Would You Take This Job? Area Representative — Fellowship of Christian Athletes

Area Representative
Employer: Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Location: Mantua Township / Gloucester County area, NJ
Type: Full-time — missionary/ministry role (support-raising required)

What You’ll Do:
• Implement the FCA ministry plan for the assigned area in partnership with the Director and Advisory Team.
• Recruit, train, and develop volunteers to lead coaches and athletes toward a growing relationship with Jesus Christ and the local church.
• Provide spiritual leadership through 1-on-1 discipleship, huddles, events, prayer, Bible study, and worship.
• Build and steward a Home Team and donor relationships; develop and execute an annual funding plan and budget.
• Oversee volunteer development, advisory team engagement, and local ministry operations.
• Participate in local church life and represent FCA standards and policies in all ministry activity.

Why It Stands Out:
• Mission-focused role with clear impact on youth, coaches, and sports communities.
• Significant leadership and relationship-building responsibilities (volunteer development, donor stewardship, advisory team).
• FCA provides training support (including support-raising bootcamp).
• Hands-on ministry with opportunities to train, equip, and mentor others.

Potential Trade-offs:
• This is a full-time missionary position requiring you to raise 100% of your ministry support (fundraising expectations are high).
• Strong alignment with FCA’s Christian Community Statement and lifestyle expectations is required.
• Role includes administrative and financial stewardship duties in addition to ministry work.
• Irregular hours likely (events, practices, community activities); travel around the area may be required.

Qualifications / Requirements:
• Agreement with and commitment to FCA’s Christian beliefs and Community Statement.
• Practice daily spiritual rhythms (prayer, Bible study) and active church participation.
• Ability to recruit, train, and develop volunteers and donors.
• Experience leading spiritual programming, events, or volunteer teams preferred.
• Willingness and ability to complete support-raising (FCA provides bootcamp training).

Perks / Benefits:
• Deep vocational impact and leadership development in faith-based ministry.
• Training provided (support-raising bootcamp and ministry resources).
• Opportunity to shape local sports ministry and build community partnerships.

Here is the link to view more job details or apply.

Would you take this job?
If you were applying, what would be your top three non-negotiables: (A) guaranteed base support or salary before fundraising, (B) a clear timeline and mentorship plan for reaching full funding, or (C) a hybrid role balance with some salaried admin/fundraising support? Which would you pick and why — and what would you ask the hiring team before accepting (expected fundraising timeline, examples of current Home Team support, or a sample weekly schedule)?

If you’re fine with “support-raising required,” it’s doable — when I did a campus ministry role, I booked 15 one-on-ones a week and hit monthly support in 9 weeks. In Gloucester County, start with high school coaches; their intros to boosters and parents spin up volunteers way faster than cold church asks. I’d pass if you need a steady paycheck immediately — the first 60–90 days are lumpy.

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Quick tip from my time helping FCA in Camden/Gloucester: “Get the AD onside first” — I booked a 20‑min July meeting with the athletic director, brought the facility use form and my background check, and it unlocked huddles and coach intros fast. Just watch the fall calendar; practices will swallow afternoons, so block two mornings a week for donor calls or you’ll fall behind.

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Co-signing @Guide on looping in the AD, but in Mantua/Gloucester my unlock was the booster club president first and the AD’s secretary second — brought a one-page fall calendar and left with a coaches’ breakfast and two team huddles at Clearview. I’d still take it if you can treat “support-raising required” like a 6–8 week sprint with daily calls. Caveat: in-season nights/weekends creep, so set expectations early with the Director/Advisory Team.

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In Mantua, 7:10am huddles + donuts worked — send a one-page ‘ministry plan’ first; Remind app helps, but confirm district messaging policy.

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