Paul Davis Restoration of Greenville and Spartanburg
Director of Missions
Paul Davis Restoration of Greenville and Spartanburg, Nashville, Tennessee, United States,
DIRECTOR OF MISSIONS / ASSOCIATIONAL MISSION STRATEGISTThe DOM/AMS for the Giles County Baptist Association (GCBA), based in Giles County,Tennessee, is a part-time position with salary and benefits provided that are commensurate tohis experience and responsibilities. The following is a general overview of his responsibilities,relationships, and accountability.
Qualifications:Biblical: He shall meet the qualities of a spiritually mature leader as described in therole of a pastor in I Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, and I Peter 5:1-4.Relationship with Christ: He shall have a healthy, growing relationship with Christpracticed and modeled in spiritual disciplines.Calling: He shall have a Church-affirmed call to vocational ministry with a passion forassociational missions.Missional: He shall have vocational experience with and personal involvement in bothlocal and international missions.Education and Experience: A master’s or higher in theology and at least ten years ofministry experience are preferred. He must be distinctively Baptist in mission anddoctrine.
Responsibilities:In general, the DOM is responsible for encouraging the churches of GCBA to cooperatein God’s mission in Giles County and to the ends of the earth. He shall be granted theauthority and provided the resources to fulfill his ministry.Provide strategic missionary leadership: Lead the entire association of churches torefine and implement the adopted GCBA strategic plan. The DOM will help churchesmaintain a missional perspective; start new work; establish points of witness; report toGCBA the needs of people in Giles County for evangelism, ministry, or missionsattention; and lead in enlisting, placing, training, and supervising volunteers for GCBA.Provide general leadership and administration: Give general leadership in all aspectsof GCBA life; determine his own schedule to meet GCBA needs; and administerprocesses such as planning, organizing, communicating, training, and evaluating.Manage the office, business affairs, and staff: This function includes officemanagement, overseeing and improving all communications, staff supervision,financial management, property management, legal affairs, purchasing, and serving asa general resource person for denominational information.Relationships:Pastor to pastors: Help coach and mentor GCBA pastors to greater spiritual, personal,relational, and missional health. Additionally, the DOM will assist in church/pastorconflicts, orient new pastors in GCBA, develop pastoral support systems, and providegrowth opportunities for pastors.Strengthen relationships among churches: Encourage GCBA to be a family of healthychurches or a network through which churches mutually give and receive assistance,foster fellowship and mutual commitments among churches of GCBA, lead churches todevelop a sufficient degree of unity in faith and practice to fellowship and worktogether; and create an environment in which healthy churches want to be on missiontogether.Maintain denominational and other relationships: Relate as appropriate to otherBaptist associations, Tennessee Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention,other Baptist agencies, and other denominations or religious entities—business, social,educational, and welfare agencies, as well as city, county, state, and nationalgovernments. Interpret the denomination to churches and churches to thedenomination.Accountability:As a professing believer and one called of God to serve His Body, he is ultimatelyaccountable to God.The DOM serves GCBA churches and is ultimately accountable to them through theGCBA Executive Board.The DOM will give a quarterly report to the Executive Board on the progress of thestrategic plan. Additionally, the DOM will give a report at the Annual Meeting.As an active church member, he is accountable to his home church.
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Qualifications:Biblical: He shall meet the qualities of a spiritually mature leader as described in therole of a pastor in I Timothy 3:1-7, Titus 1:5-9, and I Peter 5:1-4.Relationship with Christ: He shall have a healthy, growing relationship with Christpracticed and modeled in spiritual disciplines.Calling: He shall have a Church-affirmed call to vocational ministry with a passion forassociational missions.Missional: He shall have vocational experience with and personal involvement in bothlocal and international missions.Education and Experience: A master’s or higher in theology and at least ten years ofministry experience are preferred. He must be distinctively Baptist in mission anddoctrine.
Responsibilities:In general, the DOM is responsible for encouraging the churches of GCBA to cooperatein God’s mission in Giles County and to the ends of the earth. He shall be granted theauthority and provided the resources to fulfill his ministry.Provide strategic missionary leadership: Lead the entire association of churches torefine and implement the adopted GCBA strategic plan. The DOM will help churchesmaintain a missional perspective; start new work; establish points of witness; report toGCBA the needs of people in Giles County for evangelism, ministry, or missionsattention; and lead in enlisting, placing, training, and supervising volunteers for GCBA.Provide general leadership and administration: Give general leadership in all aspectsof GCBA life; determine his own schedule to meet GCBA needs; and administerprocesses such as planning, organizing, communicating, training, and evaluating.Manage the office, business affairs, and staff: This function includes officemanagement, overseeing and improving all communications, staff supervision,financial management, property management, legal affairs, purchasing, and serving asa general resource person for denominational information.Relationships:Pastor to pastors: Help coach and mentor GCBA pastors to greater spiritual, personal,relational, and missional health. Additionally, the DOM will assist in church/pastorconflicts, orient new pastors in GCBA, develop pastoral support systems, and providegrowth opportunities for pastors.Strengthen relationships among churches: Encourage GCBA to be a family of healthychurches or a network through which churches mutually give and receive assistance,foster fellowship and mutual commitments among churches of GCBA, lead churches todevelop a sufficient degree of unity in faith and practice to fellowship and worktogether; and create an environment in which healthy churches want to be on missiontogether.Maintain denominational and other relationships: Relate as appropriate to otherBaptist associations, Tennessee Baptist Convention, Southern Baptist Convention,other Baptist agencies, and other denominations or religious entities—business, social,educational, and welfare agencies, as well as city, county, state, and nationalgovernments. Interpret the denomination to churches and churches to thedenomination.Accountability:As a professing believer and one called of God to serve His Body, he is ultimatelyaccountable to God.The DOM serves GCBA churches and is ultimately accountable to them through theGCBA Executive Board.The DOM will give a quarterly report to the Executive Board on the progress of thestrategic plan. Additionally, the DOM will give a report at the Annual Meeting.As an active church member, he is accountable to his home church.
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