Twin Lakes Church

Hispanic Ministries Pastor

Aptos, California

Why I Love This Opportunity

Chris Lagerlof

Senior Associate

Twin Lakes Church is an exciting and vibrant place to do ministry with a dynamic staff, visionary Lead Pastor, and vast resources. The Hispanic Ministries Pastor will help leverage this for impact as they help lead their Hispanic Ministries.

The future is bright for Twin Lakes Church as they continue to grow and reach the community around them for Jesus. The days ahead will indeed be filled with excitement, growth, and incredible ministry. This is an excellent opportunity for a strong leader and communicator who wants to help lead a great church into its preferred future.

About This Organization

Twin Lakes Church (TLC) was founded in 1890 as a camp in beautiful Santa Cruz, CA. As people moved to Santa Cruz, TLC began meeting weekly. In the 1920s, TLC temporarily shut down. In March of 1930, the church reopened with 11 people and 19 cents on hand. The church limped along until the arrival of a young pastor in the early 1940s, Roy Kraft. Pastor Kraft served at TLC for 47 years. In 1993, current lead pastor, Rene Schlaepfer, arrived and the church entered into a strong growth period. Today, TLC is a dynamic and thriving church of more than three thousand. No matter the season or leader, the church has had a steady focus on God’s word and reaching into the community and world.

TLC is intentionally engaged in their local community and wants to be part of the solution for the issues their community faces. As they say, TLC wants people in the community to be glad they’re there.

In 2021 TLC launched a “church within a church,” focused on reaching and impacting Hispanics in the community, city and county. The Hispanic Ministries Pastor will partner with Twin Lakes as they take ownership for the vision, mission and strategy of this initiative.

Position Description

To equip others to be biblically literate, relationally connected, and spiritually fruitful, with an emphasis on understanding the grace of God in Jesus Christ. To lead a Spanish-speaking congregation within an English-speaking congregation, helping them feel an equal part of God’s work on the TLC campus: TLC en Español (TLCE).

 

Key Responsibilities:

  • Nurture, motivate, and equip multiethnic/multinational Spanish-speaking church through example, preaching, and teaching God’s Word, and through spiritual counsel
  • Preach minimum of 40 times a year at Spanish language congregation
  • Direct and plan small group studies and Bible classes as part of Adult Ministry team, focusing on Spanish-language groups
  • Develop close ties with Latino families in church and community through attending significant family and community events.
  • Coordinate Spanish services with English weekend services on most weekends, supervise quality assurance of video, print, and internet material translated into Spanish.
  • Promote, direct and help execute community outreach to Santa Cruz County, particularly focused on Latino community
  • Establish visibility and influence in the community through social media and/or event participation

 

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

  • Visionary capacity
  • Effective at recruiting and developing leaders and volunteers
  • Bilingual (Can teach in Spanish and English)
  • A hunger for quality and excellence in ministry
  • A Self-Starter
  • Engaging and energetic personality
  • Wants to build and grow, not maintain and settle
  • A voice and leader with the highest-level leadership at Twin Lakes
  • Able to build relationships, presence and partnerships within the Hispanic community in Santa Cruz County (34% Hispanic)
Salary Range:
90,000
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110,000

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