Axiom Church is a 2 year old church plant. However we have a rather unique story. Axiom Church is the result of a small group of around 40 people gathering for a time of discussion through Psalm and a time of worship with an acoustic guitar, and a church that was part of the Midland Community for nearly 60 years. The two groups came together united by our vision to reach young families in Midland and raise them to be disciples who make disciples. We like to put that vision this way, Axiom Church exists to change the world one story at a time.
In our first two years we have seen a trend of multiplication. We have baptized 26 people in two years. We had 298 first time guest connect with us, with on average a 25% retention rate of those first time people. We averaged 189 in 2022 hitting 289 on Easter. Our budget has increased by 40% from 2021-2022 and by more than 50% from 2022-2023 to match with giving which is trending up each year. We believe all of these stats and many others show the exciting things going on at Axiom.
We are a highly relational church who desires to see its people grow in Christ and lead others to do the same. A great accomplishment in our mind is that people say from their first week here that it feels like home! Now we are relational with intention, we believe we must do life together to encourage each other to our God given purpose, to grow the kingdom! As such we work hard to offer an engaging and authentic service both in worship and the message. We actively engage our community in events and service projects. We invest in local ministries. We give to national and international missions to be part of the global church carrying a world wide impact. We desire to be a church that sends pastors, planters and missionaries. In our first two years we are already sending out our first international missionary and we pan to send more!
This means that for us as a church, discipleship is not a buzz word, but an absolute must. Not programs and plans; relational and authentic real life discipleship. We see this taking place most realistically in our small groups. Our small groups then must be oriented with this in mind and they then should be the goal and hope for all who attend Axiom. We have the ambitious dream that 90% of our church be in an active small group.
We believe that this will create a church body that is growing in every way. Accomplishing this task of successfully engaging our church in relational discipleship will lead to more volunteers, more tithers, more new families and more baptisms. What is so amazing is that all these exciting things we see coming as a result of this discipleship is merely the beginning, because as that continues it will lead to more leaders, pastors, planters and missionaries going out to grow God’s kingdom!
We see this model as the way to both continue growing numerically and continue growing our people without having to choose between the two!
This is where our Discipleship Pastor comes in to play. We see the right individual for this role being the major catalyst in moving this mission and ultimately our church forward!
The Discipleship Pastor will help to implement and lead a strategy to see the goal of our church in active discipleship, on going personal growth and living out our mission. This is an ongoing process that we know will take time, but it must be understood as the goal. We see this individual as not just a programmer but a leader who will elevate and help take Axiom Church to the next level. We know that God has some very exciting plans for Axiom Church and it is our belief that the Discipleship Pastor is the next right step in moving further into what God is calling us to!
Because of this we are looking for an individual who:
This role will include but not be limited to:
Here is what the right person must have:
We would prefer for the individual who takes this role to have:
Are you our guy? Interested and excited about the possibilities at Axiom?
Please email us careers.at.axiom@gmail.com: