Area Program Coordinator

THE ROLE

The Area Program Coordinator is a field-based ministry leadership position responsible for the health, growth, and sustainability of four weekly sites in an assigned region. It is a role for someone who loves people, moves toward hard things, and finds meaning in the slow, faithful work of building disciple‑making community.

You will invest in site leaders, build and strengthen the Area Missions Council, cultivate church and business partnerships, and help raise the area budget that funds everything. Alongside that, you will ensure each site operates with excellence — spiritually, relationally, and operationally. You report to the Program Director and work in close partnership with the Area Missions Council.

The spiritual formation and discipleship that happens at each site — in volunteers, guests, council members, and community partners alike — flows through you. Everything you do is building people who carry the mission forward.

This role has four primary areas of responsibility.

You are the culture carrier. The spiritual health of every site, every volunteer team, and every council relationship flows through you. You are present, invested, and living the mission you are asking others to carry.

• Maintain a healthy, active walk with the Lord — everything else in this role flows from here
• Share the gospel naturally and relationally with guests at the sites, and model this for your team
• Protect the integrity of Table Talk, relational evangelism, and debrief at each site
• Shepherd site leaders and council members through encouragement, honesty, and accountability
• Live out the mission visibly and consistently — not just describe it

Your most important job is to develop leaders at every level of the ministry — site coordinators, council members, church partners, and community advocates.

• Create a culture of ownership, generosity, and gospel investment in everyone around you — this is the foundation everything else is built on
• Build and strengthen the Area Missions Council and develop the leaders within it
• Recruit, train, and invest in volunteer Site Coordinators for four active weekly sites
• Cultivate church and business partnerships that deepen community engagement and support the mission
• Build leadership pipelines for site growth and ministry expansion

Sustainable ministry requires sustainable funding. You are an active participant in raising the area budget that funds four sites, including your own role. Fundraising is not separate from ministry here — it is an extension of the same relational work.

• Steward area resources with integrity — this is a character commitment before it is an operational one
• Participate in personal support development — approximately 20% of your compensation package — cultivating a personal team of ministry partners
• Work with the Area Missions Council on area-level fundraising strategy and execution
• Build relationships with individual donors, churches, and businesses who invest in the mission
• Help lead fundraising events including the annual banquet, community initiatives, and other area campaigns

The ministry is mobile. You need to be comfortable with the physical and logistical reality of running field operations, and willing to fill whatever gap needs filling.

• Ensure each site operates with consistency and excellence: setup, teardown, staffing, and serving standards
• Monitor site health indicators and identify problems early — bring solutions, not just reports
• Work alongside the Equipment Coordinator on trailer and gear readiness across your sites
• Support disaster response deployments and seasonal initiatives like Gobble Kits
• Fill any gap that needs filling — cooking, greeting, praying, whatever the site needs that night

Feed the Need Missions is a faith-based ministry. Everything we do is rooted in the gospel and driven by a conviction that Jesus is the answer to the deepest needs of every person we serve. We are not looking for someone to manage ministry from the outside. We are looking…