Community & Outreach Pastor El Dorado First Baptist Church

About El Dorado First Baptist Church

The foundation of First Baptist Church (EDFBC), El Dorado, Kansas, dates back to April 30, 1871. The church was chartered on October 23, 1871. For over 150 years, the church has served the community. While affiliated with the American Baptist denomination for most of its past, the church body voted to leave the association in 2005. FBC is currently an unaffiliated Baptist church.

Matt Schaffner joined as the Senior Pastor in December 2024, and a new vision and core values were developed in February 2025.

The Community & Outreach Pastor role is a newly created strategic position focusing specifically on internal growth, external engagement, and global missions. The role is responsible for leading FBC’s efforts in building a contagious biblical community (internal focus) and connecting with the local community (external focus), with the ultimate goal that the lost are found and the marginally connected become wholehearted followers of Jesus.

The responsibilities span internal growth, external engagement, and global missions.

• Community and Discipleship
  • Champion small groups and work to involve more of the congregation in these small group ministries.
  • Develop and execute a strategic plan to help grow the church community.
• Outreach and Missions
  • Develop a strategic plan for community and outreach ministry.
  • Champion and lead church teams to participate in regular mission and outreach efforts locally, domestically, and internationally.
• Partner With Community
  • Develop partnerships with other churches, ministries, missions, and community organizations to meet people where they are and push forward the mission of God’s Kingdom.
• Assimilation and Training
  • Champion and lead hospitality and visitor assimilation.
  • Regularly train staff, volunteers, and the church body in outreach, evangelism, and hospitality efforts.
• Leadership and Management
  • Recruit, manage, and train volunteers for discipleship, community, and outreach ministries.
• Participate in pastoral care and general pastoral duties (including weddings, funerals, counseling, hospital visits, etc.).
• Be available to preach and teach in worship as requested.
• The annual budget for the department overseen is approximately $45,000.

• Champion Culture
  • The pastor must passionately cast vision for life together and how FBC reaches the world for Jesus.
• Strategic Alignment
  • The pastor must coach the team to work together, live and breathe the church values, and base ministry practices on those values.
• Accountability and Measurement
  • The role requires identifying what success and effectiveness look like, defining the “wins,” and measuring markers of success through a “compelling scoreboard”.
• Expand Learning
  • The pastor must equip the church leaders and the church body with the knowledge and skills required to grow, live, and serve like Jesus.
• Change Agent
  • The ideal candidate needs a “willingness to think outside the box and challenge the status quo” when done in support of the mission.
• Leadership Style
  • They must be willing to lead as a servant, not an authority figure.

• Experience/Education
  • The ideal candidate will have 4+ years of ministry experience and possess at least a Bachelor’s degree (Master’s degree in ministry or theology preferred or working on an advanced degree).
• Personal Qualifications
  • They must be committed to discipleship and evangelism, possess excellent relational and communication skills, and have the ability to relate and work with people of different generations, ethnic backgrounds, and socio-economic levels.
• Theology
  • Must support and adhere to the EDFBC Statement of Faith, vision, and core values.
• Reporting
  • This position reports to the Senior Pastor, Advisory Board, and Deacons.

• Theological Alignment
  • Understanding of and willingness to serve within the doctrinal commitments of the church, supporting adherence to the EDFBC Statement of Faith, By‑laws, vision, and core values.
• Calling
  • Exhibit a clear calling to pastoral ministry with a heart for discipleship and outreach.
• Skills
  • Excellent…