Overview

Epic Church is seeking a passionate, strategic, and relational leader to guide our growing congregation into deeper connection. The Groups Director will design, oversee, and scale a thriving small groups system that supports our rapidly growing church community. Our church averages 1,000 in Sunday attendance with an ambitious vision for greater kingdom impact in our city and the world. This role provides high-level ministry leadership, cultivating a culture where people consistently take next steps in faith, form meaningful relationships, and grow as disciples of Jesus. The ideal candidate excels at building teams, developing leaders, and shepherding people from diverse backgrounds. They bring strong organizational and relational skills, a heart for pastoral care, and proven experience leading volunteer leaders with excellence.

Responsibilities 

• Strategic Leadership:
  • Lead the congregation in building community and faith through a robust small groups system.
  • Oversee the groups ministry for a growing church reaching 1000+ people weekly.
  • Assist church members in finding suitable small groups, courses, and events that align with their interests and needs.
  • Provide strategic leadership to increase engagement - sign-ups and consistency in attendance.
  • Be a culture carrier for the importance of living and engaging in biblical community.
  • Other ministry support and leadership responsibilities crafted around Epic's needs and your gifting.
• Team Development:
  • Recruit, develop, and train leaders to facilitate weekly small groups, courses, and one-time events.
  • Develop and shepherd a leadership team that gives oversight to Group Leaders.
  • Identify and invest in emerging leaders with high capacity and spiritual maturity.
  • Provide pastoral care and leadership direction to your team.

Qualifications  

• Ability to galvanize and mobilize people (leaders and members) toward biblical community
• Experience leading volunteer teams of high-capacity leaders.
• Proven ability to recruit and develop potential leaders.
• Comfortable calling people to take next steps in leadership and spiritual engagement.
• Experience shepherding a wide demographic of people in spiritual conversations from a strong biblical
  foundation.
• Experience scaling ministry and systems: increasing groups while providing excellent support to group leaders.
• Relational and teachable spirit-actively pursuing feedback and coaching.
• BA or BS preferred.

Key Success Indicators

• Committed to orienting all of life around Jesus
  
  • Love and follow Jesus with your whole heart.
  • Passionate about seeing people grow in their faith and connect to others.
• Embodies Epic Church’s five staff values: Life-Giving, Team First, Get To, Bring Our Best, Get Better.

To apply, email recruiting@epicsf.com.

Overview

Hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week
Reports to: Executive Pastor of Ministries

Epic Church is seeking a strategic, mission-driven Communications Director to lead and align all church-wide communications. This role is responsible for setting vision, developing strategy, ensuring brand consistency, and building systems that support clear and compelling messaging across every ministry and platform.

This is a strategic leadership role focused on direction, alignment, and oversight - with creative production and digital execution supported by the Digital Content Director, contractors, and volunteer team.

Responsibilities 

Strategic Leadership & Vision

• Develop and oversee a comprehensive church-wide communications strategy aligned with annual ministry goals.
• Establish messaging priorities and campaign focus throughout the year.
• Create and oversee the master editorial and campaign calendar.
• Ensure proactive planning rather than reactive communication.
• Evaluate communication effectiveness through analytics, engagement metrics, and feedback.
• Adjust strategies to improve clarity, reach, and impact

Church-Wide Messaging & Brand Stewardship

• Serve as primary steward of Epic Church’s brand voice, tone, and visual standards.
• Ensure consistency across all ministries and communication channels.
• Oversee messaging for sermon series, ministry initiatives, events, and campaigns.
• Provide final approval on major communication pieces and campaigns.
• Safeguard theological accuracy and clarity in written and digital communication.

Marketing Strategy & Digital Growth

• Develop and oversee marketing strategies for:
  • Sermon series
  • Seasonal initiatives
  • Major events
  • Ministry campaigns
• Guide paid and organic digital strategies (Google Ads, SEO, analytics oversight).
• Set direction for email marketing, social media strategy, and website priorities.
• Monitor performance data and adjust strategy to improve digital engagement and reach.

Cross-Department Collaboration

• Partner with ministry leaders to clarify communication needs and timelines.
• Establish clear intake processes and communication workflows.
• Align internal staff communication with external messaging priorities.
• Lead planning meetings related to major church-wide campaigns.

Team Leadership & Oversight

• Lead the Communications Staff Team and Volunteer Creative Team to ensure alignment with Epic Church’s mission and vision.
• Provide art direction and strategic feedback to ensure brand alignment.
• Identify opportunities to outsource graphic design or social media support when needed.
• Foster a healthy, collaborative, and mission-aligned team culture.

Ongoing Director-Level Execution

While primarily strategic, this role will maintain select execution responsibilities:

• Oversee and contribute to weekly announcements
• Provide direction, editing, and finalization of weekly newsletter
• Produce and manage message notes for production
• Provide final review on key digital content before publication
• Maintain digital marketing funnels and campaign budgets

Preferred Skills & Experience

• Proven experience in communications, marketing, or brand leadership
• Strong strategic planning and organizational skills
• Experience supervising staff and/or contractors
• Ability to build systems and workflows
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills
• Proficiency (or working knowledge) in:
  • Planning Center Online
  • Google Ads & Analytics
  • Webflow
  • Email marketing platforms
• Ability to balance big-picture vision with operational oversight

Success in this role looks like:

• Clear and unified church-wide messaging
• Proactive campaign planning with fewer last-minute requests
• Consistent brand voice and visual identity
• Increased engagement across digital platforms
• Healthy team structure with defined ownership and accountability
• Strategic use of internal and contracted resources to maintain excellence 
  

Benefits

• Insurance
• Retirement match
• Paid time off
• Phone bill reimbursement

Staff Expectations

• Exemplify Epic’s Values
• Lead with a heart aligned to Epic’s mission and vision
• In-office presence required
• Embodies Epic Church’s five staff values: Life-Giving, Team First, Get To, Bring Our Best, Get Better.

To apply, email recruiting@epicsf.com.