Discipleship Minister

Job Title:

Discipleship Minister Job Purpose:

To champion the Make Disciples piece of First McKinney s discipleship pathway by equipping believers to enter into intentional relationships that help others live and love like Jesus. This role ensures that disciple-making is not just an idea, but a lived practice across our church. Disciple-Making at

First McKinney:

A disciple-maker enters into intentional relationships to help someone live and love like Jesus.

This involves:

Relationships

• Does the disciple I m making know I love them? Rhythms
• Does the disciple I m making live and love like Jesus? Replication
• Can the disciple I m making help others do the same?

Responsibility #1: Own and Support the Entire Discipleship Pathway Understand the full Great Commission (evangelism AND discipleship) and lead our people to pursue it in its fullness. Hold to the idea that evangelism is the first step in making a disciple and help equip our people in this area of the following of Jesus. Be someone who also spurs our people to worship God, live in community, and serve others. Responsibility #2: Own and Advance the Make Disciples Piece of our Pathway Champion a culture of intentional, relational, and reproducible disciple-making throughout every ministry area. Clearly define and communicate the vision of a disciple-maker using our language and framework. Responsibility #3: Champion and Develop the D-Group Ministry Serve as the primary advocate for D-Groups as First McKinney s model for reproducible disciple-making. Recruit and onboard new D-Group leaders, providing clear expectations, vision, relational support, and tools. Train all D-Group leaders using a consistent framework that might include such elements as: SOS Bible Study Method Three Thirds Meeting Format Three Circles Gospel Tool Integration with church-wide Bible reading plan and mission opportunities Create and maintain D-Group leader resources, including printable guides, coaching tools, Bible reading plans, monthly emails, Disciple-Making pages of the website, and online access to materials. Define and implement tracking metrics to monitor D-Group health, multiplication, and discipleship outcomes (e.g., active groups, leaders trained, replication rate, mission engagement). Develop a D-Group coaching structure that utilizes experienced leaders to care for and multiply others. Host periodic D-Group events, such as a Discipleship Summit, vision nights, or training intensives to catalyze church-wide movement and community. Share stories of discipleship impact for churchwide promotion. Responsibility #4: Support Post-Decision & Spiritual Next Steps Collaborate with Worship, Groups, and Connections to ensure smooth follow-up for salvations, baptisms, and spiritual interest. Provide next-step options that naturally guide people toward relationships and spiritual rhythms-especially D-Groups or mentoring. Responsibility #5: Lead Equipping for Disciple-Makers Create short-term classes, intensives, and tools that teach people how to disciple others. Emphasize evangelism, spiritual discipline, leadership development, and multiplication. Train and release leaders who are confident and competent to replicate their faith. Responsibility #6: Oversee Residency/Summer Intern Ministry Help recruit high-capacity future ministry leaders. Develop an intentional plan to pour into the residents/summer interns

• both spiritually and real-world ministry skills/experiences.

Collaboration Expectations:

Worship Pastor:

Ensure clear and compelling post-decision follow-up systems are in place.

Groups Minister:

Offer next-step options for Life Group members ready for deeper discipleship or to begin disciplining others.

Missions Minister:

Integrate disciple-making with evangelism and missional living.

Next Gen Teams:

Build bridges for students and young adult transitions into adult discipleship environments.

Communications Team:

Ensure visibility and clarity around our disciple-making vision, language, and opportunities.

Success Looks Like:

More people define themselves as disciple-makers and actively living it out. D-Groups and mentoring relationships are healthy, multiplying, and aligned with our language. Clear stories and metrics of transformation are regularly shared and celebrated. Equipping environments are engaging, practical, and building replication capacity. A culture of Relationships, Rhythms, and Replication is embedded across ministries.

Qualifications:

Understand and embrace our mission, strategy, values, and objectives. Display a vibrant pursuit and relationship with Jesus Christ. Must agree and adhere to Statement of Core Beliefs & First McKinney Core Values. A spiritually mature, reproducible disciple-maker with a passion for developing others. Strategic, systems-minded, and energized by launching and multiplying environments. A relational leader who thrives in coaching, encouraging, and challenging others. Fully aligned with First McKinney s theological convictions, mission, and discipleship vision/language.