Georgia Adamson Position Description

 EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR OF MISSION MINISTRIES

 

2008 Discipline ¶608 – It is recommended that each annual conference have a director of connectional ministries or designated person to focus and guide the mission and ministry of The United Methodist Church within the annual conference.  a) The director may be lay or clergy. b) The director shall serve as an officer of the annual conference and shall sit with the cabinet when the cabinet considers matters relating to coordination, implementation, or administration of the conference program, and other matters as the cabinet and director may determine.  c) In partnership with the bishop and cabinet and the elected leadership of the conference, the director of connectional ministries shall have the following primary responsibilities:  1) to serve as steward of the vision of the annual conference, including the development, clarification, interpretation, and embodiment of the vision; (2) to serve as leader of the continuous process of transformation and renewal necessary for the annual conference to be faithful to our Christian identity in a change world; (3) to ensure alignment of the total resources of the conference to its vision; (4) to ensure the connections among the local, district, annual conference, and general church ministries for the purpose of networking, resourcing, and communicating their shared ministry.

 

What do I do. . . . . . . . . .

The responsibilities of the Executive Director of Mission Ministries shall be, but are not limited to, the following:

                                To serve as the executive officer of the Annual Conference Mission Ministries

                                To be a communication link between the Annual Conference program agencies and the jurisdictional and general conference program agencies

                                To facilitate communication among the Annual Conference program agencies and the local churches

                                 To serve as a resource person for local church district programs and the Annual Conference Mission Ministries agencies for their planning, implementation, and evaluation process

                                 To supervise the Annual Conference Mission Ministries staff members

                               To serve on other annual Conference agencies as determined by the annual Conference and/or by the Conference Mission Ministries

                                To serve as a consultant to the conference Committee on Nominations

 

            Conference Responsibilities:

                                 Editor of the conference section of The United Methodist Reporter

                                Member of the Appointive Cabinet

                                Assistant to the Bishop

                                Secretary of the Conference Committee on Nominations

           

            Leadership Assistance for Local Churches:

                                Training of Mission Ministries’ Committees

                                Training of Mission Work Areas

                                Program planning/goal setting/visioning with Administrative Council/Board/ Council on Mission Ministries

                                 Preaching

                                 Leadership Training - Summits, Workshops, etc.

 

 

Who do I relate to. . . . .

            Consultant to or Member of the Following Agencies:

                     Conference Mission Leadership Team

                     Conference Executive Ministry Team

                     Conference Administrative Leadership Team

                     Conference Outreach Mission Council

                     Board of Directors of Glen Lake Camp

                     Committee on Planning and Research

                     Evaluation and Budget Coordination Task Force

                     Conference CF&A

                     Conference Agenda Committee (prepare agenda for Annual Conference)

                    Conference Board of Laity

                    Conference Personnel Committee

                    Conference United Methodist Women Executive Committee

                    Conference United Methodist Men Executive Committee

                    Secretary to Conference Committee on Nominations
                        (prepare lists for District Offices)

                    Conference Commission on Inclusiveness

                    District MLT of Waxahachie and Temple

                   District clergy groups of Waxahachie amd  Temple Districts

                   Methodist Children’s Home Commissioners (invited to)

                   Jurisdictional Association of Conference Council Directors

                   National Association of Conference Council Directors

                   Wesley Foundations

                   United Community Centers

                   Aldersgate Enrichment Center

                   Commission on Church Growth and Development