Local Church Officer Job Descriptions

Positions Required in All Congregations

Every congregation must make provision for including these functions according to The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, ¶244, ¶249. Positions may be combined except for the financial functions. "The positions of treasurer and financial secretary should not be combined and held by one person, and the persons holding these positions should not be immediate family members (¶258.4)."

• Nominations and Leader Development Committee (¶258.1)
• Pastor/Staff-Parish Relations Committee (¶258.2)
• Trustees (¶258.3 and ¶2524 to 2550)
• Finance Committee Chairperson (¶258.4)
• Lay Leader (¶251.1)
• Lay Member of Annual Conference (¶251.2)
• Financial Secretary (¶258.4)
• Church Treasurer (¶258.4)
• Membership Secretary (¶234 and ¶235 to 242)
• Leadership Team (also called Church Council, Administrative Board) Chairperson (¶251.3)

Positions Suggested for Ministry Organization

Each congregation shall provide for a comprehensive program of nurture, outreach, and witness, along with leadership training, along with the planning and administration of the congregation’s organizational and temporal life, in accordance with the mission of the United Methodist Church (The Book of Discipline of the United Methodist Church, ¶244)

Age Level Coordinators:

• Nurture, Outreach and Witness Ministries Coordinator(s) (¶244)
• Age-Level and Family Ministries Coordinator -- one person in small membership churches (¶253)
• Children's Ministries Coordinator (¶253 and ¶256.2)
• Youth Ministry Coordinator (¶253 and ¶256.3)
• Young Adult Ministries Coordinator (¶253 and ¶256.3d)
• Adult Ministries Coordinator (¶;253)
• Older Adult Ministries Coordinator (¶253)
• Family Ministries Coordinator (¶253)
• Camp and Retreat Coordinator (¶1109.10)
• Campus Ministry Coordinator (¶254)

Other Ministry Groups:

• Class Leader (Covenant Discipleship groups) (¶256.1b)
• Christian Unity and Interreligious Concerns Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Church Historian (¶247.5)
• Church Media Relations or Communications Leader
• Church School (Sunday School) Superintendent and/or Small Group Coordinator (¶255)
• Church and Society Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Community Volunteers Coordinator (¶254)
• Earth Advocacy Team Leader (¶254)
• Educational Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Evangelism Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Health and Welfare Ministries Team Leader (¶255(2)
• Missions Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Prayer Advocate (¶254)
• Religion and Race Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Scouting Ministry Coordinator (¶253 and ¶256.4)
• Small Group Coordinator (¶256.1)
• Status and Role of Women Coordinator (¶254)
• Stewardship Ministry Team Leader (¶254)
• Worship Ministry Team Leader (¶254)