Minister of Missions Park Street Church Jesus

Park Street Church (“PSC”), founded in 1809, is a historic, evangelical, congregational church in downtown Boston with a rich history of global mission. We are a diverse community of people whose mission is to make disciples of Jesus who become like him together. We believe and are united by the good news that Jesus is Lord. Our common life together is fueled by the joy that God has been so good to sinful and broken people like us, bringing us forgiveness, healing, and salvation—new life!

Our response to God’s gift is to follow Jesus on the way of the cross, the way of love. This means that our life together—embodied in seven regions—consists of growing in loving God, loving one another, and loving our neighbors. Regions meet for Sunday School on Sunday mornings to feed upon the word of God and to deepen relationships. We are committed to life-giving biblical proclamation, to transformative relationships with one another across the diverse generations and ethnicities that are found in our community, and to faithful worship of the triune God.

Our mission and life are shaped by our location in the heart of the city of Boston and by a longtime passion for mission across the world. Our staff are committed to serving one another as we serve Christ and to growing to greater maturity and health in Jesus. We meet weekly for staff chapel, a time of prayer and engagement in the Scripture.

In our teammates we value godliness, collaboration, excellence, courage, and a commitment to healthy relationships.

The Minister of Missions serves alongside our Senior Minister and other ministers in carrying out the full range of pastoral responsibilities in the life of our community, seeking to equip the people of our congregation for work of ministry (Ephesians 4.12) and to “spend and be spent” for their souls (2 Corinthians 12.15). Every minister’s primary aim is to labor to “present everyone mature in Christ” (Colossians 1.28) and to do this through a faithful, stable, loving, Christ-like presence and ministry in our community.

As ministers, we are generalists before we are specialists.

Note, we are open to considering candidates with substantial experience in missions who do not have ministerial training or pastoral experience. In this case, the candidate would be considered as a Director of Missions and the general pastoral duties would not apply.

• Participate in various elements of corporate worship on Sundays.
• Share in the development of vision and ministry direction as a member of the Ministry Leadership Team.
• Be regularly present on Sundays and throughout the week to welcome newcomers, including participation in and leadership of Newcomers’ Lunches and regular meetings with newcomers.
• Be assigned to 1-2 regions for the purpose of shepherding.
• Teach in New Members’ classes and Sunday School classes.
• Serve on rotation as the minister on call.
• Offer pastoral counseling and do visitations, weddings, funerals, and other ministerial tasks as needed.
• Assist in other ways as needed in the overall shepherding of the church.

• Equip the members of Park Street to engage wholeheartedly in the mission of God.
• Operate and execute the missions program, including both our global missions and City Engagement (local missions) programs. This includes overseeing the budget and encouraging generous giving to missions.
• Lead the process of updating our mission’s policies for the next era of missions s includes evaluating our full-support missionary policy and categories for partner missionaries, mid-term missionaries, short-term missions, and mission partnerships.
• Serve as the staff liaison to the Missions Committee and work closely with the Chair of the Missions Committee to ensure the committee operates in healthy and effective manner.
• Serve missionaries who are in the field, ensuring that they are shepherded well and have a strong connection with PSC. This includes being PSC’s primary contact with the sending organizations of our missionaries.
• Identify and work with members of the congregation who are contemplating missionary service and those who have been accepted as…