Discipleship Pastor – Melbourne City

Join the Team as Discipleship Pastor

Neuma Church Melbourne City

Are you passionate about seeing people grow in their relationship with Jesus? Do you love building discipleship pathways, developing leaders, and helping people take their next step in faith?

Neuma Church Melbourne City is seeking a Discipleship Pastor to lead and shape the spiritual formation of people across our church community.

This is an exciting opportunity for a gifted pastor and leader to oversee discipleship pathways from salvation through to spiritual maturity, ensuring people are welcomed, connected, discipled, and empowered to follow Jesus.

About the Role

As Discipleship Pastor, you will:

  • Lead discipleship pathways including Alpha, Foundations and spiritual formation initiatives.
  • Oversee the assimilation and pastoral care of new people and new believers.
  • Develop discipleship content, courses, and resources that help people grow in biblical understanding and identity in Christ.
  • Recruit, equip, and develop volunteer leaders and facilitators.
  • Create healthy systems that connect people into baptism, Life Groups, serving teams, and church community.
  • Contribute to the broader pastoral leadership of the church through pastoral care, ministry development, and leadership training.

We’re Looking For Someone Who:

  • Has a genuine passion for discipleship, spiritual formation, and leadership development.
  • Demonstrates strong biblical teaching and pastoral leadership capabilities.
  • Has experience leading volunteers, developing teams, and building ministry environments.
  • Is highly organised with strong communication and administrative skills.
  • Thrives in a collaborative team environment and carries a heart for the local church.
  • Has formal ministry and theological training.

What Success Looks Like

You’ll help create a culture where:

  • People are growing in spiritual maturity and identity in Christ.
  • New believers are effectively connected and discipled.
  • Life Groups and discipleship courses are flourishing.
  • Emerging leaders are being identified, developed, and released.
  • Strong discipleship pathways are helping people move from salvation to spiritual maturity.

Why Neuma?

At Neuma Church, we are passionate about reaching, raising, and releasing people into all God has for them. We believe in building healthy disciples, empowering leaders, and creating environments where people can encounter Jesus and live on mission.

If you have a heart to see people transformed through discipleship and want to help build a thriving, Spirit-led church community, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply now and help shape the next generation of disciples at Neuma Church Melbourne City.

To apply: To request the full Position Description or express interest in the role, please contact [email protected]