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OVERSEER/BISHOP

Soul Care by Overseer/Bishop
Worship by Overseer/Bishop
Ministry Stewardship (Management) by Overseer/Bishop

Soul Care by Overseer/Bishop

 

Community Engagement (description)

For the purpose of assessing and meeting the needs of community members and families, community engagement requires: 

  • Advising community leaders

  • Intentional integration into unique cultural groups and organizational cultures in the community

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Supporting Competencies

  • Relationship building

  • Verbal communication

  • Approachability

  • Scheduling

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Expectation is for the Overseer/Bishop to model/guide/teach in the following activities:

  • Interprets and implements the Christian mission and Pure Heart vision

  • Provides in-depth consultation in the areas of complex training goals for a needs assessment

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Intercession (description)

Intercession provides confidential care to individuals in crisis, such as:

  • Suicide intervention/aftermath

  • traumatic stress response

  • death and grief counseling

  • solution focused counseling

  • natural disaster

  • care for wounded, sick, or dying

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Supporting Competencies

  • Listening

  • Managing difficult conversation

  • Empathy

  • Resilience

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Expectation is for the Overseer/Bishop to model/guide/teach in the following activities:

  • Develops and provides training for teams with realistic scenarios in preparation for a response in a global, national, local community crisis, and/or Christian crisis

  • Coordinates Overseers' response to meet the needs of a local group and/or organization following a traumatic event (i.e. suicide, death)

Worship by Overseer/Bishop

 

Worship Accommodation (description)

Worship accommodation for free exercise of Christian faith for all believers and their families requires:

  • Assessing 

  • Facilitating

  • Advocating 

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Supporting Competencies

  • Christian worship needs awareness

  • Information seeking

  • Service mindset

  • Planning

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Expectation is for the Overseer/Bishop to demonstrate depth of knowledge as a credible resource in all of the following activities:

  • Develops policies and guidance for worship accommodations

  • Validates worship accommodation requests

Ministry Stewardship (Management) by Overseer/Bishop

 

Resource Stewardship (description)

Resource stewardship is the proper management of the ministry resources entrusted to the faith community for specified ministry efforts. Financial resources come from regular giving such as tithes and offerings, and appropriated giving (i.e. building fund), and other contributions from the faith community. Responsibilities of Christian stewardship in order to directly or indirectly support ministry include:

  • Funds management (funds requests, expense tracking, and unfunded requests) 

  • Making appropriate purchases

  • Contracting

  • Manpower

  • facilities

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Supporting Competencies

  • Resource stewardship (management)

  • Negotiation

  • Decision making

  • Accountability

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Expectation is for the Overseer/Bishop to innovate and formulate strategies; model/guide/teach in the following activities:

  • Advises governmental-level ministry leadership on processes and changes 

  • Creates policies and/or establishes guidance for budget/purchasing processes and facility utilization

  • Manages financial working groups

  • Advocates for resources (i.e. funds, manning)

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Ministry Member Stewardship (description)

Ministry Member stewardship is the proper oversight of the community of ministry members. The body of Christ is responsible for taking care of itself as each member does his or her part regarding the growth and development of individual Christians and of the Christian community. Ministry member stewardship requires active participation in organizing, training, developing, and evaluating Christians in the positions of, or aspiring to positions of:

  • Overseer/Bishop

  • Deacon

  • Ministry Leader

  • Ministry Member

  • Ministry Partner (external resource personnel)

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Supporting Competencies

  • Develops people

  • Performance management

  • Team building

  • Mentoring

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Expectation is for the Overseer/Bishop scope is at the strategic ministry level in the following activities:

  • Applies Christian doctrine to advise senior leaders how to employ ministry members to meet strategic ministry requirements

  • Advises senior ministry leaders on ministry member stewardship and provides recommendations for processes and improvements

RESPONSIBILITIES FOR

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Ministry Members​

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Ministry Leaders

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Deacons

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Overseers/Bishops

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