Position Summary

Crossroads Christian Fellowship is seeking an Associate Pastor of Connections to help people move from attending Crossroads to belonging, serving, growing, and being cared for within the life of the church. Crossroads’ mission is “to provide a spiritual home where connections are forged, hearts and minds are equipped with Biblical truth, and individuals are empowered to discover and live out their God-given identity.” Our vision is to be “a multi-generational, community-focused church representing the truth, grace, and love of God throughout the world.”

The Associate Pastor of Connections will oversee Sunday morning connection ministries, help newcomers take meaningful next steps, provide pastoral care, lead Life Group connections, assist with preaching and pastoral ministry, and oversee benevolence care. This role is highly relational, pastoral, organized, and team-oriented.

Primary Responsibilities

1. Sunday Morning Connections Ministry

The Associate Pastor will provide leadership, support, and oversight for the Sunday morning teams that help create a warm, welcoming, orderly, and spiritually attentive environment for Crossroads’ Sunday gatherings.

(Crossroads currently meets on Sundays at 8:30 a.m., 10:00 a.m., and 11:30 a.m.)

The Associate Pastor will manage and support the following teams and team leaders:

• Hospitality

• Greeters

• Ushers / Communion

• Guest Services

• Connection Center

• Additional Sunday morning connection volunteers as needed

Responsibilities include training, encouraging, recruiting, scheduling oversight, communication, troubleshooting, and helping each team understand its role in the larger mission of the church.

2. Pastoral Care and Ministry

The Associate Pastor will serve as a pastor to the congregation through regular care, presence, prayer, and shepherding.

Responsibilities include:

• Hospital visitation

• Phone calls and follow-up with the sick, homebound, or hurting

• Pastoral care conversations

• Weddings

• Funerals

• Occasional preaching

• Prayer and spiritual encouragement

• Helping people feel seen, known, and cared for in the life of the church

This role requires a heart for people, the ability to listen well, and a desire to shepherd the congregation with wisdom, humility, compassion, and biblical faithfulness.

3. Connecting New People to the Life of the Church

The Associate Pastor will serve as a primary point of contact for new people at Crossroads, helping them move from first-time attendance to meaningful involvement.

Responsibilities include:

• Calling and following up with new people

• Meeting newcomers for coffee, lunches, or pastoral conversations

• Helping new people understand who Crossroads is and how to get connected

• Connecting people into discipleship

• Connecting people into serving opportunities through ministry teams

• Connecting people into ministries such as Kids, Youth, Young Adults, Men’s, Women’s, and other church ministries

• Helping identify gifts, interests, and appropriate places of service

• Helping to recruit volunteers for broader ministry needs

The goal of this area is not merely to fill ministry slots, but to help people find spiritual family, purpose, and meaningful participation in the body of Christ.

4. Newcomer’s Starting Point Class

The Associate Pastor will assist with and help provide consistency for the Newcomer’s Starting Point Class in coordination with the elders and church leadership. This is a four-week class held two to four times per year.

Responsibilities include:

• Managing class sign-ups

• Communicating with participants before and after the class

• Gathering and organizing information from attendees

• Providing follow-up contact after the class

• Being the consistent pastoral presence at all Starting Point classes

• Helping newcomers understand the mission, vision, beliefs, ministries, and next steps at Crossroads

This role is designed to make sure every newcomer has a clear and personal pathway into church life.

5. Life Groups and Small Groups

The Associate Pastor will oversee connection to Life Groups / Small Groups, helping people find places of relational and spiritual community.

This responsibility is distinct from formal discipleship oversight, which is led by another pastor

Responsibilities include:

• Helping people connect to existing Life Groups

• Assisting in the formation of new groups as needed

• Supporting Life Group leaders

• Helping identify and develop potential group leaders

• Encouraging healthy group culture

• Communicating group opportunities to the church

• Working with staff and elders to ensure Life Groups serve the broader mission of Crossroads

The aim is to help people move beyond Sunday attendance into deeper relationships, prayer, care, and shared life.

6. Benevolence Ministry

The Associate Pastor will lead the Benevolence Team and help care for individuals and families experiencing financial or practical hardship.

Responsibilities include:

• Meeting with people requesting benevolence assistance

• Listening carefully and discerning needs

• Praying with and caring for those requesting help

• Coordinating with the Benevolence Team

• Disseminating benevolence funds appropriately

• Maintaining healthy accountability, wisdom, and compassion in benevolence decisions

• Keeping appropriate records and communication with church leadership

• Helping connect people to broader care, resources, and spiritual support when needed

This ministry should reflect both the mercy and wisdom of Christ.

Desired Qualifications

The ideal candidate will be:

• A mature follower of Jesus Christ with a clear testimony of faith

• Biblically grounded and committed to the mission of Crossroads

• Warm, relational, hospitable, and approachable

• Organized and able to manage people, teams, systems, and follow-up

• A shepherd at heart, with compassion for the hurting and patience with people

• Able to recruit, encourage, and develop volunteers

• A clear communicator, both verbally and in writing

• Comfortable making phone calls, meeting with new people, and initiating relationships

• Able to work well with elders, pastors, staff, ministry leaders, and volunteers

• Faithful in pastoral care, prayer, confidentiality, and spiritual discernment

• Willing and able to preach occasionally

• Experienced in local church ministry, pastoral ministry, or related leadership

• Theological training and/or ministry experience will be of benefit

Reporting and Accountability

The Associate Pastor of Connections will serve as part of the pastoral staff of Crossroads Christian Fellowship and will work under the direction of the Lead Pastor and/or elder-appointed leadership structure.

This role will work closely with:

• Lead Pastor

• Elders

• Staff team

• Ministry leaders

• Life Group leaders

• Sunday morning team leaders

• Benevolence Team

Ministry Priorities

The Associate Pastor of Connections should help Crossroads grow in the following areas:

1. New people are noticed, contacted, and invited into deeper connection.

2. Sunday mornings are welcoming, organized, and spiritually hospitable.

3. Volunteers are recruited, trained, encouraged, and cared for.

4. People are connected into discipleship, serving, ministries, and Life Groups.

5. The sick, homebound, grieving, and hurting receive pastoral care.

6. Benevolence is handled with compassion, wisdom, and integrity.

7. The church increasingly feels like a spiritual home, not merely a place to attend.

Personal and Spiritual Expectations

The Associate Pastor should model a life of accountability, humility, prayer, integrity, spiritual maturity, and love for the church. He should demonstrate faithfulness to Scripture, commitment to the gospel, and a desire to see people come to know Christ, grow in Christ, and use their gifts for the glory of God.  This person should not merely manage ministries, but pastor people through those ministries.

The Associate Pastor of Connections will play a vital role in helping Crossroads Christian Fellowship become a place where people are welcomed, known, discipled, cared for, and sent into meaningful ministry. This role exists to help people move from the edges of church life into the life of the body — connected to Christ, connected to one another, and connected to the mission God has given Crossroads.

Compensation

Pay is $50,000-$70,000 depending on experience and education.

Please email a resume to pastorpaul@crossroadsbigfork.com