Director of Spiritual Formation

REPORTS TO: Assistant VP for Spiritual Formation and Christian Community

DEPARTMENT: Spiritual Formation and Christian Community

LOCATION: Grand Rapids, MI

SUMMARY

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:

• Equip members of the campus community for effective discipleship and formative opportunities within the student population with emphasis on traditional undergraduate.
  • Collaborate with internal and external stakeholders to contribute to the success of Cornerstone’s discipleship and formative ministries.
  • Recruit, train, assist, supervise, and provide accountability for student leaders and staff members involved in direct discipleship and formative opportunities.
  • Leads the campus ministries team consisting of both staff and student workers.
  • Identify and/or produce discipleship materials for use by the traditional undergraduate population that are in alignment with CU’s Confession, CU statements, and best practices in Christian higher education.
  • Model good stewardship with the use of time, ministry resources, and ministry funds.
  • Lead efforts in equipping the university community in becoming effective disciple makers and leading Bible studies.
• Oversee Cornerstone’s chapel program.
  • Contribute to chapel planning schedules, themes, and the identification of chapel speakers.
  • Coordinate corollary programming related to CU’s chapel program (such as Collegiate Day of Prayer, Global Impact Week, special and additional services, etc.).
  • Manage the review of chapel requirement policies, exemption requests, and follow-up meetings with students related to student needs and chapel requirements.
  • Lead the programming of chapel through on-platform opportunities (ranging from speaker introductions to speaking in chapel).
  • Ensures adherence to the university’s Christ-centered mission for the entirety of the chapel experience.
• Engage in opportunities for discipleship and spiritual formational support to students.
  • Personally foster discipleship and formative relationships through mentoring selected students and leading a small group of targeted students each semester.
  • Serve as a member of the Care Team.
  • Foster a level of visibility and availability in the CU campus community through involvement in other campus events and collaborative relationships with faculty, staff, and students.
  • Assess student benevolence needs and collaborate with the student life leadership team to distribute funds in accordance with established policies
• Strengthen and support connections between CU students and local churches in Grand Rapids.
  • Maintain a church directory that is available and searchable by CU students.
  • Oversee the planning of the annual church fair to introduce CU students to church opportunities and leaders in Grand Rapids.
  • Creatively implement strategies and programs to effectively engage students in the life of the local church.
  • Build and maintain relationships with local church pastors by inviting them to speak at campus…