Church/Volunteer Strategies Team at Campus Ministry Toolbox

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Church/Volunteer Strategies Team Overview There are three distinct audiences that CMT serves when supplying strategies and resources for Campus Ministry. One of those audiences is Church-based leaders. These are college pastors, denominational collegiate staff or volunteers that have a heart to reach out to college students. Many times these leaders have very little experience, training, or resources for campus ministry. They usually welcome a specialist who will serve them and improve their effectiveness. Purpose of Position The Church/Volunteer Strategies Team has the role to serve, envision and equip these Campus Ministry Leaders (CMLs). The goal will be to help churches become more effective in building EDM communities of faith on campus (evangelism, disciple-making, missions mobilization) to help to fulfill the Great Commission and spread God’s glory to the nations. Range of Positions Within the Church/Volunteer Strategies Team there exist three levels of responsibility as determined by experience: Staff- requires at least some experience in college ministry Senior Staff- requires a minimum of 2 years college ministry experience Director- requires a minimum of 4 years college ministry experience CMT Vision Vision: components 1) a return to Evangelism, Discipleship and Missions/Mobilization (EDM) on campus 2) blessing, catalyzing and synergizing force in campus ministry worldwide, 3) more students mobilized for world evangelization as a result of the tools, strategies, resources of CMT. Vision Statement: Serving the Body of Christ by blessing, catalyzing, and synergizing campus ministries worldwide and providing the best tools, strategies, and resources so that every campus has a community of Christ followers who passionately engage in evangelism, disciple-making, and mobilize students for global missions. Time commitment 40+ hours a week, depending on weekly schedule, travel and “all hands on deck” events for CMT. Responsibilities 1) Research Strategies- There are unique obstacles to Churches and Volunteers when reaching out to college students, so as a part of your role you will be the thought and research leader in the strategies that will over come these obstacles and help these people be as effective as possible in reaching out to college students. 2) Developing New Tools- As a leader in this field of ministry you not only want to be a part of getting the best tools and strategies into the hands of Churches and Volunteers, but you want to use the experience that you already have, and the experience that you glean over time to develop new tools that you can quickly get into the hands of your audience to try out. (Field testing will be one of the greatest strengths of this team, and one of the greatest contributions to CMT Research and Development in general) 3) Church/Para-church Advocate- At times in the past there has been suspicion, territorialism, and little cooperation, but this is changing. Para-church specialists have developed most of the tools and strategies and are beginning to serve, share and cooperate with the larger Body of Christ. Many churches have developed vibrant college ministries and have more to offer than ever to the task of reaching the campus to reach the nations for Jesus. We need each other, God desires our unity and cooperation (Jn 17:21-23). You will find new ways of promoting cooperation, synergy, sharing of tools and strategies so that Christ’s Kingdom spreads to hundreds of new campuses. 4) Contribute to the Newsletter- Although the Advancement team will be in charge of writing monthly newsletters to our CMT supporters, and the Research and Development team will be in charge of writing our weekly blog entries, both will be looking to you and the other Strategies Teams to supply them with the stories from the field that people really love to hear about. 5) Coaching Churches and Volunteers- Many churches that have college pastors are still hungry for outside help and consultation to help them become more effective in developing ministry to college students. The potential for coaching churches and volunteers is nation-wide and limited only by the number of people on our team. 6) Recruiting- Because we want to be able to coach as many churches and volunteers that request our help it is important that we are consistently recruiting qualified coaches to join our team, and aid in the efforts to provide these ministers with the skills and resources that they need. The role of recruiting will fall primarily to the Director, but Staff and Senior Staff are encouraged to assist with this as well. 7) Workshops- One of the best ways for us to be able to train churches and volunteers is by developing half day and full day workshops, equipping them with the skills, tools, and strategies that we’ve been working on researching and developing. These workshops can take place all over the nation, and once a sufficient size team has been recruited (at least 3-5 people) then follow up opportunities and coaching relationships can be established to help churches and volunteers handle the natural obstacles that come from implementing ministry strategies. (The Research and Development team will take the lead in creating the workshop materials from the content you supply them) 8) Support- This role, like all of our other staff roles, requires raising personal ministry support for personal income. Each staff needs to raise and maintain healthy support. We will train and help you as you put together a team of financial supporters. Relationships - Part of the Center for Missions Mobilization (basically USCWM and The Body Builders (TBB) in Fayetteville) - The Director reports to CMT Director directly. Indirectly reports to Steve Shadrach. Peer relationships with other Body Builder directors - The Director is coached by CMT Director - Staff and Senior Staff report to the Director and are in turn coached by him/her - Works closely with Vision 7:9, and Support Raising Solutions staff - Maintaining consistent communication with the Advancement and R&D team Team Environment and Personal Development - The BB does several things to foster community within our staff. This includes monthly meals together, annual staff retreats for the whole family, corporate and personal prayer time, and weekly prayer and worship times. We desire the spouses of all office staff to participate in these times as well. - We also have a passion to continue developing our staff, and when all possible, include the spouse in personal development as well. This plays out in monthly book readings, a weekly meeting that varies from book discussions to listening to guest speakers, and even a monthly half day of prayer. - We expect all of our staff to be above reproach in all walks of their life. One step we have taken to ensure all men are protected from the temptation of internet pornography is by installing Covenant Eyes web tracking software on all personal and work computers to. - We also keep each other accountable in our personal relationship with Christ by praying for each other and sharing struggles with each other. - CMT will also seek to develop our staff through a Personal Development Plans and bi-annual feedback on job performance - We ask that all staff spend time in actual campus ministry investing in students lives, testing ideas, learning more about campus ministry. We never want to be detached from those we serve. Results - Consistently devising and discovering new strategies and tools for campus ministry (3-4 per month) - Consistently supplying the R&D team with content as well as stories for the blog and website (2-3x/mo) - Consistently supplying the Advancement Team with stories for the newsletter (1 per month) - Developing new relationships with Churches and Volunteers (a minimum of 5 new key contacts developed per month) through networking, referrals, website, new clients etc. - A growing team of Church/Volunteer Strategies Staff - Job satisfaction, team ethos, and performance of CMT staff (more intangible) Benchmarks - Raise full support in 4-12 months depending on support goal and personal circumstances - Be fully transitioned by summer 2012 Skill Requirements Experience in college ministry (preferable church and para-church experience), people skills, writing, teaching, and communication skills, well organized, a good networker (a pre-existing network amongst churches is a plus), able to do tedious research, loves to be “in the know” about things, creativity in information synthesis, team recruiting skills (for Director only) as well as leadership, team player, self starter, personally motivated, passion for evangelism, discipleship, and missions. Salary Staffs are required to raise their own financial funds through the coaching and guidance of The Body Builders, Inc. The salary goals are very competitive, designed to comfortably meet the unique needs of each staff member, and take into account the level of experience and level of responsibility within the Church/Volunteer Strategies Team. Benefits All health, life insurance, and dental insurance, as well as optional 403b are paid for through the staff’s personal ministry accounts. All receipting of financial gifts and management of donors is provided by the BB. Location This position is located in Fayetteville AR.

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