Youth Pastor (Full Time)

Vineyard USA; Urbana (IL); Vor Ort; USD 55.000 - 75.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

The Vineyard Church in Urbana, IL, is seeking a Youth Pastor to lead TVC YTH for grades 6–12. You will guide vision, teaching, and ministry strategy, building relationships with students and families and developing leaders within a Spirit-led youth community.

You will oversee junior high weekend services, youth gatherings, and curricula, and partner with the admin team to plan events, camps, and retreats that support TVC’s discipleship strategy.

Qualifikationen

• Must provide leadership, vision, and oversight for TVC YTH.
• Develop and implement formation pathways for students.
• Recruit, equip, and shepherd volunteer leaders and families.

Aufgaben

• Provide overall leadership, vision, and direction for TVC YTH, cultivating a ministry culture that helps students encounter God’s love, experience transformation, and learn to extend the miraculous.
• Lead planning and execution of Junior High weekend services and Sunday night YTH gatherings, ensuring welcoming, safe, engaging environments.
• Develop and oversee the spiritual formation strategy for students, including salvation pathways and leadership development.
• Serve as primary shepherd for students, volunteer leaders, and families connected to TVC YTH.
• Establish, track, and evaluate ministry metrics to assess engagement and growth.

Kenntnisse

Leadership

Discipleship

Teaching

Volunteer management

Pastoral care

Strategy & planning

Jobbeschreibung

Position Summary

The Youth Pastor provides leadership and oversight for TVC YTH, helping students in 6th through 12th grades encounter the love of the Father, experience transformation in Jesus, and learn to extend the miraculous in the power of the Spirit. This role leads the vision, teaching, discipleship, volunteer development, and ministry strategy while creating engaging, safe, and Spirit-led environments. As a member of the pastoral team, the Youth Pastor builds relationships with students and families, develops leaders, and helps advance the mission and values of The Vineyard Church through both youth ministry and broader church involvement.

Youth Ministry

• Spiritual Leadership & Ministry Oversight
• Provide overall leadership, vision, and direction for TVC YTH, cultivating a ministry culture that helps students encounter God’s love, experience transformation in Jesus, and learn to extend the miraculous.
• Lead the planning, execution, and evaluation of Junior High weekend services and Sunday night YTH gatherings, ensuring every environment is welcoming, safe, engaging, and Spirit-led.
• Develop and oversee the spiritual formation strategy for students, creating pathways for salvation, discipleship, leadership development, and ministry involvement.
• Serve as the primary shepherd and spiritual leader for students, volunteer leaders, and families connected to TVC YTH.
• In collaboration with the Ministry Department Lead, establish, track, and regularly evaluate ministry metrics to assess engagement, growth, and ministry effectiveness.
• Oversee ministry calendars, budgets, volunteer schedules, and communication systems
• Lead the planning and execution, in collaboration with the admin team, of youth events, retreats, camps, conferences, and ministry experiences that support the overall discipleship strategy of TVC YTH.

Teaching & Discipleship

• Serve as the primary communicator for TVC YTH, while recruiting, equipping, and developing additional communicators and teachers.
• Oversee the development of youth ministry curriculum, teaching series, discipleship resources, and small-group content that align with TVC’s vision, values, and theology.
• Create opportunities for students to encounter God through worship, prayer, Scripture, ministry times, and Spirit-led experiences.

Leadership Development & Volunteer Oversight

• Recruit, train, develop, and pastor volunteer leaders, including:
  • Crew Leaders
  • Communicators / Teaching Team
  • Café Team
  • Welcome Team
• Provide coaching, encouragement, accountability, and ongoing development opportunities for volunteer leaders.
• Lead regular leadership gatherings to communicate vision, celebrate wins, provide training, and strengthen team culture.
• Identify, mentor, and develop student leaders, helping them discover their gifts and grow as followers of Jesus.
• Cultivate a healthy leadership culture marked by spiritual maturity, servant leadership, relational connection, and ownership of the ministry’s mission.

Family Partnership & Student Care

• Build strong relationships with students and families, serving as a trusted pastoral presence and resource.
• Develop systems that help new students and families connect quickly and experience belonging within TVC YTH.
• Maintain consistent communication with parents regarding ministry vision, events, discipleship opportunities, and student development.
• Provide pastoral care, encouragement, and support to students and families during significant life events and spiritual milestones.