General Information

Job Title:

Mission Forward Director: Reformed Church in the United States

Job Description:

General Function: The Mission Forward Director is responsible to the RCUS Endowment Development Subcommittee for facilitating the development of the RCUS Endowment Fund.

Endowment Development

  1. Identify at least 16 prospective Legacy Society members each month and make direct contact to promote giving, planned and/or otherwise, to the RCUS Endowment Fund.
  2. Conduct at least 16 follow-up meetings with those identified as open or inactive according to the Barnabas Foundation to further facilitate potential giving and/or connecting with the Barnabas Foundation.
  3. Coordinate with the Mission Forward Subcommittee in developing an annual development plan in such a way that results in at least 20% annual growth in RCUS Legacy Group membership.
  4. Using Barnabas Foundation as a resource, promote and recognize the RCUS Legacy Society.
  5. Attend training as provided by Barnabas Foundation.

 

Database Management

  1. Keep current the list of individuals who belong to the RCUS Legacy Society along with an individual communication plan designed to reinforce continued relations.
  2. Track complete, active, inactive and open individual’s information and activity in such a way that provides an accurate status, history of giving and reminders in accordance with each donor’s wishes and provides accurate documentation. Each contact and/or update should be documented in the database within 48 hours of such contact and/or update.

 

Communication

  1. Provide input as requested by the RCUS Communications Committee in support of electronic, print and video materials promoting RCUS Endowment Development.
  2. Liaison with the Comms Legacy Subcommittee to execute those portions of the communications plan as developed and directed by the RCUS Communications Committee in support of promoting the RCUS Endowment Development Fund and maintaining relationships with donors.

Position Qualifications:

  • Have a four-year degree in financial development or related field or six years of related field experience.
  • Be a member in good standing preferably in an RCUS church or in a church through which the RCUS has fraternal denominational relations.
  • Have demonstrated excellence in positive human relations, exceptional writing skills, outstanding publication skills, social media management skills and the ability to develop and maintain accurate donor database.
  • Either have a working knowledge of or have capacity for learning financial development fundamentals.
  • Be willing and able to travel as required in meeting performance objectives.

Application Deadline

10/01/2026

Job Type:

Contract

Salary Range:

$25k-$34k

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Reformed Church in the United States

Contact Name & Contact Info

(661) 343-2373
coachmerz@gmail.com

Industry

Church

Denomination

Reformed Church United States (RCUS)

City, State

Shafter, CA

Description of Organization

The Reformed Church in the United States (RCUS) is a communion of Christian churches in the Reformed tradition. We stand on the great Reformation principles of salvation by grace alone, through faith alone, in Christ alone, according to the Scriptures alone, to the glory of God alone.

Established in the 1700s, today we seek to proclaim the truth in love, committed to God-centered worship, historic biblical orthodoxy, confessional Reformed theology, and Christian missions. Our aim is to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ to a dying world.

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