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Jeff Pankratz

M. Min.
St Cloud, MN
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facebook.com/groups/sanctusmc
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cmcmovement@gmail.com
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3207605286
Visionary Jesus follower, family servant, & missional church strategist.
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Work Experience

InterVarsity Christian Fellowship

College Campus Pastoral Staff
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May 1997 - May 1999

Directed a network of students at the University of Montana in Missoula, to teach and encourage one another in their faith, helping them keep an abiding walk with Jesus during their college years. Creating opportunities to use their giftings and personalities for personal growth, supporting them in prayer.

  • Built a mens discipleship network, reaching out with the gospel in the dorms.
  • Led retreats, conferences, and weekend training events for students.
  • Pioneered an on-campus prayer movement between other campus organizations and churches.

Lake Community Church

Associate Pastor, Missions Pastor, Student Pastor
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Jun 1999 - Aug 2013

Serving the local church through equipping several teams, from local missions caring for single moms in need of a quality vehicle, to overseas mission teams ministering in church plants among Muslim citiies in izmir and Istanbul, Turkey. Coordinating and equipping student ministry teams on local college campuses, high school and middle school campuses. Providing pastoral care to a network of missional communities, & individual biblical counseling to parents and families. Teaching, preaching, and leading worship Sunday mornings, welcoming new families and individuals into the church family and plugging men and women into our discipleship pathway, leading some through our accredited ministry school for their Bachelors and Masters degrees with the Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development.

  • Partnered with 4 churches & 7 college campuses to direct a network of central MN tehcnical college ministries.
  • Helped create monthly city-wide worship and prayer event, where none existed before.
  • Trained and equipped a network of 12 missional communities to establish new believer and families to follow Jesus together.

Evangelical Free Church North Central District

Founder/Director of Sanctus Missional Communities
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Sep 2013 - Current

Direct and provide pastoral care to a central MN church network of families on Jesus' mission. We multiply disciples, communities, and leaders to plant the gospel forward in other neighborhoods & communities. We are a blessing to be a blessing to our own families, our church family, and our neighbors throughout everyday life.

  • Oversee a local network of Eph 4:12 ministry leaders in St Cloud to commit to lifestyle evangelism and making disciples in DNA groups.
  • Help direct and provide leadership for 7 missional communities abiding in Jesus, growing as church families, and blessing their own cities.
  • Teach and train a network of 25 central MN servant leaders and developing servant leaders in our Servant School, MN's first nonformal accredited local church-based ministry school.

Education

Jefferson High School

Sep 1990 - May 1994

Graduated with Honors, Honors Society, A Club

Minnesota State Moorhead, University of Montana

Bachelor of Science Mathematics and Statistics
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Sep 1994 - May 1998

Gained a diversified education in the arts, humanities, and sciences.

Specialized in architecture, engineering, and systems mathematics.

Encountered the grace of Jesus in my sophomore year in college through Cru.

Developed love for evangelism & discipleship in local churches and ministries.

Antioch School of Church Planting and Leadership Development

Masters of Ministry Personal Formation and Missional Movements
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May 2009 - May 2013

Developed a life and ministry development plan, taught and administered 10 college level training courses emphasizing new testament scholarship of planting the gospel, establishing new believers and churches, and multiplying leaders. associated with being a pastor, church planter, or missionary. and other ministry leaders who are actively engaged in pioneering new gospel ministry. Completed ministry and teaching practicums, helping strengthen existing churches and ministries to pursue the mission Jesus has called them to. More information found at www.antiochschool.edu. Portfolio available upon request.

Skills

  • My personal mix of passions, strengths, and motivations can be summarized by the joy of being involved with teams of ministers, sharing the joy of being in Jesus, expressing Him to others, and helping them grow in the grace, knowledge and giftings He has in store for them.
  • My skills would primarily be in personally recruiting others to a cause, bridging them into being involved in the mission of Jesus, and connecting them into pastoral community to be loved and cared for.
  • On the Ephesians 4:12 spectrum, I am strongest in apostolic & evangelistic giftings, secondarily pastoral and teaching giftings. My wife is my greatest gift in her prophetic gifting!