Why We Love This Opportunity
If there are two words about Harvest to encapsulate the start, it would be “humble beginnings.” Few may know that before it was one of the largest churches in America, it started as a home Bible study of 30 people. In 1973 in Riverside, California, a 19-year-old Greg Laurie felt the call of God to lead this group. Harvest Christian Fellowship was transformed from a small group into a church of 15,000 people at multiple campus locations in Southern California and Hawaii through God’s guiding hand.
Church or Org Description
Longing to reach more people with Jesus Christ, this team began holding Harvest Crusades in 1990. For 30 years, these large-scale evangelistic events have reached millions of people, and hundreds of thousands of them have professed faith in Jesus Christ. Of these events, the largest live one-day evangelistic event in US history occurred at Harvest America 2016—350,000 people in attendance. From humble a Bible study to Harvest Crusades, the outpouring of God’s favor has allowed Harvest to reach millions of people all over the world with the gospel. Greg Laurie and the Harvest team continue to bring the gospel home each week at Harvest Christian Fellowship and across the nation.
Position Description
The Technical Ministry Director will lead the way in designing and implementing the appropriate technology needed to accomplish future ministry expansion. Proven professional-level experience in live audio, lighting design, and video is expected. Additionally, this leader must have a strong understanding of multisite and webcast video streaming and how to expand the infrastructure to execute this at a high, consistent level and troubleshoot when needed.
This leader will lead technical design for both Harvest Christian Fellowship and Harvest Outreach Ministries while working with a collaborative team to develop creative elements, irresistible environments, and ministry moments that engage the story God is writing in and through the lives of people. This position requires strong leadership and administrative skills and strong technical ability with a willingness to embrace an intentional leadership style across the organization.
The Technical Ministry Director will be the catalyst for creating the “playbook” by which Harvest creates and executes world-class technical ministry in a Jesus-centered worship culture. They will work closely with a team of creative collaborators and communicators to facilitate environments that engage the believer and aim the lost towards Jesus.