Executive Director — Position Summary

The Executive Director of Texas Baptist Prisoner Family Ministry Foundation provides visionary, spiritual, and operational leadership for a Christian non-profit organization that offers temporary overnight accommodations, meals, and compassionate hospitality to families visiting incarcerated loved ones.

The Executive Director is responsible for advancing the mission, stewarding resources, cultivating relationships, and ensuring that all aspects of the organization reflect Christ-centered service, excellence, and integrity.

This role requires both spiritual leadership and hands-on management, balancing pastoral care with strategic oversight, fundraising, community engagement, and team development.

Mission Alignment

The Executive Director must be deeply committed to the Gospel and demonstrate a life of Christian faith, prayer, and servant leadership. The individual in this role should model Christ-like hospitality and compassion to guests, volunteers, donors, churches, and staff.

Key Responsibilities

• Organizational Leadership & Vision
• Guest Services & Program Oversight
• Financial & Administrative Management
• Fundraising & Resource Development
• Relationship Building & Community Engagement
• Team & Volunteer Leadership
• Communication & Outreach
• Board Relations

Ideal Candidate Profile & Personal Attributes

The ideal Executive Director exhibits the following qualities:

• Gospel-centered with demonstrated spiritual maturity and discernment
• Visionary leader, able to anticipate the needs and trends that might impact the functionality and future of the ministry
• Systems-minded, able to build and improve processes
• High emotional intelligence, strong soft skills, and relational awareness
• Self-motivated and entrepreneurial, with a builder’s mindset
• Highly relational and community-oriented
• Servant leader who values people over tasks, yet remains results-focused
• Open-handed leadership style, functioning as a player-coach
• Confident communicator, both written and verbal
• Experienced in nonprofit management, ideally including development/fundraising
• Comfortable approaching and engaging with donors, churches, and foundations, etc.
• Adaptable, humble, and resilient in a ministry environment
• Effective Presenter, who uses an engaging storytelling method to communicate mission impact by including guest/volunteer stories, antidotes, and testimonies

Qualifications

• Demonstrated faith commitment and alignment with Christian mission
• Experience in nonprofit leadership, ministry, or related fields
• Proven fundraising and donor development experience preferred
• Knowledge of governance and compliance requirements for a 501 c 3
• Strong organizational, financial, and administrative capabilities
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with wisdom and grace
• Passion for the organization’s mission
• Emotional intelligence and interpersonal skills
• Ability to lead diverse teams and stakeholders
• Ability to manage multiple responsibilities with wisdom and grace

Working Conditions

• Full time position, including evenings and weekends
• On-site leadership required to support guests, volunteers, and operations
• Emotionally demanding environment which includes ministering to the families of inmates currently incarcerated
• On-site living arrangements are available, if desired