Manager of Spiritual Formation

Position Summary

The Manager of Spiritual Formation leads Oliver Gospel's mission-wide Spiritual Formation discipline under the direction and organizational accountability of the Director of Programs. The Manager establishes and strengthens a consistent, Christ-centered framework for discipleship, pastoral care, biblical counseling, worship, teaching, spiritual formation, and healthy connection to Christian community across Oliver Gospel programs and facilities.

The role carries two connected mandates: internally, to ensure high-quality, biblically faithful, person-centered Spiritual Formation is integrated into Oliver Gospel's interdisciplinary Care Team model; externally, to provide subject-matter leadership for the spiritual-formation, discipleship, and equipping components of Oliver Gospel's approved strategy to mobilize churches and Christian partners. External ministry activity remains subject to organizational strategy, delegated authority, partnership structures, resource priorities, and executive leadership direction.

For Employment with Oliver Gospel

A believer in Jesus Christ. Affirms without reservation Oliver Gospel’s Statement of Faith. Fully supports Oliver Gospel Mission and Vision’s Statements. Demonstrates the ability and desire to work in harmony with other Oliver Gospel employees. Be on time and ready to work at the assigned work location on every scheduled workday. Due to the potential impact on Oliver Gospel’s Program Participants, the use of tobacco and/or vaping products is not permitted during scheduled work hours or at any Oliver Gospel event.

Possess a valid South Carolina driver’s license.

Position Qualifications

• Ordained minister in good standing with a recognized Christian denomination, church body, or ministry network consistent with Oliver Gospel's Statement of Faith and employment requirements.
• Master of Divinity (MDiv) or equivalent graduate-level theological education from an appropriately accredited institution.
• Minimum five (5) years of progressively responsible pastoral ministry experience, including preaching/teaching, discipleship, and pastoral care.
• Minimum two (2) years of formal staff supervision, ministry-team leadership, or comparable people-leadership responsibility.
• Demonstrated experience serving people affected by homelessness, substance use/addiction, incarceration, poverty, trauma, family instability, or similarly complex circumstances.
• Demonstrated knowledge of Christian spiritual formation and discipleship models and ability to translate theological convictions into consistent ministry practice.

• Demonstrated ability to maintain clear boundaries between pastoral/biblical care, Case Management, residential operations, and licensed clinical treatment.
• Experience working collaboratively in multidisciplinary or interdisciplinary environments.
• Ability to teach, equip, and communicate effectively with staff, churches, volunteers, community partners, and diverse audiences.
• Ability and willingness to work within Oliver Gospel's organizational accountability structure and under the direction of the Director of Programs.

• Formal training in pastoral counseling, biblical counseling, spiritual direction, trauma-informed ministry, or a related discipline.
• Experience in rescue missions, faith-based recovery programs, homelessness services, or residential ministry environments.
• Experience developing ministry curriculum, competency standards, outcome measures, or quality-improvement processes.
• Experience equipping churches or ministry networks for structured community engagement, mentoring, discipleship, or service partnerships.

• Own and steward the Spiritual Formation discipline across Oliver Gospel programs and facilities rather than allowing separate facility-based ministry models to develop.
• Design, implement, evaluate, and continuously improve a coherent Spiritual Formation framework appropriate to emergency shelter, substance use recovery, longer-term recovery-to-independence programming, and other approved programs.
• Establish biblically faithful standards for discipleship, pastoral care, biblical counseling, prayer ministry, worship, teaching, spiritual disciplines, and connection to Christian community.
• Ensure Spiritual Formation remains aligned with Oliver Gospel's approved program strategy, Statement of Faith, Mission, Vision, Values & How We Work framework, and Director of Programs' direction.
• Develop…