THE BUILDING CHURCH STORY

Building Church is a non-denominational, Spirit-led, life-giving church
located in Huntsville, Alabama. BC (as we call it) was ARC church plant 45.
Our church began in a movie theater here in HSV in 2007 by our founding pastors David and Stephanie Pursiful. The church moved to
the Malco theater shortly after the launch and was portable for ten
years. In 2015, land was purchased and construction began on our
current worship space. In April 2016, we moved from the theater to our
current worship center and have enjoyed having our own permanent
worship space. In February 2017, Pastors David and Stephanie stepped
down as lead pastors. In June 2017, Pastors Spencer and Ellen Beach
moved from Bentonville, Arkansas where they had been serving as
Executive Pastors for the prior seven years, and assumed the role of
Lead Pastors.
2018 and 2019 marked years of incredible growth and deepening of the
leadership team. In March of 2020 along with the rest of the world, we
went online only and stayed that way until Fathers Day in June of 2020.
When we reopened, we had two services with about 200 in attendance.
While this was a far cry from the 750 that we were experiencing in 2019
we were thankful to gather. We have been moving forward ever since
and currently have between 500-600 in average Sunday attendance.
We are looking forward to expanding our reach into other parts of the
region through campus expansion, conferences, and community events
that allow us to influence the region that God has called us to serve.

BUILDING CHURCH
VISION & MISSION

• Vision: Every Person Living a Jesus First Life, Growing
• Spiritually, and Living Missionally
• Mission: We Exist to Tell Everyone Everywhere About Jesus

CORE VALUES

• Leadership: We build and empower people to honor Jesus, lead by serving, and change the world
• Excellence: We pursue excellence to honor God and inspire people
• Prayer: We cultivate our relationship with God through prayer
• Unity: We are unified first to Jesus and then to one another
• Stewardship: We seek to honor God with our time, our resources, and our skills
• Hospitality: We create safe and inviting environments for people to experience Jesus

JOB SUMMARY

Building Church is searching for an individual who has a heart for
students, experience, and training in student ministry, a team
builder, and a desire to go “all in” with their ministry calling. This
is a full-time position with employment benefits available.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES &
RESPONSIBILITIES

• Plan and execute weekly BC YTH services (currently on Sunday at 5:00 pm)
• Plan and prepare messages for weekly BC YTH services
• Coordinate weekly tribes (life groups) and continue to recruit and train additional student ministry leaders
• Execute the administrative responsibilities for weekly services and outreaches (ordering supplies for games, picking up materials, setting up and resetting the building, printing, etc)
• Organize and execute ongoing outreach events to local schools, speak at
• Christian clubs, and attend local high school sports events to cultivate relationships with current students and reach new students
• Oversee the Sunday BC Youth Connect team and engage students before/in between/after Sunday services
• Plan and lead weekly middle school experience on Sunday mornings as space is available
• Recruit and build relationships with adult and student leaders
• Recruit, train, and develop teams for a regionally focused student ministry
• Plan and organize outreach opportunities for students and partner with the
• Community Pastor for church-wide outreach experiences
• Execute summer camps/conferences for students in the summer
• Host a regional youth conference at BC
• Partner with the Community Pastor to plan an annual mission trip for BC YTH
• As needed, you will be asked to participate in meetings that include yearly planning/sermon development, creative service elements, dream team celebrations, major productions, and other meetings to help fulfill our mission
• Maintain a growth mindset to sharpen ministry skills by participating in professional development, receiving and implementing feedback, and coaching

CANDIDATE COMPENTENCIES

LEADER
Our staff team members must be leaders. They need to own the mission and values of
Building Church and be able to develop followers who do the same. We believe that
“leadership is influence.” You are a leader – you are expected to motivate people to
engage without manipulation or other inappropriate actions. Leaders create leaders

COMMUNICATOR
Those staff positions that provide a public speaking opportunity require the staff
member to excel in communication skills. They are always prepared and execute with
excellence. It is also important to communicate well in personal and social settings.
Each staff leader should be continually improving their personal and public
communication skills

ADMINISTRATOR
While some of our staff members are not “natural” administrators, each staff member
must choose to develop an adequate amount of administration skills to successfully
perform their duties in a way that meets or exceeds our processes, policies, and
procedures. We choose to do the right thing, in the right way, at the right time

HIGH EXPECTATION CULTURE
Our staff team members recognize that God has given us stewardship over much – so
much is expected. We gladly commit ourselves to a growth mindset and realize we will
thrive with a high level of accountability. Being a self-starter is required in this role

MEASURABLE GOALS
Our staff team understands the value of measurable goals, and we gladly set and
monitor the success of our strategies and execution. We believe that “What gets
measured gets improved upon.”

HUNTSVILLE, AL

Also known as the “Rocket City,” Huntsville is the site of the U.S. Space
and Rocket Center, NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center, and the
United States Army Aviation and Missile Command. Complete with
outdoor activities, shopping, restaurants, and minor league baseball (go
Trash Pandas!), Huntsville is an exciting place to live both for single
professionals and families. Huntsville is booming and quickly becoming
one of the fastest-growing cities in Alabama, and according to the U.S.
News and World Report, it’s in the top ten cities to live in America!