POSITION: CSRM Director of Church Relations
REPORTS TO: CSRM Executive Director
LOCATION: Remote
OVERALL EXPECTATIONS:
The Director of Church Relations of the association of Church Sports & Recreation Ministers (CSRM) will ensure CSRM achieves its Vision, by maintaining its focus on its Mission, through connecting with the local church for the purpose of equipping sports ministers/pastors with CSRM resources and introducing them into a networking relationship with CSRM, other ministers/pastors/lay leaders, and providing them relationships and resources.
OVERALL DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Responsible for Overseeing the overall, Biblically-based, Christ-Centered, Spiritual Vitality of CSRM’s 2Rs, as it relates to Church Relations and sports minister/pastor development.
- Responsible for Accomplishing the CSRM Church Relations and sports minister/pastor development strategy in conjunction with the Executive Director, other staff and volunteers to monitor and evaluate all related endeavors
- Responsible for Communicating the objectives of his efforts of the Church Relations and sports/minister/pastor development Strategy through the written and spoken word via traditional and evolving technological means
- Responsible for Raising Support for the Director of Church Relations position and other managerial costs related to the administration of the Church Relations and sports minister/pastor Strategy including salary
- Responsible for Maintaining all teachings/practices based upon CSRM’s “3-Tier Paradigm:”
- Level #1 – Christological Theological Truths - “why” we do what we do
- Level #2 – Biblically-based Philosophical Principles – “when, where, with whom” we do what we do
- Level #3 – Relevant and Strategic Methodological Models – “what we do”
SPECIFIC DUTIES & RESPONSIBILITIES
Envision and implement CSRM’s Church Relations strategy by:
- Building relationships with the local church and expanding CSRM’s base with local churches around the country
- Organize regional CSRM Roundtables for SR&F ministers and lay leaders around the country
- Oversee and communicate CSRM’s Small Church Initiative
- Equip sports/recreation/fitness leaders with CSRM resources
- Attend and provide a CSRM presence as a vendor at specific conferences
- Provide coaching relationships to SR&F ministers
- Contribute to personal and CSRM fundraising efforts
- Attend REACH Gathering annually
- Develop a church partners database for further contact and networking
QUALIFICATIONS: Spiritual
- A growing Disciple of Jesus Christ
- Manifested by regular, personal Spiritual-Growth & Christ-Honoring lifestyle
- An active member of a local church
- Manifested in weekly attendance of his home church or a church being served
- Have an active role in a local church Sports Outreach Ministry
- Manifested by regular involvement as a consultant, volunteer leader or participant
- Personally involved in Evangelism
- Manifested by maintaining and actively pursuing an “Andrew List”
- Personally involved in Discipling
- Manifested by personally discipling other Christians
QUALIFICATIONS: Interpersonal
- Maintains a healthy personal ethos:
- Marriage and family
- Interpersonal relationships
- Maintains a healthy work environment
- Team player
- Leads by example
- Willingness to serve others
- Exhibits a humble spirit and an ability to receive and give constructive criticism
- Out of the box" thinker
- Creates a loving, open and honoring atmosphere for all staff
- Maintains healthy & growing staff and volunteers (if this applies) by being a positive influence as
- Teacher
- Coach
- Mentor
- Cheerleader
- Spiritual Director
- Maintains healthy Supervisor and Peer relationships by:
- Supporting all peers in prayer and through demonstrated deeds and words
- Remaining loyal to all CSRM staff
- Maintains healthy relationships with the broader Sports Outreach Movement & Community through
- Possessing and/or developing “natural” meet the public skills
- Personal Sincerity and Integrity
- Relating easily to all bodies politic
- Spiritual Gifts: Leadership/Administration/Evangelism/Discipleship/Teaching/Pastoring
EXPERIENCE
- A minimum of 5 years in Sports and Recreation Outreach Ministries
- A minimum of 5 years as a local church Sports and Recreation Outreach Minister is preferred
- BA (Required) or M.A. / M. Div. / Doctoral Degree (Preferred) in Sports Outreach Ministry, Sports Management, Ministry, Management, Communications, Educating or other related areas
- Respected within the Sports Outreach Movement and wider Church community
- Demonstrated ability to lead a Sports, Fitness, or Recreation Related Ministry with excellence and the evidence of bearing fruit and changing lives
- Demonstrated ability to lead a ministry within a local church with excellence and the evidence of bearing fruit and changing lives
- Demonstrated success in evangelism
- Demonstrated success in discipleship
- Demonstrated success in casting vision and equipping volunteers to carry out the vision