Discipleship Pastor

Our mission at First Baptist Church New Braunfels (FBCNB) is to Lead People to Jesus. We are a body of Christ followers that believe we bring glory to God through being a shining light for the Gospel in our region and around the world. The purpose of the discipleship ministry at FBCNB is to develop followers of Jesus who seek Him through Bible study and prayer, living out their faith through fellowship and service in obedience to make disciples.

The Discipleship Pastor provides leadership, vision, and oversight for the creation and implementation of FBCNB’s strategy to make and mature disciples of Jesus Christ. He ensures a shared, biblical understanding of discipleship and works to make the normative experience of every member both to being discipled and discipling others. This role champions a church-wide culture of spiritual formation, leadership development, and gospel multiplication.

There are two key duties within the strategy:

• Fully engaged disciples – Defines and manages a clear discipleship pathway enabling people to move from first time guest to fully engaged disciple of Christ, serving the Lord where He has gifted and called them
• The leadership pipeline – Builds the infrastructure whereby potential leaders are identified, mentored, and equipped to shepherd others and lead FBCNB’s ministries and teams

• Serving member of the Elder Body (All pastors are part of the Elder Body with some on the Elder Board)
• Teach effectively in various settings (e.g. one-on-one, small groups, seminars, etc.)
• Preach (if called upon)
• Equip ministry leaders to provide pastoral care for their members

• Lead development and implementation of the Elder Board church discipleship strategy
• Clearly communicate the discipleship pathway across all ministries and platforms
• Cast a compelling, congregation-wide vision for a discipleship culture such that making disciples is understood as the calling of every Believer, not merely a program of the church

• Design, implement, and maintain a leadership pipeline that identifies, mentors, and equips emerging leaders
• Recruit and train ministry leaders, teachers and volunteers
• Provide ongoing coaching, evaluation, and support for leaders

• Oversee all church teaching ministries (children to senior adults), ensuring theological alignment and ministry effectiveness
• Review and approve curriculum choices, teaching ministry leader selections, and regular leader evaluations
• Routinely train, mentor, and coach ministry leaders
• Raise the overall level of teacher effectiveness. Guide ministry leaders into employing the most effective tools and styles for student retention.

• Develop and manage departmental budget
• Requires extended periods of sitting, standing, and lifting (up to 50 pounds)
• Typical workdays include Sunday-Thursday. Outreach and fellowship events are additive
• Expect a 45-hour work-week average (sometimes more, sometimes less)

• Bachelor’s degree (or equivalent experience) required. Seminary degree desired

• Proven success recruiting, training, and developing leaders (from guest to disciple to leader) Proven success creating, leading, and sustaining healthy groups
• Demonstrated ability to lead change with humility and clarity
• Demonstrated ability to design and implement ministry systems and processes
  
  Competence with digital ministry tools for communication, teaching and evangelism

• Spiritually mature growing Believer and follower(disciple) of Christ
• Meets the biblical qualifications of an elder (1 Tim. 3:1-7; Titus 1:6-9; 1
  
  Peter 5:1-4)
• Fully affirms and models the Baptist…