Executive Director (GoLiveServe - Bi-vocational Mission Leadership)

GoLiveServe equips and supports bi‑vocational professionals serving in creative access regions where traditional missions may not be possible. The Executive Director leads this mission by guiding vision, strengthening partnerships, and caring for the workers who serve around the world. This role shapes the future of GLS and the impact of our global associates.

Organization: Go Live Serve (GLS)
Location: US-based
Department: Executive Leadership
Posted Date: Apr 1, 2026
Employment Type: Full-Time

Core Responsibilities:

  • Provide spiritual, strategic, and organizational leadership for GLS

  • Lead mobilization by promoting bi-vocational missions and recruiting missional professionals 

  • Strengthen partnerships with churches, seminaries, and mission networks

  • Support and develop GLS associates serving in cross‑cultural contexts

  • Oversee staff, operations, budgeting, and organizational systems

  • Lead donor development and long‑term financial sustainability

  • Represent GLS in public, partner, and ministry settings

  • Collaborate closely with the Board and guide organizational planning

What You Bring:

  • A heart for bi‑vocational mission and alignment with GLS’s vision

  • Cross‑cultural ministry or international experience

  • Leadership experience in a corporate or ministry context

  • Strong communication and relationship‑building skills

  • Ability to guide organizational development, operations, and budgeting

  • Spiritual maturity and active involvement in a local church

  • A collaborative, humble posture and willingness to learn

Why Us:

  • GoLiveServe has spent 35 years equipping professionals to live out the gospel through their work in places where traditional missions cannot go. This role is an opportunity to shepherd a global community, strengthen a unique ministry model, and help shape the next chapter of bi‑vocational mission. If you are passionate about developing people, building partnerships, and advancing God’s work through everyday professions, this calling may be for you.

How to Apply

Applicants may choose to complete the application online or submit their application via email. If applying by email, please send the following to search@goliveserve.org:

  • Your resume, including both professional and ministry experience

  • The completed Executive Director Application Form

  • A cover letter sharing more of your story, sense of calling, or interest in this role (optional)

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Get to Know GoLiveServe

  • Go Live Serve is a missionary organization that mobilizes, sends, equips, and pastors bi-vocational professionals to live Christ-centered lives while serving unreached cities, lives, and cultures through their profession.

  • Please click here to view our statement of faith. For a more in-depth exposition of the theological convictions that we subscribe to, please refer to the statement of faith that is part of the Lausanne Covenant, which is supported by the worldwide

    Christian community: http://www.lausanne.org/covenant 

  • GLS partners with churches in North America to serve alongside the Church in Asia and the Middle East to manifest God’s grace & truth by sending missional professionals to impact the workplace, build faith communities, and collaborate with national leaders to develop mission movements among the unreached.

  • Working with GLS is more than taking on a role—it is responding to a calling. You will be part of a global, diverse community committed to living out the gospel in everyday life. We value spiritual maturity, collaboration, cultural adaptability, and purpose-driven leadership. Here, you won’t just grow your career—you will actively participate in advancing God’s Kingdom through your work.