Director of Church Relations

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