Life Group Coordinator

Ebenezer Baptist Church (EBC) in Saskatoon, SK is currently seeking for a relational, godly, administratively-minded, and mature, ¼ time Life Group Coordinator to primarily work with our Life Group Pastor and aid in the formation of Life Groups and serve Life Group leaders.

Our mission as a church is to point people to Jesus and help them to know and follow him.

Our vision is to establish and multiply multi-ethnic and multi-generational gatherings of Jesus followers who practically and authentically live their faith in every part of their lives and challenge others to do the same. We do this through a process called discipleship. We define a disciple as someone who abides in Christ and takes on the character, ways, and mission of Jesus and helps others to do the same.

We are a community minded, outreach focused and forward-thinking church that actively seeks the Lord in prayer for spiritual discernment and ministry direction. We place a high value on family and on team ministry.

Candidates must be willing to connect and interact with people that are desiring to connect into our church family through Life Groups, and have a heart for the vision of discipleship. Ebenezer is a well-established, multiethnic, multi-generational and growing church body. Candidates must have the ability to multiply disciple-makers with parents and families, understand how to spiritually invest in kids, and be relational in connecting with people.

Qualifications

• Personal and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ as Lord and savior.

• Character qualities of a biblical elder as described in 1 Timothy 3:1-7; Titus 1:5-9.

• Love for the word of God and a devotion to prayer.

• Proven ability to relate well with others.

• Proven ability to organize people and communicate with them with excellence.

• Demonstrate spiritual aptitude in hearing and following God's voice.

• Collaborative team player with a servant heart.

• Demonstrate success in sharing the good news of Jesus and bearing spiritual fruit.

• Agrees with the Statement of Faith shared by Ebenezer Baptist and the Baptist General Conference of Canada. (BGCC)

Job Description

A Life Group Coordinator will primarily be expected to work alongside of the Life Group Pastor in coordinating the formation of Life Groups and helping leaders to form groups. This will require communication skills via phone calls, texts and emails. Regular checking on requests to be in Life Groups and communication with people making those requests in a timely manner, is necessary. The are two types of training provided in Life Group ministry, which operate 2 times per year (Life Group Leader Training and Taste of Discipleship (One evening per week for 6-weeks)). The coordinator will help the Life Group pastor behind the scenes to serve those that gather for these training and Life Group formation times.

Primary Responsibilities

• Regularly check for Life Group requests and alongside the Life Group Pastor, and coordinate placing people in Life Groups, communicating with them by phone, text or email.

• Regularly communicate with Life Group leaders and make them aware of serving, equipping, praying and missional opportunities.

• Alongside of the Life Group Pastor, coordinate the capturing of Life group testimonies and stories that can be used to cast vision to others about discipleship and Life Groups.

• Be available to serve and coordinate Life group Leader Training, 2 times per year (3 hours each).

• Be available to serve and coordinate Taste of Discipleship, 2 times per year (1 evening per week, for 6 consecutive weeks (2-3 hours per evening).

• Help to administratively coordinate a robust system to track Life Groups and Leaders.

Secondary Responsibilities

• As time permits and scheduling allows, the Life Group Coordinator may be asked to help our Events Coordinator with administrative or practical needs for other church-wide ministry events.

More About Ebenezer

Ebenezer Baptist Church is a vibrant and growing church with a rich history of ministry. Our average weekly attendance is approximately 900-1000 with a median age of about 35. We are especially blessed to have many young families, college students, young people and children who

call Ebenezer their home; including in-person and our online community, we have approximately 1300 people in our church family.

We highly value our local community and have been an active participant in it. We also are committed to reaching the nations in Saskatoon and have four partner congregations (Arabic, Korean, Nepali, and the House For All Nations) and a growing Ukrainian community.

If you would like to join this discipleship movement and team and feel God’s called to do so, please submit your application to [email protected]. Please include a cover letter, resume, and references.

Note: Application deadline is August 4th, 2025.