Director of Spiritual Formation

Spiritual Formation And Christian Community Leader

The individual in this position provides spiritual, formational, and educational leadership to Cornerstone University's campus ministries initiatives and serves as a key stakeholder in the leadership team of the Spiritual Formation and Christian Community (SFCC) department. This role is responsible for leading the campus community in a bible-saturated means of grace ministry emphasizing the role of Scripture, prayer, authentic fellowship, and participation in the local church.

The ideal candidate for this position must display a genuine love for Christ and love for others, as well as an ability to articulate and model a life of practically applied biblical wisdom and knowledge. The core of Cornerstone University is defined and driven by its Christ-centered mission and Biblical confession.

Duties and responsibilities include:

• Equip members of the campus community for effective discipleship and formative opportunities within the student population with emphasis on traditional undergraduate.
• Oversee Cornerstone's chapel program.
• Engage in opportunities for discipleship and spiritual formational support to students.
• Strengthen and support connections between CU students and local churches in Grand Rapids.
• Oversee student spiritual engagement opportunities.
• Serve as a member of the Spiritual Formation and Christian Community leadership team.
• All Cornerstone University employees will regularly interact with students in a variety of projects, activities, and settings. As such all employees are expected to serve as Christian leaders and mentors by effectively living a gospel-centered lifestyle, ministering and discipling through a biblical worldview.
• Other duties may be assigned.

Qualifications include:

• Bachelor's degree required combined with 1 to 3 years of spiritual leadership or mentoring roles. Progress toward a masters degree in a ministry field is preferred.
• Demonstrated capacity and character for effective pastoral ministry.
• Demonstrated experience related to college student spiritual formation/discipleship.
• Demonstrated capacity for educational leadership.
• Love for students and proven ability to relationally connect with them.
• Proven discretion and capacity to maintain a high level of confidentiality.

Essential qualifications:

A personal relationship with Jesus Christ and an active Christian commitment.

A theology that supports the values and mission of Cornerstone University core commitments evidenced by an ability to affirm and sign the university's doctrinal statement, "The Cornerstone Confession."

Four other foundational pillars, along with the university's mission and confession, form Cornerstone's Core Commitments.

• The Cornerstone Christian World View

• The Cornerstone Academic Vision

• The Cornerstone Beautiful Christian Community

• The Marriage and Human Sexuality Position Statement

These core commitments convey who we are, what we believe and how we live and work together in community. Employees are expected to faithfully attend an evangelical and biblical church whose core beliefs and practices are consistent with Cornerstone's confession and core commitments.