintain God-ordained priorities in your life by putting God first, your spouse second, your children third, and your ministry fourth.
• Encouraged to give at least 10% of your income to the church.
• Demonstrate a Christ-like attitude through all interactions with congregation and staff.
• Invest in and invite the lost to know Jesus and visit church.