Pastoral Discipleship Manager

Pastoral Discipleship Manager - Honduras

World Gospel Outreach, Inc. (WGO), is a protestant, non-denominational, evangelical church ministry that was founded in 1984 and now has ministry operations in both Honduras and Belize.  Our Vision Statement is “Impacting the faith of Christ followers through serving and evangelizing children and the poor.”  This vision is based on the biblical mandates to care for the poor, widows and orphans; to be fishers of men and to share the gospel of Jesus Christ with the lost and to be accountable before God for how we meet the needs of others.  We accomplish this through lifeline ministry outreaches, serve teams, Children’s Ministry and the knowledge that the North American believer will be impacted.

As we begin to open up more opportunities in each country post pandemic, we are searching for the right candidate to fill our Mission House Pastoral Discipleship Manager position located near Tegucigalpa Honduras.  The job duties of the MH Pastoral Discipleship Manager include but are not limited to the following: This is a leadership position that partners with local churches to collaborate with the Pastor or leaders in the area of Discipleship. In the spirit of Ephesians 4, they will assist to equip and empower respective ministry leaders and collaboratively discern, articulate, and implement vision and strategy for congregational discipleship and missional engagement for outreach, pastoral care and serve team engagement. The models and emphases of permission-giving leadership, volunteer development, influential multiplication, and leader/team empowerment are critical practices of premium leadership for this position.  

Requirements:  

• Fundraising position for full time missionary role to serve for a 2-4 year time commitment or longer.

• Serve and support the Honduran staff and other US missionaries in whatever capacity is needed above and beyond the position requirements.

• Humility, flexibility, team player attitude and not having a personal agenda are key to having an effective ministry.  As North Americans, we are serving those in the host and must endeavor to develop a sensitivity to and an understanding of the culture in which we are living and working.

• Be comfortable with a flexible work schedule as needed.

• This person needs to thoroughly understand the vision and core values of WGO (Excellence with Integrity, Authentic Christ-Centered Community, Strategic Discipleship, and Empowering Not Enabling) and be able to cast that vision to peers and visiting teams.

Qualifications:

• U.S. Citizenship.

• Bachelor’s degree in Ministry, Spiritual Discipleship or related field.  2-4 years experience in pastoral care, ministry or evangelism is preferred.

• Functionally bi-lingual in English and Spanish preferred.

• Good leadership skills.

• Strong discipleship skills and outreach experience

• Successful and effective training capacity.

• Promote teamwork and accountability.

• Great interpersonal and relationship skills.

• Ability to provide clear and concise written and verbal communication to all levels of the organization.

• Ability to plan ahead and make decisions as needed.

• Have or develop a broad understanding of the area in which you live and develop and utilize knowledge of Honduran culture.

• Microsoft computer experience preferred.

Christian Life:
World Gospel Outreach is a Christian organization and it is necessary that missionary employees, staff and missionary volunteers possess and maintain a lifestyle that is above reproach. Missionary employees and volunteers are encouraged to participate in staff events including prayer times and staff meetings and lunches.

All World Gospel Outreach (WGO) missionary employees, staff and missionary volunteers must unreservedly:

1. Be a current active member of a Bible believing church that aligns doctrinally with World Gospel Outreach, Inc.
2. Be able to fully support World Gospel Outreach’s mission, vision, core values, statement of faith and ministry philosophy.  Beliefs — World Gospel Outreach (wgoreach.org)
3. Be willing and able to follow all policies and procedures set forth in World Gospel Outreach’s Policy & Procedure Manual and Missionary Orientation Guide.

Join our ministry in this rewarding missionary role.  Click here to express interest:  Missionary PreApplication — World Gospel Outreach (wgoreach.org).