Minister for Operations - Church in the Square (Chicago, IL) - LancasterSearch

Church in the Square (Chicago, IL) Executive Pastor

The Big Picture

Church in the Square (churchinthesquare.com) is seeking a full-time Minister for Operations. 

Requirements

SUMMARY

● Oversee the structure and execution of Church in the Square’s communications, operations, and workflow.

 

PRIMARY COMMITMENTS

● Increase in the knowledge and love for God through his Word (Psalm 119:105).

● Be eager to maintain the unity of our church through the bond of peace, humility, gentleness, and love (Ephesians 4:1-3).

● Prayerfully serve the congregation by training them to serve as Christ has served us (Matthew 20:28).

 

PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Oversee Sunday morning volunteer communication, scheduling, supply needs, and training (Planning Center).

● Develop and organize the church’s processes and policies, ensuring elders, staff, and volunteers are appropriately informed and trained (Google Drive).

● Oversee the ministry events and teaching calendar, as well as event logistics.

● Coordinate with the communication team (internally and externally), finance team, group leaders, and other ministry teams to encourage and maintain cohesion and communication through all aspects of ministry (Planning Center and Monday.com).

● Maintain the congregational database, creating processes within each aspect of the database to unite and clarify volunteer processes, membership, Sunday gatherings, groups, and how these different areas interact (Planning Center)

● Organize and maintain the church’s financial bookkeeping.

● Work with the elder team to onboard new employees and with the ministry leaders to onboard new volunteers and church offices.

● Keep notes of staff, deacon, and elder meetings organized in a shared database (Google Drive).

 

SECONDARY RESPONSIBILITIES

● Work with the Elder for Teaching and Vision on setting the culture, execution, and processes for Sunday gatherings.

● Work with the staff and ministry teams to organize communication, events, and initiatives across all church ministries.

● Work with key lay leaders and teams (i.e., the teaching and liturgy teams) to extend the gospel message and mission through inward and outward-facing channels.

 

FURTHER CONSIDERATIONS

● Like every city, Chicago has a culture all its own. We desire this person to live in the city, close to where our people make their homes. Familiarity with the city’s unique sensibilities will be critical to serving well in this context.

● On Sundays, we gather in a Logan Square community center and share a co-working space in Avondale with other local organizations throughout the week. Church meetings will regularly be held in person at these locations.

● The person who fills this position will be expected to complete our church membership class and become a member of our church upon acceptance of this position.

Benefits

Compensation and Benefits

This full-time position offers unlimited paid time off and healthcare if needed. An annual compensation package, ranging between $60,000 and $70,000, will be determined based on an applicant’s needs and experience.

 

The Process

Please look over this job description and the church website. Along with your resume please answer these questions:

 

Why do you believe that you might be a good fit as the Minister of Operations at Church in the Square?

 

Describe your experiences in ministry and how you may be qualified to serve as the Minister of Operations at Church in the Square?

 

In just a few sentences please give a summary of your theology and how that is in line with the doctrine of Church in the Square?

 

Please send your resume, the answers to these questions and a link to at least one online sermon to

 

The Church and Candidate Bridge Community Church is a non-denominational community church located on Harstine Island in the Peugeot Sound, WA, roughly an hour north of Olympia. We are an elder-led church with average attendance hovering around 100 people on a weekly basis. We are an older congregation, this is partly driven by the fact that there are few employers in our area, resulting in a relatively larger retired population. It’s necessary to drive an hour or more either north or south to get to areas with more employment opportunities. Having said that, there is an increasing presence of younger families attending, and we have an active and growing teen program. Vacation Bible School had 30 children in attendance this year, Kid’s Church each week will have between 5-11 children on a typical Sunday. Our staff is small, the Sr. Pastor, a full time position, and our Director of Children and Youth Ministries, a part time position. The pastor handles much of the office administrative activities with support from several volunteers for preparation of the bulletins each week. The pastor also handles the bulk of biblical teaching from the pulpit as well as visitation and church administration. The pastor will answer to the Board of Elders while also being a member of that Board. Theologically we are a diverse congregation, and the successful pastor will be able to work with a variety of doctrinal backgrounds. What we consider “non-negotiable” is defined in our Affirmation of Faith which may be located in our website, bccharstine.org, under the bylaws. We have a very nice church building sitting on about 7 acres, all of which is paid for, and we are financially stable.