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The mission of Xenos Christian Fellowship's Operations Division is to facilitate the ministries conducted by the other Xenos Christian Fellowship divisions. This mission is accomplished by providing the other divisions with timely, accurate financial and statistical data, mechanisms ensuring effective inter-divisional communication, publications and graphical support, objective periodic evaluation of program effectiveness, human resources support, office support, clean and comfortable facilities, and professional administrative support. An underlying stewardship ethic in each department in this division is to "do more with less".
The operations division at Xenos is responsible for the internal workings of facilities, information systems, finances and all the things that other ministries use to be effective in their work. Our departments are:
The Department of Technical Services - Jeremy Myers, department head, leads a large ministry team centered around the extensive audio-visual, lighting and music support Xenos sphere leaders need. Department staff helps identify, train and retain excellent volunteers in each sphere, ensuring Central Teachings, other outreach meetings and sphere functions work to meet our goals. These same volunteers are needed for corporate meetings and conferences, along with the many ad-hoc gatherings we support. We work hard to make due in our technical meeting systems with a fraction of the budget of most churches our size, while providing excellence in service, as we do not want the technology to become a focal point over God's message.
The Department of Facilities Management - Dave Bucklew supervises the maintenance and readiness of our facilities for our Central Teachings and children's programs, Xenos Christian School, adult equipping classes, and a host of other evangelistic and related functions. This also includes projects for developing and maintaining our 60-acres of grounds at our Main Campus, our Ohio State University district property and South Linden properties. In total, this largest Operations department manages over 200,000 square feet of facilities on 76 acres of land across central Ohio. This huge job involves normal upkeep of building and grounds, but more importantly working with users to identify their needs, determine suitable facilities to meet those needs and then follow-up to ensure all required elements to make a successful event are made available.. week-in-and-out.
The Department of Office Management - Cathy Kaiser heads up the many and diverse activities related to running a productive office, and providing a hospitable reception function. Cathy has been the "glue" that has held us together in our radical transformation from a one-time disorganized and chaos-driven group to a more responsive and planned team. The Information Systems Department - Andy Ault directs our extensive computer resources. Andy has designed and implemented a comprehensive integrated database for the entire church, which we regularly review against other systems and find those systems consistently lacking. We consult directly with experts in each division as we develop new functions and enhance reporting structures. IS staff supports a network covering all of our ministry sites, including hundreds of laptops and PCs and related peripherals. Technology in use at our schools alone keeps our staff on the cutting edge of technology. Our systems have outstanding up-time and ensure a secure environment for all users, with a stream-lined budget that is leveraged each year for maximized productivity.The Finance and Accounting Department - Alan Burkholder, CPA, is leader in our financial matter as our corporate controller for each of our companies (church, schools and inner-city ministry). We regular provide reporting to households and to our spheres on finances, ensuring our members remain involved in the details as far as they want to be. Unlike many churches, we maintain an "open book policy" - any member can come and review our accounting 'books' to whatever extent they deem necessary - we want to remain above reproach and transparent in our finances. Xenos employs a unique fiscal decision-making procedure via the Fiscal Support Team. Xenos giving per adult per year was just $400 in 1993, and had raised to over $2,200 per year a decade later in 2003.
Human Resources Department - Steve Bauer oversees this function for the church. Browse and download extensive sections of our manual for employees and managers.
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