Staff

Assist Forefront City Director and Staff in making disciples among the unreached people groups in your city. This is accomplished through two main activities. First, you will work directly with refugees, international students, and economic immigrants by meeting physical and emotional needs and starting Discovery Bible Studies with those who respond as spiritually interested. Second, you will be mobilizing and training both local and global churches and believers using Disciple-Making Movements methodology.

Responsible for the following initiatives:

Start Discovery Bible studies in the context of internationals.

Connect and equip national believers near the target group

Develop an ongoing knowledge base around the best practices and current programs engaged in outreach to internationals living in the area.

Model a lifestyle of integrity engaged in outreach to internationals.

Mobilize and recruit team members for the program

Facilitate and execute the learning experience for the team

Propose suggested partnerships or development strategies within Forefront Experience as needed to grow and meet team goals.

Mobilize the local and global church to help facilitate strategic initiatives

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred
Experience: Cross-cultural & missions experience preferred.
Computer Skills: Strong computer skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office. Able to manage work across web-based platforms.
Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact well with people in person.
Support Raising: Applicants must be willing to raise personal support for salary and benefits
Travel: ~15% travel required: most occurs during the busiest recruiting seasons
Location: Forefront Team Location
Characteristics: Self-motivated, hard-working, flexible, aligned with organizational purpose

Complete resourcing, coaching and preparation for the support raising process

Great opportunity for growth within the organization

Personal passion-driven work projects: Allocated weekly time to work on the things the team member thinks matters the most

Personal Development: Work with directors on an Individual Development Plan to ensure opportunities and growth in areas of most interest

Join a fun and exciting work culture doing strategic Kingdom work

Flexible hours; ability to work from home on occasion

Opportunity for international travel

We are in the people business. We are only as good as the people who make up Forefront Experience. A Movement Catalyst is critically important to our success because it provides the lifeblood that keeps the organization working and growing. Jesus said to earnestly pray for more laborers for the harvest – this job gets to join in that labor of raising up more people to go. This position will often be the face of Forefront Experience and carry a special weight of importance as we build relationships around the world.

An experiential learning environment for obedient followers of Jesus to grow and make disciples among unreached people groups while on a team being coached by experienced missions practitioners.

Who it is for:

Obedient followers of Jesus eager to make a Kingdom impact

People who have a desire to make an immediate impact among the unreached and develop skills to make disciples for a lifetime

Taken Perspectives on the World Christian Movement class or display an equivalent level of knowledge and heart for the unreached

Active in ministry with a personal desire to grow in disciple-making and evangelism

The program has some flexible components so reach out to see if its a fit for you!

Skills you will learn:

Become competent in cross-cultural disciple-making and the ability to start multiplying Discovery Bible Studies in any future environment

Make a significant contribution to the local disciple-making team’s goals through service, outreach and mobilization

Develop a better understanding of the connection between your personal giftings and global missions

Cultivate specific skill sets through areas of focus and completing a comprehensive personal development plan

Possible areas of focus:

Teaching English

Trauma Healing

Mobilization

Future Missionary Preparation

Ministry Leadership/Coaching

Non-Profit Operations

Program Development

Community Development

Hiking/Outdoors Ministry

Networking with Ethnic Churches

Job Readiness Training

Education: Bachelor’s degree or equivalent preferred
Experience: A desire to obtain cross-cultural & missions experience. Previous experience preferred.
Computer Skills: Strong computer skills. Proficient in Microsoft Office. Able to manage work across web-based platforms.
Communication Skills: Excellent written and verbal communication skills. Ability to interact well with people in person.
Support Raising: Applicants must be willing to raise personal support for salary and benefits
Travel: ~15% travel required: most occurs during the busiest recruiting seasons
Location: Forefront Team Location
Characteristics: Self-motivated, hard-working, flexible, aligned with organizational purpose

Complete resourcing, coaching and preparation for the support raising process

Great opportunity for growth within the organization

Personal passion-driven work projects: Allocated weekly time to work on the things the team member thinks matters the most

Personal Development: Work with directors on an Individual Development Plan to ensure opportunities and growth in areas of most interest

Join a fun and exciting work culture doing strategic Kingdom work

Flexible hours; ability to work from home on occasion

Opportunity for international travel

We are in the people business. We are only as good as the people who make up Forefront Experience. An intern is critically important to our success because it provides the lifeblood that keeps the organization working and growing. Jesus said to earnestly pray for more laborers for the harvest – this job gets to join in that labor of raising up more people to go. This position will often be the face of Forefront Experience and carry a special weight of importance as we build relationships around the world.

