Children's Pastor

Inland Hills Church; Chino (CA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Inland Hills Church in Chino, California seeks a passionate ministry leader to oversee its Children’s Ministries. The ideal candidate will lead strategic planning, budgeting, and program execution while creating a fun and welcoming environment for children and families.

This role involves building relationships, recruiting and developing volunteers, and demonstrating core values of community and collaboration. The candidate should possess strong communication and leadership skills.

Qualifications

• Accomplished ministry leader with a passion for child/family ministry.
• Excellent strategic thinking and problem-solving skills.
• Demonstrates solid character, spiritual depth, and leadership capability.
• Self-starter eager to continue learning.

Responsibilities

• Oversee Children’s Ministries including planning and budgeting.
• Build relationships with children and their parents.
• Work to build cohesion across children’s ministry areas.
• Recruit, train, and develop others for children’s ministry.
• Develop high-quality solutions to engage children and families.
• Demonstrate IHC’s core values.

Skills

Strategic thinking

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Leadership capability

Job description

Inland Hills Church has consistently been a church that values innovation in service to our mission. We were among the first in Southern California to commit to being a contemporary, relevant church for unchurched people. Currently, we are leveraging the power of ever‑changing technologies and the global reach of the internet to share the love of Jesus as broadly as possible.

Today, thousands of people attend Inland Hills from all over the Inland Empire. The numbers, however, are not what drive the leadership at Inland Hills Church. We long to see lives changed by Jesus. We long to align everything we do and everything we invest in with the goal of people encountering and being transformed by Christ.

Job Description

Are you an experienced ministry leader who wants to inspire kids along a path that develops their personal faith in Jesus? Join our team to champion a purposeful, fun, safe and engaging discipleship culture for children from birth through sixth grade. Develop volunteers and partner with parents to nurture and equip children to become lifelong followers of Jesus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Lead strategically. Oversee IHC’s Children’s Ministries including planning, budgeting, curating curriculum, etc., for weekly IHC Kids programming online and in person. Develop and accomplish annual and quarterly children’s ministry goals, including weekly execution of children’s worship and special events. Supervise and coordinate the work products of IHC Kids staff, intern(s), and volunteers.
• Connect. Make children’s ministry fun and approachable for regular attenders, while fostering an ever‑welcoming environment for new guests. Build relationships with children and their parents. Foster a sense of community where people (volunteers, students, parents) are known personally cared for.
• Collaborate. Work intentionally to build cohesion across the children’s ministry areas, and with other ministries such as outreach, care, connections, and worship. Demonstrate a willingness and availability to actively support IHC events and all‑church initiatives throughout the year.
• Recruit, train, and develop others. Equip and enable adults and youth to share in the responsibilities and joys of children’s ministry. Invest in leaders’ development for the benefit of the individual kids they serve, as well as for the long‑term sustainability and growth of the ministry team.
• Innovate and make things better. Develop and implement high‑quality, forward‑looking solutions within your sphere of responsibilities. Replicate great ideas, and don’t be afraid to try new ones for the sake of engaging children and families even better. Be proactive; be willing to “think outside of the box” to solve problems; consistently contribute your best effort and attitude and inspire others to do the same.
• Be authentic. Stay engaged in a personal and growing relationship with Jesus. Demonstrate IHC’s core values: make it better, work collaboratively, care personally/challenge directly, develop others, choose joy.

Qualifications

• Accomplished ministry leader with a passion for child/family ministry and a track record of effectively developing ministry volunteers
• Excellent strategic thinking, problem‑solving, communication skills, and follow‑through
• Demonstrates solid character, spiritual depth, maturity, and leadership capability
• A self‑starter, eager to continue learning to serve the role and organization more effectively

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.