Church Leadership Guidelines

Documents, links and resources to help staff, clergy and laity understand and fulfill their duties as leaders.

GBOD Local Church Office Job Descriptions

• Administrative Assistant (job description) - Word Doc
• Advocates for Inclusiveness (Book) - Cokesbury
• Children's Ministries - GBOD Resources
• Christian Education - GBOD Resouces
• Church Council  - Job Description
• Church Historian - Job Description
• Church & Society Chair - Job Description
• Communications
• Evangelism
• Family Ministries
• Finance Committee Chair - Job Description
• Financial Secretary  - Job Description
• Higher Education & Campus Ministry
• Lay Leader - Job Description
• Lay Member of Annual Conference - Job Description
• Leading Small Groups
• Membership Secretary - Job Description
• Men's Ministries
• Missions
• Music Director (job description)
• Nominations and Leader Development Committee - Job Description
• Nursery Worker (job description)
• Nurture, Outreach and Witness Ministries Coordinator - Job Description
• Older Adult Ministries - umc.org resources
• Older Adult Ministries Coordinator (job description) - Job Description
• Pastor
• Pastor/Staff-Parish Relations Committee - Job Description
• Scouting and Civic Youth
• Small Membership Church
• Stewardship
• Treasurer - Job Description
• Trustees - Job Description
• Women's Ministries
• Worship
• Youth Ministries