Forefront Experience’s Operations Team is responsible for supporting the Forefront Directors in all operations efforts. This includes the holistic management of programs, administration, and fundraising activity. This position intentionally carries a very broad scope of work to equip individuals with a well-rounded set of organizational experiences. Position may rotate through the different areas or take on project specific roles depending on organizational need and capability.

Program specific responsibilities include assisting Directors and Forefront Team in recruiting/mobilization activity, outreach initiatives, training and process development, and program management.

Administration specific responsibilities include assisting Directors and Forefront Team with bookkeeping/financial reporting, human resource management, and internal communication processes.

Fundraising specific responsibilities include assisting Directors and Forefront Team in donor management, event coordination, marketing communication and networking.

Must demonstrate drive and passion for completing projects with excellence; ability to pick up on new systems and concepts quickly; does well with a variety of work responsibilities.

This position involves assisting City Directors in daily operations related to administrative details. Specific responsibilities include payroll/bookkeeping help, scheduling, contact management, updating systems and managing internal team communication. The best fit for this position will likely be someone with a great ability to manage details. Administrative staff have a great opportunity to serve the nations through their tangible skills as well as develop other areas of work as desired.

Forefront Experience’s Financial Manager is responsible for supporting the Directors in all financial efforts. This includes duties such as managing Forefront Experience overall and team budgets, monthly reporting and analysis, overseeing the payroll process and assisting our tax accountant.

Must demonstrate drive and passion for completing projects with excellence; strong financial acumen; ability to pick up on new systems and concepts quickly.

This position requires a skilled and motivated graphic designer to support Forefront Experience Directors in all creative projects. Designer will work on existing and new organizational programs. Must be able to quickly grasp design objectives and work independently on a variety of assignments. Must demonstrate imagination, drive and passion for projects with excellence.

Specific duties include: providing creative guidance to the organization as a whole; conceptualizing/developing promotional materials including print; web assignments; maintaining established brand guidelines and enhancing brand identities; cultivating branding that appeals to target audience; working with outside designers or web developers to meet deadlines.

Create and promote Great Commission videos. This includes projects like telling stories of missionaries, highlighting Kingdom projects around the world and documenting lives of actual unreached people.

Video Objectives:
• Serve existing missions activity by providing excellent videos for their unique needs
• Mobilize the American church especially young adults to deeper engagement with unreached people groups and raising awareness to the reality of the unreached
• Generate interest in Forefront Experience programs
• Mobilize young adults towards living a missional lifestyle among internationals wherever they are

This position works in collaboration with Forefront Experience directors to determine objectives and ongoing projects. Also works with directors in an identification process to find strategic great commission video opportunities and build relationships with those who would benefit from videos. Every project should be aligned with improving, increasing or innovating in the Great Commission effort of the Church.

Responsible for the overall management of the video process including development, pre-production, production, and post-production. Travel will be required on a project by project basis for filming. This position must be able to work well with a variety of different Christian missions groups and individuals who may have differing beliefs on non-essential doctrine.

Position will have a primary responsibility in marketing and distribution of video specific content working alongside greater Forefront marketing and mobilization efforts. Additional travel and networking is required to promote the videos which includes telling the stories with the goal of missions mobilization.

This position is responsible for the overall communication efforts of Forefront Experience. Works in collaboration with Directors to manage social media platforms and email marketing. Position includes the opportunity to contribute written copy and help develop marketing strategies. Other marketing activity includes assistance with events and mobilization efforts.

This position will assist the Forefront Directors in all donor related activity. This includes assisting Directors and Forefront Team in donor management, donor communication, and networking. This role will be best served by someone who is a people person, able to connect with others, has a passion for sharing about what God is doing in missions and eager to learn.