Job Description

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Are you passionate about fostering lasting connections with donors and church partners? Samaritans Purse is seeking a dedicated Regional Director of Church Engagement to spearhead our mission in the Midwest and Northeastern United States. Based at our Midwest Ministry Center in Aurora, Illinois, this role is pivotal in nurturing meaningful partnerships with churches, amplifying our shared vision, and securing vital support for Samaritans Purse programs. If you are looking to use your talents to help share the Gospel around the world, apply today!

A day in the life of a Regional Director, Church Engagement:

At Samaritans Purse, the Gospel really is the center of all we do! We start each day with a time of devotions and spend time praying for each other, our staff and volunteers who serve around the globe.

In the role of Regional Director, Church Engagement you will have the opportunity to:

• Maintain your personal relationship with Jesus Christ and be an effective witness for Him
• Serve and care for for Key Church Partners by providing timely and personal acknowledgment of all significant giving, and give personalized reports showing the impact of their key partnership giving and why it matters
• Minister to key churches by connecting on a spiritual level; encouraging their walk with the Lord, praying with and for them, and incorporating principles of Biblical stewardship
• Personally represent the ministry to current and prospective key church partners
• Communicate the mission, scope, and program strategies of Samaritans Purse, plus the impact of all areas of ministry throughout the world
• Promote what is being accomplished as a testimony to Gods provision
• Find and connect with the right key churches by discovering who they are and what they care about
• Maintain, grow, and develop current key church partners as well as foster new strategic church and denominational partnerships that increase project awareness and participation
• Invite key church partners into deep and meaningful partnership opportunities that align their ministry passions with the mission and programs of Samaritans Purse
• Seek opportunities for partnerships that utilize key churches influence, time, and talent
• All other duties as assigned

Learn more about serving with Samaritans Purse .

Qualifications & Experience:

• Master's degree (M.A.) or equivalent; and four (4) to ten (10) years related experience and/or training; or equivalent combination of education and experience. A degree focused on Christian ministry preparation is strongly preferred
• Extensive experience in vocational Christian ministry
• Must be a proven self-starter with successful track record of developing relationships with high capacity partners, and possess refined development and communications skills
• 12 credit hours of college-level Biblical Studies (required); if not already completed, opportunity to meet and complete the requirement is available upon hire

Job Location: Aurora, Illinois

Type: Full-time

Language Requirement: Fluency in English (required)

Travel Expectations: 20-30 days/annually

Benefits:

• On-site Medical Clinic (staff and dependents)
• Medical, prescription, dental & vision insurance
• Flexible Spending Account (FSA)
• Long-term and Short-term disability insurance
• Paid Family Medical Leave
• Term Life Insurance
• 401(k) retirement savings plan
• 10 paid holidays
• 12 vacation/personal days
• 10 sick days

Samaritan's Purse Mission Statement:

Samaritan's Purse is a nondenominational evangelical Christian organization providing spiritual and physical aid to hurting people around the world. Since 1970, Samaritan's Purse has helped meet needs of people who are victims of war, poverty, natural disasters, disease, and famine with the purpose of sharing God's love through His Son, Jesus Christ. The organization serves the Church worldwide to promote the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ.

Samaritan's Purse Statement of Faith:

* We believe the Bible to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God. (1 Thessalonians 2:13; 2 Timothy 3:15-17)

* We believe that there is one God, eternally existent in three persons: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. (Matthew 28:19; John 10:30; Ephesians 4:4-6)

* We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, in His virgin birth, in His sinless life, in His miracles, in His vicarious and atoning death through His shed blood on the cross, in His bodily resurrection, in His ascension to the right hand of the Father, and in His personal return in power and glory. (Matthew 1:23; John 1:1-4 and 1:29; Acts 1:11 and 2:22-24; Romans 8:34; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4; 2 Corinthians 5:21; Philippians 2:5-11; Hebrews 1:1-4 and 4:15)

* We believe that all men everywhere are lost and face the judgment of God, that Jesus Christ is the only way of salvation, and that for the salvation of lost and sinful man, repentance of sin and faith in Jesus Christ results in regeneration by the Holy Spirit. (Luke 24:46-47; John 14:6; Acts 4:12; Romans 3:23; 2 Corinthians 5:10-11; Ephesians 1:7 and 2:8-9; Titus 3:4-7)

* We believe in the present ministry of the Holy Spirit, whose indwelling enables the Christian to live a godly life. (John 3:5-8; Acts 1:8 and 4:31; Romans 8:9; 1 Corinthians 2:14; Galatians 5:16-18; Ephesians 6:12; Colossians 2:6-10)

* We believe in the resurrection of both the saved and the lost; the saved unto the resurrection of eternal life and the lost unto the resurrection of damnation and eternal punishment. (1 Corinthians 15:51-57; Revelation 20:11-15)

* We believe in the spiritual unity of believers in the Lord Jesus Christ and that all true believers are members of His body, the church. (1 Corinthians 12:12, 27; Ephesians 1:22-23)

* We believe that the ministry of evangelism and discipleship is a responsibility of all followers of Jesus Christ. (Matthew 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe Gods plan for human sexuality is to be expressed only within the context of marriage, that God created man and woman as unique biological persons made to complete each other. God instituted monogamous marriage between male and female as the foundation of the family and the basic structure of human society. For this reason, we believe that marriage is exclusively the union of one genetic male and one genetic female. (Genesis 2:24; Matthew 19:5-6; Mark 10:6-9; Romans 1:26-27; 1 Corinthians 6:9)

* We believe that we must dedicate ourselves to prayer, to the service of our Lord, to His authority over our lives, and to the ministry of evangelism. (Matthew 9:35-38; 22:37-39, and 28:18-20; Acts 1:8; Romans 10:9-15 and 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10; Colossians 2:6-10; 1 Peter 3:15)

* We believe that human life is sacred from conception to its natural end; and that we must have concern for the physical and spiritual needs of our fellowmen. (Psalm 139:13; Isaiah 49:1; Jeremiah 1:5; Matthew 22:37-39; Romans 12:20-21; Galatians 6:10)