Student Pastor Full Time
Calvary Baptist Church, Republic
ActivePrincipal Functions:
The Student Pastor is responsible for planning and executing a comprehensive disciple making program for students, providing leadership to growing young disciples—grades six through undergraduate studies—while interfacing with adjacent children’s, adult, and senior adult ministry leaders to support a continuum of spiritual development.
Responsibilities:
· Actively assess, plan, and lead evangelism initiatives consistent with making student disciples.
· Actively create opportunities for student Christian education, providing direction, leadership, and teaching of Student Bible study, discipleship training, missions education, Wednesday programming and other activities.
· Promote a culture of student ministry that helps young believers to assimilate into the larger church body.
· Promote a culture of student ministry that promotes spiritual maturity.
· Organize and coordinate a balanced approach to student ministry that includes Bible study, discipleship training, outreach, recreation, fellowship, mission action, and worship.
· Working with the Discipleship Pastor, enlist and train leadership serving in the Student Ministries.
· Plan and direct all activities such as youth camp, student mission trips, retreats, weekday youth service, youth emphasis Sunday, seminars, banquets, and other special events.
· Support the pastor in visiting hospitals, nursing homes, etc. and, when called upon, assist in counseling, performing weddings, conducting funerals, and preaching.
· Perform other duties as assigned by the Senior Pastor.
Requirements – Knowledge, Skills, Abilities:
· College degree; some seminary preferred.
· Licensure to the ministry required; ordination preferred.
· Demonstrated ability to work with students and their parents
· Demonstrated ability to recruit and lead volunteers.
· Requires the ability to listen effectively and to communicate clearly, both orally and in written form.
· Requires exceptional speaking skills and the ability to speak confidently before groups.
· Requires quality relational and leadership skills.
· Requires a team mentality in working with and relating to colleagues.
· Requires exceptional administrative skills.
· Requires basic ability to use computer software consistent with student leadership.
· Requires commitment to biblical Christian principles and The Baptist Faith and Message 2000 both professionally and personally.
· Requires attendance and punctuality.
· Requires passing criminal, financial and sexual misconduct background checks.
· Requires compliance with applicable federal and state laws as described in the church constitution.
· Requires the ability to financially steward the respective ministry budget.
Working Relationships:
· The Student Pastor reports directly to the Senior Pastor and supervises the Student Ministries Intern &/or Assistant.
Job Classification:
· This position is considered an exempt full-time position.
To apply for this job email your details to office@calvarymo.com
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