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Description

Gateway Church Houston is a religious institute working to make every person experience what God has for them by plugging into one of the institute’s ministries. The company is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas, United States. The company's mission is to help people Know God, Belong to family, Discover their Purpose, and Build the Kingdom. Their vision is to help people develop an intimate relationship with God. The company's core values are We pursue intimacy with God, We’re all about people, We’re generous stewards, and We grow servant leaders. The company's employee benefits include medical, dental, and vision insurance, flexible spending account, health saving account, supplemental life insurance, and many other great benefits.

Summary of Position:

This position leads and oversees Next Steps here at Gateway. This role is focused on making sure people don’t fall through the cracks whether in taking their next step in getting plugged in or in a tough time and needing help from the church. Here are some focuses and requirements for this role: 

• Help people within the congregation to take their Next Step. 
• Provide pastoral leadership to the creation, development, and ongoing direction of all aspects of Next Steps. This includes Growth Track, New Believer Follow up, Assimilation and Build Team. 
   
• Provide direct pastoral ministry to their teams, staff, volunteers and church members (as applicable). 
• High people skills – good at gathering people and recruiting. 
• As a young church, this position will include building and training a team, provide oversight to the formation of many of the systems needed to run these ministries on an ongoing basis. 
• Candidates need to be self-initiating, entrepreneurial, and have administrative abilities. 
• This role is for a strong leader of leaders with administrative gifts. 

Next Steps: 
Next Steps refers to the ministry that oversees assimilating people from first time guest to members and into community at Gateway. Growth Track is the first step for every person and upon completion of Growth Track our hope is that people will connect to the life of the church through our Build Team and Groups. 

Growth Track: 

• Overall leadership of Growth Track and our new member Assimilation. 
• Leading volunteers who will run weekly Growth Track.
• Oversee Administrative processes to be sure people are taking their next step here at Gateway. This includes working alongside the Groups Pastor to make sure people find community.
• Plan, organize and oversee the weekly Growth Track. 

Build Team:

• Overall Leadership of the Build Team.
• Manage the onboarding of all volunteers onto the Build Team.
• Help make sure people are on the right team and assist if they choose to switch to a different team. 
• Administrate Planning Center Services for all scheduling of Build Team on a regular basis in conjunction with staff and Build Team Coaches.
• Plan gatherings for all Build Team with vision given from the Lead Team. 

Planning Center & Communication:

• Oversee all processes in Planning Center Online as it relates to all aspects of Next Steps and Care.  
• Oversee workflows for onboarding for all of the Build Team.
• Ensure all internal communication (email, texting, and PCO communication) happens on a weekly basis in conjunction with the overall external communications strategy. 

Pastor Responsibilities: 

• Weekly oversight with Oversight 
• Provide Pastoral Care to members of Gateway Church when necessary. This includes Biblical Counseling, hospital visits, weddings, funerals, and other basic pastoral duties.
• Active leadership during weekend services. 

Expected Meetings to Attend: 

• Weekly Oversight
• All Staff 
• Department Meetings 
   

The DNA of a Gateway Leader

At Gateway, we seek to build and nurture a culture for our organization that produces and protects a God-honoring atmosphere. We lay the foundation for this by personally living out Gateway’s values and instilling them in all who work alongside us on our staff. Our values can be described by three words: spiritual, professional, and relational. By upholding these values and our social covenant, we can better serve the Kingdom through our vision, mission, and purpose. We pursue growth in all areas through oversight, consistent and honest feedback, evaluation, and communication. We seek to create an environment that consistently grows servant leaders in every area. 
 

Spiritual 
Being spiritual is having God-centered influence grounded in scriptural truth and empowered by the Holy Spirit. We value being teachable and humble, fostering a culture of kindness, trust, loyalty, and honor. We are also servant-hearted as we focus on building the kingdom and being full of faith to hear, believe, and obey God.

Professional
Being professional is producing high-quality work in a productive manner while operating in a culture of excellence, not perfectionism, to support Gateway’s mission. We steward Gateway’s vision and purpose while upholding high leadership standards regardless of position and lead with love, remaining above reproach in our conduct.

Relational
Being relational is valuing relationships over results. We show integrity by being humble, honest, trustworthy, and accountable to one another and the Lord. We are unified in supporting the needs of our organization—collaborating together, being approachable in every situation, and having fun along the way! We are also compassionate—always extending mercy and grace balanced with truth. 

Skills & Qualifications:

• Proficient written and verbal communication skills
• Strong time-management skills and multitasking ability
• Proficient in Microsoft Office, with an aptitude to learn new software and systems
• Ability to have positive and negative conversations with leaders, staff, and parents
• Have a heart for excellence
• Team building and leadership skills
• Must be detail oriented
• Operational management
• Ability to multi-task
• Solution oriented
• Strategic thinking
• Conflict resolution
• Being willing to check in with your leaders to ensure you have their heart in major decision making
• Adaptability
• Positive attitude in approach to problem solving

General Physical Requirements:

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of the job. While performing the duties of this Job, the employee is regularly required to:

• Sit/stand for long periods of time
• Occasionally kneel, or crouch
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs. and occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

*This description is not all-inclusive, and other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Gateway Church does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law as it applies to churches. However, Gateway Church does discriminate on the basis of religion.

Employment Requirement: All Staff must be a member or become a member of Gateway Church upon employment.

 

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