Minister of Students

Calvary Baptist Church; Arcadia (FL); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Calvary Baptist Church is seeking a Minister of Students to provide strategic leadership for birth through age 30, including Preschool, Kids, Students and College Ministries. The role splits time 75% on Youth/Children and 25% on College/Family ministry, reporting to the Lead Pastor and working with the executive pastoral leadership team.

The position emphasizes a “Meet, Know, Serve and Share” mindset, leadership development, and a pro-family culture, with responsibilities across vision casting,

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree required or preferred.
• 3+ years’ experience in children and youth ministry preferred.
• Strong organizational and management skills for recruiting, developing and training volunteers.
• Excellent written and oral communication with children, youth and adults.
• Servant leadership with mentoring and team-building abilities.
• Commitment to making disciples and building inter-generational relationships.

Responsibilities

• Lead and cast vision for Youth and Children ministries, and oversee family ministry programs.
• Provide teaching, training, and development for young adult ministry leaders.
• Create pathways for groups to connect in intergenerational relationships.
• Recruit, train and supervise volunteer leaders for youth and children programs.
• Develop annual budgets and monitor ministry activities and events.
• Lead weekly student worship experiences and participate in church-wide leadership meetings.
• Collaborate with nursery and children’s ministry to align goals and strategies.

Education

Bachelor’s degree

Job description

Job Description for:

Minister of Students

Primary Focus: Youth & Children

General Description:
The Minister of Students will provide strategic oversight and organizational leadership from (birth-age 30) which includes Calvary Baptist Church Preschool, Kids, Students and College, This servant leader will actively champion and passionately model effective hands‑on ministry to the students and their families, and successfully replicate the Meet, Know, Serve and Share mindset and skillset to the staff and volunteers that he leads. This role will be a split role focusing 75% of time on the Youth and Children and 25% of time on College and Family ministry responsibilities.

Organizational Relationship

The position is a member of the executive pastoral leadership team, Church Council and is accountable to and reports directly to the Lead Pastor. The Minister of Students is directly responsible for and leads the heads of Preschool, Kids, Students and College Ministries.

Primary Ministry Goals

Be a champion of the next generation.

• The Minister of Students is the “guardian of the DNA” for Calvary Baptist Church family ministry. He will define and protect an overarching purpose and strategy so that all age groups are working toward a common goal.

Fight for strategic alignment

• Competing interests within the family ministry at Calvary Baptist Church puts stress on parents and can create confusion. The Minister of Students will inspire staff and volunteers to avoid age- group silos. This requires being in the same room at the same time on a regular basis to develop goals and strategies.

Lead a team of leaders

• The Minister of Students must lead up to champion student ministry to senior leadership and cast vision down to all members of the team. They need to have a heart for leadership development and the skills to supervise and manage people, i.e. Student Leadership Program/Youth Council would be a way to implement leadership for the next level.

Create a pro-family culture

• Any role focused on all age groups must naturally need to also focus on the entire family. This doesn’t just mean kids—it means their parents, too. Aligning the Minister of Students ministry means partnering with families to help them succeed.

Essential Job Functions

75% of time on Student and Children Ministry:

• Lead and cast vision for Youth in our church and community.
• Ensure the student ministry is winning at making disciples who make disciples;
• Provide teaching and training to equip the young adult ministry and leaders;
• Create clear on-ramps for our groups to help student get connected in an intergenerational relationship;
• Train and nurture volunteer leaders to engage and equip youth to become both disciples and disciple-makers who are following Christ, being changed by Christ, and committed to the mission of Christ;
• Create clear on-ramps for students to serve and lead within the body of the church;
• Provide overall directional leadership, vision and strategy for reaching students.
• Overall leader of the student ministry including continuous oversight of daily tasks/duties, team meetings, trainings, and events planned;
• Responsible for timely coaching and feedback for leaders;
• Prepare and maintain annual budgets for the student Ministry;
• Evaluate all student ministry activities and implement approved and recommended changes and/or improvements as needed;
• Lead a weekly community student worship experience.
• Represent and advocate for each facet of nursery and children ministry at executive pastoral staff meetings;
• Implement a consistent Nursery and Children meeting to develop, implement, evaluate, and align goals and strategies for achieving the Meet, Know, Serve and Share vision;
• Plan monthly events
• Participate on School campuses
• Organize and schedule all Youth and Children camps and mission opportunities.

25% of time on College and Family ministry:

• Partner with parents and create discipleship opportunities via focus groups, and social media outlets.
• Support directors of each ministry by way of volunteer recruitment, volunteer training, team building practices, brainstorming solutions, and execution of target events;
• Provide personal care and encouragement of ministry directors via dinners, retreats, celebrations, etc.

Other Responsibilities

• Serve as pastor on call when assigned;
• Preach to congregation when called upon by Lead Pastor
• Lead in Youth Visitation and Mission opportunities
• Other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• College/University Bachelor’s Degree, preferred
• A personal vibrant and growing commitment to Jesus.
• 3 + years’ experience and a calling in children and youth ministries preferred.
• High level of organizational and management skills in recruiting, developing, and training volunteers, prioritizing workload, and implementing programs.
• High level of written and personal communication skills, both with children, youth and adults.
• Strong servant leadership skills with experience in team building and mentoring.
• A desire to build, nurture, and maintain meaningful inter-generational relationships.
• Creativity to identify and use resources effectively for community outreach; openness to new ideas and taking risks to achieve goals; flexibility.
• Models the Calvary Baptist Church mission to make disciples of Jesus who are becoming like Christ.