Benefits:
401(k)
Dental insurance
Health insurance
Paid time off
Vision insurance
Ministry Operations Coordinator Pleasant Valley Baptist Church • Liberty, MO Full-Time
Pleasant Valley Baptist Church is seeking a Ministry Operations Coordinator who brings clarity, reliability, and strong follow-through to the daily work of Care Ministries. The role supports the Pastor of Care Ministries and its ministry partners by keeping established processes organized, timely, and accurate. Someone who takes ownership, values excellence, and enjoys ensuring details are handled the right way. This position requires membership at Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Responsibilities
Operations
Maintain the accuracy of our ministry database, Planning Center Online. Input and manage workflows, attendee communication, class/group attendance, reporting information consistently and providing reliable data for ministry decision-making.
Safeguard the ministry by ensuring adherence to ministry and church policies, including liability waivers for care assistance and the Cars Ministry, including facility usage protocols. You serve as a firm but kind guardrail, helping volunteers remain compliant with established safety and liability standards.
Serve as the primary point of contact for general Care Ministries inquiries. Professionally route sensitive and confidential requests to the appropriate ministry, ensuring individuals are connected to the right support system without personally managing their care.
Ministry Partner Support
Serve as the logistical hub by facilitating operational tasks to support the leaders of Care’s four core areas: Financial Care, Care Classes, Support Groups, and the Cars Ministry.
Manage the administrative timeline for semester-based classes/groups. Execute the administrative framework—building registrations in Planning Center (PCO), ordering curriculum, and ensuring facilities are prepared for weekly meetings.care.
Financial
Act as the first step in our financial assistance process. Receive incoming requests and vet them against established criteria and process to ensure strategic alignment. Prepare the necessary background information for informed decision making by the Pastor of Care Ministries and the Financial Care Team on where resources are best applied.
Facilitate the stewardship of the benevolence funds in partnership with the Financial Care Team and the Accounting Dept. by preparing the requests for review and ensure all approved transactions have the precise documentation and approvals required to process and fully document the payment.
Track budget line items for the pastor and ministry partners and provide regular spending updates by helping the team maintain visibility on resources to ensure healthy stewardship.
Complete expense reports, purchase requisitions, check requests, invoice reconciliation for cars ministry, counseling requests, scholarship tracking and accounting.
Qualifications
Professional Competencies
Willing to uphold policy and criteria even when it is uncomfortable. Values fairness and process over making exceptions.
Ability to analyze a problem and present a solution. Thrives in an environment where the supervisor is often inaccessible due to other leadership duties.
High comfort level with accounting; invoices, general ledger codes, and budget tracking.
Competent in Google Workspace, Excel, and database management (Planning Center Online).
Spiritual & Cultural Fit
Able to work in a heavy care environment (grief, trauma) without becoming emotionally enmeshed. Measures success by completing the task until the end.
View administrative precision (accuracy, timeliness, stewardship) as your primary spiritual act of service.
A personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
Education & Experience
High School diploma required; Bachelor’s degree in Business, Administration, or related field preferred.
5+ years of administrative experience, specifically dealing with finance, logistics, or project coordination.
Military or Executive Assistant background is a plus.
Ministerial Responsibilities This position is classified as a ministerial role under the church’s governance and in alignment with its religious mission. The Ministry Operations Coordinator is expected to:
Affirm and actively support the mission, vision, and core beliefs of Pleasant Valley Baptist Church.
Model a growing relationship with Jesus Christ through personal spiritual disciplines and participation in the life of the church.
Pray regularly for the Care Ministries, its leaders, and those served by these ministries.
Engage in spiritual conversations and encouragement with volunteers and ministry partners as appropriate.
Represent the church’s faith-based values in all interactions, serving as an ambassador of the gospel and the church’s care mission.
Why This Role Matters The Pastor leads the vision; you secure the perimeter. By handling the administration with excellence, you allow the Care Ministries to function as a hospital for the hurting without becoming chaotic.