Prayer Ministry Director

• Encourage model and promote a culture of prayer among faculty staff and students.
• Work with Dean of Spiritual Life to develop and implement strategies to engage the campus community in personal and corporate prayer.
• Provide consistent prayer support and ministerial presence for the campus community spiritual development events and University prayer initiatives.
• Develop and mentor student groups that desire to regularly engage in prayer.
• Partner with staff and faculty to lead a prayer ministry team. This group would regularly meet to pray for the needs of ETBU.
• Cultivate a prayer-needs list for alumni students faculty staff supporters and Trustees and pray continually for them.
• Develop a communication strategy for engaging and encouraging alumni students faculty staff supporters and Trustees.
• Work with the Dean of Spiritual Life and the Office of the President to coordinate ministerial care for members of the ETBU community. These responsibilities may include conducting and coordinating ministerial visits in homes hospitals or at funerals.

• Oversee maintain and periodically refresh the Universitys designated prayer spaces to ensure they remain welcoming and conducive for prayer.
• Coordinate spiritual development resources and prayer guides for prayer spaces.

• Plan organize and lead campus prayer events such as prayer walks prayer gatherings and seasonal prayer emphases.
• Collaborate with campus ministries and departments for special prayer activities.
• Integrate prayer into major University events.
• Develop prayer guides and discipleship resources for use throughout the year.
• Assist Tiger Athletics and coaching staff in support of team devotional programming.
• Lead discipleship studies on prayer and Bible studies for staff and faculty.

• Coordinate and lead prayer retreats and events for students faculty and staff and Trustees.
• Assist with the planning and execution of Spiritual Life programming spiritual formation opportunities and ministry training related to prayer.

• Provide ministerial care to students faculty and staff experiencing grief hardship personal crisis or illness.
• Work alongside the Office of Spiritual Life and the Office of the President to offer bereavement and ministerial care through outreach visits and correspondence.
• Develop grief-support resources and coordinate prayer support teams when appropriate.

• Support faculty and staff by offering prayer-related workshops mentoring and spiritual encouragement.
• Partner with departments to integrate prayer in employee orientations professional development trainings and staff meetings.
• Develop and train student prayer ministry leadership team to lead prayer gatherings and intercessory prayer.

• Coordinate communication related to prayer initiatives including digital resources campus announcements and prayer prompts.
• Manage departmental budget for office supplies prayer room presentation prayer events prayer resources retreat activities and hospital and bereavement visits/gifts.

• The Prayer Ministry Director must be a professing Christian believer with a demonstrated personal relationship with Jesus Christ. Employee must be a model of Christ-like character servant leadership integrity ethics and biblical/moral truths. Employee must support ETBUs distinct Christ-centered educational mission and share the institutional commitment to the integration of biblical faith and academic learning. Employee shall possess a commitment to Christ-centered faith-integrated service and devotion to students intellectual enlightenment spiritual formation servant leadership development and career preparation.
• The Director shall be cognizant and committed to the values traditions and history of Baptists. Employee agrees that he or she is an active member of a local Baptist church or Christian denominational church and regularly attends church. Further as a servant leader and role model for the students of ETBU employee is required to participate in the life of the University via institutional meetings Chapel services prayer emphases discipleship programming committee participation local community ministry/service and campus activities and events.
• The Director provides active support of the spiritual intellectual and educational ideals values activities and objectives of East Texas Baptist University; and conforms to Christian standards of faith and service.
• Bachelors degree required; Masters degree in a ministry related field is preferred.
• Training experience or education in spiritual formation prayer ministry chaplaincy pastoral care biblical studies or a related ministry field.
• Strong interpersonal and communication skills including the ability to connect with individuals across generations
• Ability to plan events lead teams and oversee multiple projects simultaneously.
• Compassionate servant-hearted demeanor with ministerial experiences in providing support to grief trauma and spiritual needs.

• Reports to the Dean of Spiritual Life with some duties assigned by the President.
• Collaborates with Spiritual Life the Office of the President Prayer Ministry Team and other departments.
• Provides mentorship to student ministry leaders and support to prayer teams.

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