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Associational Missions strategist
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Lead and supervise staff to accomplish GBA mission
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Strengthen and revitalize local churches and staff
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Facilitate planting healthy churches
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Foster Kingdom partnerships to multiply Kingdom impact
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Apply by clicking the application link or scanning the QR code. If you have any questions please email us at thegbaoffice@gmail.com
Grayson Baptist Association
Associational Missions Strategist
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PRIMARY FUNCTION:
The Associational Missions Strategist (AMS) is to lead the Grayson Baptist Association (GBA) to accomplish its mission to reach Grayson County with the gospel of Jesus Christ.
RESPONSIBILITIES:
1. Develop and implement effective strategies aligned with the following priorities:
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Promote and Facilitate Church Health and Revitalization within GBA churches.
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Promote and Facilitate Church Planting in Grayson County.
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Oversee and Support the work of the Grayson College BSM.
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Connect churches, pastors, and church staff through fellowship.
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Develop kingdom-minded partnerships with gospel-focused ministries.
2. Establish and maintain cooperative relationships with churches, pastors, and staff.
Provide counsel, resources, and service to local churches and ministry groups when called upon
3. Connect churches, pastors, and church ministry staff to produce effective networks for kingdom-centered partnerships, including engaging both state conventions.
4. Lead the GBA Leadership Team to accomplish associational goals, including the development and implementation of the annual calendar and budget.
5. Communicate financial needs to cooperating churches and foster relationships to provide growing financial resources for the GBA.
6. Lead and evaluate all paid and volunteer GBA staff in coordination with the Leadership Team (including the selection, hiring, and recommendation of salaries and benefits according to policies).
7. Oversee the planning, organizing, and leading of all regular GBA meetings.
8. Remain in good standing membership at an active, cooperating GBA church.
Grayson Baptist Association
Associational Missions Strategist
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LEADERSHIP QUALIFICATIONS:
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Spiritual Maturity/Person of Character: consistent spiritual and moral growth in character and lifestyle, rooted in the gospel and anchored in sound doctrine.
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Call to Associational Leadership: willing to follow God’s leading in the mission He sets before the churches of the Grayson Baptist Association.
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Leader of Leaders: implement a relationship-building strategy to enable leaders to work together for kingdom-centered objectives.
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Commitment to Learning: develop and model a lifelong habit of learning and growth.
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Competent Teacher: Competent in biblical teaching, speaking to and connecting with church leaders of all sizes and ethnicities.
EDUCATION & EXPERIENCE: Preferred education includes a bachelor’s degree and a theologically focused master’s degree. Preferred experience includes at least ten years of ministry experience inside the local church and/or associational ministry. The candidate must have a working knowledge of Associational Ministry.
REPORTS TO: The Executive Board of the Grayson Baptist Association.
DIRECT REPORTS: All full-time, part-time, and volunteer staff of the Grayson Baptist Association.
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The Grayson Baptist Association is comprised of 60 churches of various sizes in Grayson County, a county that is expected to double in population in the next 5-10 years. The churches of the GBA partner together to reach and make disciples of Jesus Christ of the more than 150,000 diverse people who call Grayson County home.
Grayson Baptist Association
Associational Missions Strategist
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MISSION
Grayson Baptist Association is a fellowship of churches on mission for the Lord Jesus Christ. We are a network of Southern Baptist churches that are driven by the Great Commission to connect, collaborate and engage in the work of the Gospel of Jesus Christ in Grayson County and beyond.
VISION
We live for the day when every girl, boy, woman and man in Grayson County experiences a living witness to the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
COOPERATIVE RELATIONSHIPS
Grayson Baptist Association is an autonomous body in voluntary relationships with the Southern Baptist Convention, The Baptist General Convention of Texas, The Southern Baptists of Texas Convention and other entities that would help the association accomplish its mission.
OUR CORE VALUES:
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The Lordship of Christ - Our desire is to discover where the Lord is working and join Him in His Kingdom work with integrity and faithfulness.
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The Local Church - We respect the autonomy and diversity of our member churches.
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The Great Commission - We hold fast the urgent work of reaching the lost and making disciples.
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Cooperation - We are committed to work together in a spirit of love and trust.
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Fellowship - We value community among churches, through which we actively live out Christ's call to "love one another".
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OUR STRATEGY:
Working Together MISSIONALLY
PEOPLE: We value people as they are and seek to meet them at their point of need. We acknowledge their uniqueness and diversity and seek to create an association of genuine inclusiveness where grace abounds in the context of biblical authority.
RELATIONSHIPS: It is through relationships, individual and corporate, that we are most effective in achieving our vision statement. These relationships will provide networks where information and resources can be utilized and shared by our individually autonomous churches.
RESULTS: We expect to get His things done, His way. This will require us to be relevant, timely, and to meet or exceed expectations.
HERITAGE: Heritage is our counterbalance to innovation. Awareness and understanding of our Christian and Baptist history will help us to retain the good of the past as we move into the future.
INNOVATION: We believe innovation is necessary to reach our world with the gospel message of Christ. We value creativity, flexibility, and change as a means of assisting and leading churches in accomplishing their biblical functions.
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Serving Together COOPERATIVELY
COOPERATION: We believe, in order to reach Grayson County and beyond with the gospel of Jesus Christ, it is necessary for there to be cooperation between churches, staffs, and members. This requires an environment where relationships of support and trust are developed and an understanding that the mission will not be accomplished without interdependence.
KINGDOM MENTALITY: We will challenge churches and leaders to exercise the mind of Christ, particularly in regard to evangelism and missions, in all of Grayson County and beyond.
EXCELLENCE: We will continually evaluate the who, when, what, where, why, and how of the things we do and seek to achieve them with the highest standards.
Standing Together DOCTRINALLY
REVELATION OF GOD: By His Spirit and through His Word, God reveals Himself to us. Our desire is to seek where He is active and to join Him in that activity so that His vision becomes our vision, and we find ourselves in harmony with His will.
ACCOUNTABILITY: We are accountable first to God and then to member churches and to ourselves and must continually seek ways to fulfill this responsibility.
Cooperating Together FINANCIALLY
STEWARDSHIP: Stewardship is our accountability in the areas of time, talent, money, and other resources in order to function effectively and efficiently. We must regularly evaluate all we do by the standards of Christ and his Word.
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Apply by clicking the application link or scanning the QR code. If you have any questions please email us at thegbaoffice@gmail.com