Prayer Pastor

Position Description

The Prayer Pastor is responsible for leading our Doing What Jesus Did (DWJD) class, leading the prayer teams and leading the Prayer Room.

• Lead and facilitate DWJD
• Grow volunteer teams.
• Develop volunteer leaders.
• Provide spiritual leadership in the community both publicly and privately.
• Provide spiritual guidance to Northwoods in the ways of the Holy Spirit.

• Teach DWJD.
• Teach prayer orientation.
• Teach monthly prayer training for prayer team and bi-monthly trainings for prayer room.

• Lead prayer events.
• Lead various prayer teams.
• Lead in the Prayer Room.
• Help coordinate and lead corporate Prayer Meetings.
• Serve at other events as required.

• Maintain regular communication with supervisors, Life Help Team, and volunteers.
• Respond as required to congregational needs

• Manage the budget for DWJD and Prayer Ministries
• Attend various staff, team and supervisor meetings.
• Update and manage the church database as needed.

• Credentialing: Pursue and maintain ministerial credentials through Fellowship of Evangelical Churches (F.E.C.). Be an active participant in F.E.C. denominational events and initiatives.
• Care Responsibilities: The expressions of pastoral care may include but not be limited to:
  Prayer, teaching, encouragement, shepherding, equipping, personal ministry, and visitation.
• Officiant: Specific functions pastors officiate include weddings (and pre-marital counseling), funerals, baptisms, and communion.
• Pastor On Call Rotation: Every Pastor will serve on a scheduled rotation, with the assignment to meet emergency needs and after-hours care to our congregation. Expectations include being available 24/7 by phone, responsible management of requests, needs, and emergencies, and ensuring hospital visits are made.
• Benevolence: Be familiar with case details for benevolence and how the team comes to a final approval. Be exposed to the Benevolence Team and their meetings as well as any related reporting.
• Counseling: Provide short-term personal ministry to individuals, couples, and families using biblical principles and providing effective treatment goals. (One-to-one sessions).

• Previous experience and training in ministry is helpful.
• Biblical understanding and ability to teach, mentor and train people in the gifts of the Holy Spirit.
• Ability to continually learn and grow personally.
• Skill with Microsoft Outlook, Microsoft Teams and Pro Presenter.

Prophecy, Discernment, Teaching, Leadership

A degree in the Bible or Theology is preferred. Experience in ministry settings where discretion and management of gifts of the Holy Spirit is important.