Student Pastor

Central Christian Church of Arizona; Glendale (AZ); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Central Christian Church of Arizona is seeking a Student Pastor to create engaging environments that lead students to faith in Jesus and to recruit and develop leaders across the Glendale campus. This role collaborates with the Lead Student Pastor and Campus Pastor to implement campus vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with the church's mission.

The role requires serving as a team member in student ministry, managing communication between the Student Team and Campus Pastor, and developing

Qualifications

• Experience in student ministry and leadership development within a church setting.
• Familiarity with multi-site church environments and campus ministry.
• Understanding youth culture and ability to engage students effectively.
• Proficiency in MS Word, Excel and Outlook for planning and communication.
• Self-motivated self-starter with collaborative mindset.

Responsibilities

• Create engaging environments to attract and disciple students.
• Recruit, develop and empower adult and student leaders.
• Partner with Campus Pastor and campus team to align with campus vision.
• Attend team meetings and participate in leadership rotations as required.
• Build strong relationships with families, schools and community partners.

Skills

Student ministry experience

Multi-site church experience

Familiar with the popular culture of学生

MS Word, Excel and Outlook

Self-motivated

Tools

MS Word

Excel

Outlook

Job description

Position Summary

The Student Pastor will create an exciting and engaging environment that leads students to discover and fully own faith in Jesus, reaching and engaging disconnected students in the community. This role works closely with the Lead Student Pastor to recruit, develop, and equip leaders. The Student Pastor also partners with the Campus Pastor and campus team to support and implement the campus vision and strategy, ensuring Student Ministry aligns with the overall mission and ministry of the church.

Responsive recruiter

Position Title: Student Pastor

Campus: Glendale

Reports to: Glendale Campus Pastor

Status: Full-Time, Exempt

Position Summary

The Student Pastor will create an exciting and engaging environment that leads students to discover and fully own faith in Jesus, reaching and engaging disconnected students in the community. This role works closely with the Lead Student Pastor to recruit, develop, and equip leaders. The Student Pastor also partners with the Campus Pastor and campus team to support and implement the campus vision and strategy, ensuring Student Ministry aligns with the overall mission and ministry of the church. This individual must fit within our collaborative culture and build teams that represents the campus and the community in areas of gender, ethnicity, and age. This position moves forward the mission and values of Central Christian Church. The mission of Central is to lead people to discover and fully own their faith in Jesus. Our church values are Jesus First, People Always, and Made for More. You will also be expected to immerse yourself in our staff leadership culture of Jesus First, Same Team, Make It Better, Feedback Matters, Give It Away, and Healthy Hustle. Our culture is not aspirational, but conversational. It permeates how we speak and interact with one another as well as who we are and how we lead.

Responsibilities

Community

• Create a safe and engaging environment that attracts students
• Connect students to the Central Student Ministry
• Develop students for the next step in their faith
• Participate as a Student Team Member
• Manage communication between Student Team and Campus Pastor
• Provide and implement strategic leadership and initiatives for student ministry
• Develop and adhere to safety procedures, in cooperation with Campus and Leadership teams
• Develop, maintain, and grow partnerships with families, school administrators, and organizations
• Support the Campus Pastor in his/her leadership of the campus by:
• Working in the First Impressions and Groups ministries, as needed
• Handling benevolence requests
• Support community outreach efforts
• Act as a back up for Campus Pastor in his or her absence
• Other duties as assigned

Leadership Development

• Recruit, develop and empower adult leaders to serve within the ministry
• Recruit, develop and empower students to serve in other ministries
• Attend all church wide/campus specific events
• Attend weekly team meetings in student ministries
• Attend Campus Lead Team meetings as required
• Pastor-on-Call Rotation
• Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills And Experience Required

• Student ministry experience
• Multi-site church experience
• Familiar with the popular culture of students
• Proficient in MS Word, Excel and Outlook
• Self-motivated

Competencies

• Manages complexity
• Decision quality
• Plans and aligns
• Drives Results
• Collaborates
• Develops talent
• Builds Effective Teams
• Demonstrates self-awareness

Role Model In Personal Life

• Must align with the vision, and values of Central Christian Church and be committed to doing Central no harm
• Financially support the vision of Central Christian Church by faithfully giving at least 10% of gross income.
• Growing in your personal relationship with Christ, while developing personal evangelism opportunities within and outside the Church.

Model Biblical Integrity In All Things

• Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of Central Christian Church employees, defined by the Employee Handbook.
• Be an active Owner at Central Christian Church, making every effort to uphold the six staff values of Central.

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk sit; use hands to finger handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear. The employee must occasionally lift or move up to twenty-five pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception and the ability to adjust focus.

At Central, we are blessed to have an extraordinary team of people pursuing our goal of leading people to discover and fully own faith in Jesus. We value each individual and strive to maintain a work environment based on our staff values - Jesus First, Same Team, Make it Better, Give it Away, Feedback Matters, and Healthy Hustle.