Regional Missionary

FULL-TIME LEADERSHIP ROLE

The full-time position of Regional Field Missionary is part of our national ministry movement to enroll thousands of churches and engage tens of thousands of men in an intentional mentoring relationship over the next 10 years. Specifically, the Regional Missionary is responsible for equipping churches in their area by educating about the epidemic of fatherlessness, forging meaningful relationships and being an advocate for the fatherless in his region’s communities.

ESSENTIAL WORK FUNCTIONS

This missionary position requires a uniquely gifted and dynamic individual – one who has character, confidence, charisma, leadership skills, and high energy to inspire individuals to come alongside him as Missionary Financial Supporters, Pastors, Church Champions, and Mentor Fathers. His personal interests should include the outdoors and he must have a passionate heart for “standing up for” the fatherless. (Isaiah 1:17) (Jeremiah 5:28)

MAJOR RESPONSIBILITIES

Market Research

Conduct a thorough review of the local church community and its various ministries in your area. Identify the churches that are ready to engage immediately with our ministry and others worth pursuing right away for near-term engagement.

Connect with Key Leaders in Churches

Identify and recruit leaders within individual churches whom you can obtain a commitment to become the local Church Champion, a Mentor Father, prayer partner or supporting member of the ministry within their church.

Recruit Churches

Proactively connect with and engage church leaders and pastors regarding the Biblical mandate to directly engage the fatherless – not just in far off lands – but also be hands on with a local mercy ministry in their community.

Secure and Sustain Donors

Secure adequate funding status through effective missionary support / donor relationships and Church Mission Committees. Manage the budget with wise stewardship and prayerful decisions to support your minsitry.

Communicate, Exhort, Encourage, and Persuade

Effectively present and coach leaders in how to implement and successfully execute the 3-year mentoring ministry within their church and community. Passionately present and expose the devastating effects of Fatherlessness to the Church, Men’s groups, civic groups, supporter, etc. using the various videos and other written communication tools provided.

Build and Maintain a Meaningful Network

Continue to build meaningful relationships with churches, and provide ongoing information, assistance and support as they implement the mentoring ministry. Serve as an engaging role model and reliable, capable resource.

Measure Faithfulness in your Going

Be accountable for excellence on behalf of our Lord and King in your Calling. Be disciplined in implementing plans to reach the biblical church to the call to “defend the cause of the fatherless and widows of our time”. Be a humble learner and a bold Advocate for those left behind to fend for themselves as you sacrifice on and for their behalf.

Collaborate and Contribute

Build and maintain transparent, collaborative, and effective working relationships within their area and with the leadership and other team members of the Fathers in the Field Ministry helping you in your ministry calling.

WORKING CONDITIONS

Regional Field Missionaries work remotely from their home or office as an independent contractor. The RFM will devote full-time, including some weeknights and weekends, based on the availability of the pastors and leaders served. The Regional Field Missionary must be willing to travel within the Missionary’s assigned area and nationally at least one time each year.  

DUAL SCOPE FOCUS

In this full-time role, 50% of the Regional Field Missionary’s time is applied to activities that directly engage churches and men in Fathers in the Field’s ministry scope.

The other 50% of his time is invested raising and sustaining missionary financial support both for himself and to contribute to the ministry’s expansion. We call this unique and effective ministry funding approach Momentum Mobilization.  This innovative model provides a tremendous opportunity for new Field Regional Field Missionaries to simultaneously build their ministry church network and supporting donor network in their early season of service. As they do, they have the privilege to impact the ministry’s long-term success by generating additional support that allows us to bring new Missionaries to the fields of the fatherless, expand the ministry’s reach, and accelerate the impact of our national vision – all to empower more churches, become a blessing to more broken families, and rescue more fatherless boys.

Fathers in the Field is very unique in this regard. For the men who have been called to this life-changing opportunity, we have faithfully raised donor support for your engagement in advance to help start you ministry. And you get to pay forward this blessing by connecting with new supporters to do the same for our next Regional Field Missionary in their service to the Kingdom. That’s how serious we and our family of God’s Givers are about solving the problem of fatherlessness in America!

COMPENSATION AND BENEFITS

The Regional Field Missionary receives a monthly support base, as well as additional support, automotive and health insurance allowances, fuel, mobile phone and other travel related expenses reimbursed monthly to help their minsitry.

ADDITIONAL BENEFITS:

• Serve the Lord and Kingdom full-time in this wonderful and unique Men’s Ministry!
• Earn a good and fair living while serving the fatherless in our own country.
• Structured compensation, not 100% dependent on support raised each month.
• Expenses fully paid, no out-of-pocket expenses.
• Vehicle and medical allowances.
• You’ll be responding to your unique CALLING to serve by the King of All Kings in minsitry! How cool is that!?!

QUALIFICATIONS

• Possess 3 – 5 years in a leadership position with a ministry, business or other organization.
• Satisfy background and reference checks.
• Secure the unconditional support of a local pastor and at least 2 other Christians (references).
• Demonstrate the ability to manage a personal and office budget so that income is commensurate with expenses and cost.
• Agree with Fathers in the Field’s ministry “Statement of Faith.”
• Succeed in the Preliminary Start Evaluation period in ministry efforts.
• Possess a reliable car, insured to the requirement to their state, and maintain a current driver’s license.
• Willingness to travel 20% of time.