Director, Pastor ​/ Ministry ​/ Church, Non-Profit & Social Impact

Grace Church has seen God’s faithfulness for 85 years! Our story is really God’s story as He’s carried us through every season. He’s enabled us to make Him famous and to love people in our community, Ohio, and the world. Today, Grace Church is one church with two campuses in Wooster and Medina, Ohio, and we look forward with anticipation to future campus expansion as God continues to open new doors for ministry.

Browse our videos to get a better picture of how we began and how we’re aiming to continue our devotion to Jesus Christ and His mission. The power of the gospel was evident at the very beginning of Grace Church, as families sacrificed everything they had to start this church. They put everything on the line to further the Kingdom.

The position of Director of Next Steps requires the employee to perform essential ministerial functions as part of their employment. These include—but are not limited to—leading or participating in staff devotions and prayer, sharing the Gospel with visitors or others when called upon to do so, teaching biblical principles verbally or in writing, and providing pastoral guidance. The employee will be required to live on and off duty in accordance with the ministry’s Statement of Faith, code of conduct, and general beliefs.

PURPOSE OF MINISTRY:
The Director of Next Steps provides directional leadership for Spiritual Formation, Grace Groups, Evangelism, Global Missions, Local Outreach, and Follow Up, ensuring these ministries work together to help people move from attending belonging growing living on mission. This role integrates vision, shepherding, and systems to champion a unified discipleship pathway that supports the mission, values, and the strategy of Grace Church.

• Champion and build systems to support a unified discipleship pathway for Grace
• Church, helping every person take their next step in spiritual growth from attending belonging growing living on mission.
• Provide overall direction, coaching, and development for Next Steps ministry areas:
  Spiritual Formation, Grace Groups, Evangelism, Global Missions, Local Outreach, and Follow Up.
• Provide leadership and oversight of Grace Groups (strategy, curriculum, pathway, leader development, and health).
• Oversee Spiritual Formation environments, ensuring content aligns with church doctrine, vision, and adult-learning principles (Electives, Specialty Groups, Starting Point, Start Serving, etc.).
• Lead missions and outreach strategies that mobilize the church to serve locally and globally.
• Equip the church for evangelism through relational, practical, and biblical training.
• Evaluate ministry effectiveness through goals, metrics, and systems that measure spiritual impact and engagement.
• Work cross-departmentally with the Weekend Experience, Teaching, and Communications teams to integrate Next Steps into services and events.
• Develop and maintain volunteer pipelines and leadership multiplication across all Next Steps environments.
• Provide leadership and coaching to staff and volunteer leaders within all supervised ministry areas.
• Carry out any pastoral responsibilities as needed.
• Additional responsibilities as assigned.

• Oversee guest and Next Steps follow-up systems to ensure timely and effective engagement.
• Maintain clear reporting structures and ministry dashboards to track spiritual engagement and pathway movement.
• Collaborate with the Communications team to ensure clear next-step pathways are communicated online, on campus, and in weekend services.
• Partner with the Operations team in annual budgeting and resource planning for all Next Steps ministry areas.
• Ensure ministry systems and databases are updated, accurate, and…