Bsm Director, West Texas A&M University

Position: BSM DIRECTOR, WEST TEXAS A&M UNIVERSITY
Job Type

Full-time

Description

Texas Baptists is a convention of more than 5,300 Baptist churches. Active membership at a church supportive of Texas Baptists is a condition of employment. Texas Baptists makes all employment decisions based on its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs while otherwise complying with all federal, state, and local employment laws. The BGCT is dedicated to fair hiring practices and only relies on lawful exemptions to employment laws to the extent necessary to protect its religious mission, purpose, and beliefs.

BASIC FUNCTION

The Baptist Student Ministry (BSM) Director is responsible for the direction of the total ministry on the local campus. In addition to coordinating the campus ministry, they will assist in the work of the local Baptist churches in the campus community as the BSM joins with these churches in a total ministry to students.

Requirements

RESPONSIBILITIES / TASKS

NOTE:

Some descriptions may have more specific duties and/or goals and objectives attached to this form. Such attachments normally reflect unique aspects of specific locations, shifts, departments, etc.

A. Direct the total local BSM ministry based upon the vision adopted by the BGCT (aka Texas Baptists) Center for Collegiate Ministry (aka TXBSM): to engage the 1.6 million college students in Texas to follow Christ and transform the world, which finds expression through the participation of students in evangelism, discipleship, missions, and church life. Development of these priorities is expected to include, but not be limited to, the following strategies:

1. Evangelism

a. Strong evangelistic skills.

b. Develop and implement a sharing strategy that gives every student on campus an opportunity to hear and respond to the Gospel.

c. Develop and implement a training strategy that equips students through a variety of outreach opportunities.

2. Discipleship

a. Ability to develop strong, consistent leadership among students.

b. Develop and implement a leadership development strategy that includes both freshmen and upperclassmen.

c. Develop and implement an enlistment strategy for involving new students.

d. Develop and implement a worship strategy that includes worship opportunities for students and trains them in leading worship.

e. Develop and implement a Bible study strategy that involves students in meaningful study.

3. Missions

a. Develop and implement an involvement strategy that leads students to be involved in the Texas Baptist Student Missions program (aka Go Now Missions).

b. Develop and implement an experience strategy that gives students opportunities to be involved in short-term projects as well as ongoing local missions experiences.

c. Develop and implement an international student strategy that leads students to reach out to the students on their campus who come from other countries.

d. Develop and implement a giving strategy that teaches students the discipline of giving sacrificially to missions.

4. Church Life

a. Develop and implement a church strategy that leads students to be involved in a local Baptist Church.

b. Consult with collegiate leadership of local churches as appropriate.

c. Pursue relationships with local church staff aggressively.

d. Regular involvement with the local Baptist Association(s).

B. Work with the local leadership group effectively to provide a student ministry program that is appropriate to the campus situation and acceptable to the local Baptist churches.

C. Facilitate a ministry of care and encouragement to include, but not limited to, these groups on campus:

1. Students (Baptist Student Ministry is not designed to function as a counseling ministry. BSM Staff will not be involved in ongoing counseling with students, but will seek to encourage students to the proper professional channels for this service.)

2. Campus faculty and staff

3. Local church workers

D. Administer the budget in alignment with TXBSM and BGCT-approved goals and objectives for the campus, to include, but not limited to, the following:

1. Work with the local leadership group in budget planning.

2. Make regular financial reports to the local leadership group.

3. Provide budget information and promotional materials.

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