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SouthPoint Church was launched in 2005 by Lead Pastor, Matt Hall, with a mission to
Connect the Disconnected to Christ, Community, and Cause. Since inception,
SouthPoint has been a come as you are, belong before you believe, community-style
church. Matt and several other staff come from a Young Life and student ministry
background, which informs the churchs relational, incarnational approach to ministry.
Portable from the beginning, SouthPoint initially met at a college conference center,
but quickly outgrew the space and moved to our current location at Leonardtown High
School in 2007. In 2010 they purchased 50 acres of land, which we hope to build on in
the future.
In September 2016, SouthPoint became One Church in Two Locations by launching a
new campus in Lusby, MD, about 20 miles north of the Leonardtown Campus. Click
here to watch the vision video where Matt explains our motivation to expand to a new
campus.
SouthPoint is the largest and most influential church in the Southern Maryland, hosting
an average of 800 people at three services each Sunday. Of course, attendance more
than doubles on Christmas/Easter.
Location and Demographics HIC
SouthPoint is in a Chesapeake Bay community located about an hour south of
Washington DC, at the Southern peninsula of Maryland. Due to the significant
government and military employment, the area is more fluid and transient than most.
Families are often only here for a 2-4 year stint, although many decide to set roots in
Southern Maryland. Naval Air Station Pax River and the surrounding government
contractors are the most influential economic engine. The area is fairly rural with lots of
beautiful parks, waterfront, and greenspace. However, it also has the amenities that
come with a population of ~150,000.
SouthPoint is an intentionally diverse community (predominantly white and AfricanAmerican), and has been since the beginning (long before it was trendy and culturally
expected). This makes SouthPoint unique and culturally connected in an area that has
not historically embraced diversity and reconciliation.
Regarding religion, Southern Maryland has a deep Catholic history. The first Catholic
service in America was held just miles from the Leonardtown Campus.
Philosophy and Strategy
The leaderships philosophy is relational, holistic, and Gospel-centric. We believe in
incarnational ministry (bringing up there, down here) and earning the right to be
heard by students and parents. SouthPoint is an Orange church, and our entire family
ministry, from nursery through high school, leverages the Orange Curriculum. For
Middle School and High School, the XP3 strategy is built on students need to
experience increasing measures of 3 key faith ingredients: wonder, discovery, and
passion.
The high school (9th-12th grade) ministry is currently rebuilding. At the Leonardtown
Campus, high school students gather at 10:30am in a mostly social environment, and
then attend the 11:00am service together. Currently, the Lusby Campus does not offer
a Sunday Morning high school program. Outside of Sunday mornings, there are a few
middle and high school small groups and events throughout the semester. We have
currently suspended Sunday night Youth Group programming, while the leadership
restructures.
SouthPoints staff culture is team-oriented; respective ministries operate with healthy
autonomy, but are not individual silos.
Our spiritual growth strategy is to help people connect to:
SouthPoint is elder directed, staff led, and volunteer empowered. The elder board of
up to 7 members sets the guardrails in place and helps keep the church on mission.
Pastor Matt is the only staff on the elder board, and has equal influence and voting
rights with the other members. The Staff Leadership Team is responsible for day to day
ministry and culture. This team consists of Sr. Pastor, Matt Hall; Executive Pastor, Tim
Wiesemann; Campus Pastor, Kyle Squire; and Family Ministry Director, Jenn Curtis.
The church staff currently consists of 6 full-time and 5 part time employees.
While SouthPoint definitely prefers to raise up leaders from within and provide
opportunities for leadership, we have hired several positions from outside the
organization through staffing firms like Slingshot and Vanderbloemen.
Reports To:
Jenn Curtis, Family Ministry Director, Leadership Team
Relates Closely With:
Matt Hall, Lead Pastor
Kyle Squire, Campus Pastor, Leadership Team
Tim Wiesemann, Executive Pastor, Leadership Team
Provides Oversight To:
Middle School Students (6th 8th grades)
High School Students (9th 12th grades)
Student Ministry Volunteers
Parents and Guardians
Primary Responsibilities:
Recruit, equip, and lead adult and student leaders for the purpose of developing
fully devoted followers of Christ.
Developing engaging small group and high impact large group experiences.
Planning, scheduling, administrating, promoting, and coordinating programming,
activities, camps, retreats, etc.
Communicate the overall vision, goals, and strategy of the Student ministries and
SP mission to the students, parents and larger church.
Partner with parents with the goal of producing teenagers who are worldchangers through Christ, leaders for Christ, and fully devoted followers of Christ.
All other duties as assigned by supervisor.
Practical Execution
Contact Ministry: Build relationships with students by visiting school lunches,
games, and other environments outside of the church context.
Leadership Development: Meet with adult leaders and student influencers for
training, encouragement, accountability, planning, and information dissemination.
Compensation Package:
Total compensation negotiable based on experience and education
Salary $45,0000-$55,000/year
Benefits package Currently Blue Cross Blue Shield. (Church covers 80% of
premium) Includes, health/vision/dental insurance, Health Savings Account, paid
vacation and sick leave, Sabbatical leave, Continuing Education (TBD).