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TEGUCIGALPA, HONDURAS

Job Title: Leadership Trainer/Bible Educator (Career/AIM)
Responsible to: Honduras Team Leader
Responsible for:

Providing spiritual and leadership training for Honduran pastors and lay-leaders, teaching them to study the Word, apply the Word to their lives and to teach others to do the same.
Description:

The purpose of this position is to take responsibility for training spiritual leaders in Honduras to improve their abilities to perform their leadership responsibilities within our church plants.

Specifically, we are looking for someone who has the gift of teaching and talents relating to Bible education and discipleship, particularly at leadership levels. This ministry would focus on assisting the leaders in our church plants here in Honduras grow in their own walk with Christ and disciple others to do the same. Our focus is on launching a church planting movement, so all of our missionaries will participate in activities that relate to that focus. We realize that this summary of responsibilities is based upon our finite knowledge of what God is asking us to do here, and as He reveals His plan for us, we intend to adjust the responsibilities of each team member in order to most efficiently and effectively accomplish His will for us. Our desire is that each team member would serve predominantly within his or her particular areas of giftedness, passion, expertise and experience.

The responsibilities summarized here relate to ministry activities. Of far greater importance will be the individual's responsibility to maintain their spiritual, emotional and physical health, so that they will be able to serve with joy and at a pace that encourages endurance. To that end, it is expected that our missionaries balance their activities appropriately and take reasonable steps to ensure a growing, personal relationship with the Lord and to provide for the necessary spiritual and emotional needs of their family who serve with them on the field.

Prerequisites:

The candidate should have the appropriate gifts, talents, education and experience in leadership training, Bible education and discipleship, with a heart for seeing people mature in Christ. Masters-level training in biblical or theological studies is preferred, as is a vision for establishing some sort of formal Bible institute if a similar resource is not available. The person should have proven experience in serving cross-culturally, a loving heart, good interpersonal and communication skills, flexibility, sensitivity to the poor, a learner mentality, good team skills and a sense of joy in ministry. A good grasp of the Spanish language is important, and language training will be provided to bring the person to an appropriate level of proficiency.

One or our continuing goals is to turn responsibility for the ministry over to the Honduran people. To that end, the missionary should take every opportunity to teach, equip, mentor and empower Hondurans as appropriate.

The person filling this position must meet biblical requirements for church leadership relating to the position, must be mature in Christ and growing, with a strong commitment to prayer, personal devotional activities, worship and Bible study.

VALENCIA, VENEZUELA

Job Title: Theological Educator (Career)
Responsible to: The Director of Seminario Evangelico Asociado (SEA) and the EFCM Area Director
Responsible for:

Theological instruction in an area of expertise on campus in El Limon and in the different extension sites associated with SEA.
Description:

The Seminario Evangelico Associado (SEA) is the theological education institution for the EFC of Venezuela (ADIEL). In 1999 it reopened its doors completely under the guidance and administration of the EFC of Venezuela. It exists to serve the national Evangelical community, regardless of denominational distinctives. The courses of study are based on the analysis and comprehension of the Scriptures as well as the analysis and comprehension of our contemporary society and mankind to whom the church must reach out with the message of the Gospel. Through the educational process, the SEA is seeking to relate biblical and theological understanding with the ministerial responsibilities of the church so that these might adequately respond to our needs within the context of the local church.

The SEA is currently requesting four (4) full-time professors:

  1. Old Testament
  2. New Testament
  3. History
  4. Pastoral Psychology

These professors would be asked to teach at the advanced (Bachelors) and intermediate (Associate in Arts) levels. They will be involved in curriculum development, producing modular courses and the student manuals associated with the courses they teach. Besides teaching on campus in El Limon they would travel to extension sites in Venezuela.

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LIMA, PERU

Job Title: Church Planter
Responsible to: Team leader
Responsible for:

Working with the National Church to help launch a church planting movement of missions-minded reproducing churches. Within this vision the church planter will work with a team of nationals to plant a church that is faithful to the great commission.

Description:

A planter would need to begin a church in a spiritually needy area of the city. An area would be jointly targeted with National Church leadership and the project would be developed in conjunction with this national leadership.

The purpose statement of the EFCM in Peru is: To glorify God by launching a vibrant Peruvian church planting movement with an international vision through starting new churches and strengthening existing ones so that they become mature reproducing churches.

As a result, the planter must be able to work alongside of Peruvians and should employ strategies that can be used by the national church, thus enhancing the possibility of multiplying churches that are Peruvian.

A planter would work alongside of a Peruvian church planter and hopefully with a core group of believers from existing Free Churches. It would be hoped that the Peruvian would be leader of the project from the very beginning and that the missionary planter would serve as mentor in the planting of the church.

Prerequisites:

In order to accomplish this difficult task it is vital to have had church planting or pastoral experience. It obviously would be helpful to have had experience in a cross-cultural setting as well. A good grasp of Spanish is essential and language training is provided before coming to the field. The missionary must have strong gifts in the area of interpersonal relationships with an emphasis on personal evangelism. An M.Div. is very helpful but not an absolute need. Prior Ministry experience is essential.

LIMA, PERU

Job Title: Theological Educator
Responsible to: Team leader
Description:

We are looking for a Career missionary with at least an MDiv to be involved in theological education and mentoring. This will involve preparing courses for our local churches, teaching in our Bible Institute, and mentoring church leaders.

Prerequisites:

Prior experience in ministry is important and knowledge of Spanish a must (This can be obtained through language school prior to coming to the field and tutoring on the field.

LIMA, PERU

Job Title: Coordinator of Short Term Teams
Responsible to: Team leader
Description:

Someone to serve as the liaison and administrator for all the short-term teams we receive each year. This will involve communicating with the US church, the Peruvian church, and the mission. It will involve planning budgets, administrating all the details, etc. Can be short-term or Career.

Prerequisites:

Good relational skills are essential, adequate knowledge of Spanish is essential.

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL

Job Title: Leadership Training and Theological Education (Career)
Responsible to: ReachGlobal Team Leader, the board of directors of the EFC Brazil Leadership Training Program (SETIEL) and the Brazilian EFC.
Responsible for:

Teaching, writing curriculum and helping coordinate the Leadership Training Program of the EFC Brazil.

Description:

The Leadership Training Program of the EFC Brazil is a local church based program which functions in 3 levels:

  1. The Beginning Level Course is designed for anyone in the church with a desire to understand the basics of Christianity and is designed to equip them to minister at the most basic levels of local church ministry (Sunday School teachers, worship team members, social ministries, deacons) The course involves eight 30 hour courses taught out of manuals by the local church Pastors. Courses include Spiritual Gifts, Bibliology, Ecclesiology, Evangelism, The Life of Jesus in the Gospel of John. There are at present approximately 200 students enrolled in these courses throughout the denomination.

  2. The Intermediate level is designed to train cell-group leaders. It includes courses like apologetics, counseling, Bible customs and geography, Hermeneutics, Introduction to Missions, and The Christian Home. There are another 120 or so students in this level.

  3. The Advanced level will have the bulk of the course work. It includes Church History, Homiletics, Theology, Philosophy, Greek, Hebrew, Exegesis classes and a lot of practical course work. The first advanced level class had 30 students present. There is very much work to be done in the advanced level, which will qualify students for an accredited Bachelor Degree.

The Brazil field needs theological educators who can write courses, teach block courses, mentor Pastors in local church based training, and help coordinate the training program.

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