Student Pastor
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Principal Functions: The Student Pastor is responsible for planning and executing a comprehensive disciple making program for students, providing leadership to growing young disciples â grades six through undergraduate studies â 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 parentsDemonstrated 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.#J-18808-Ljbffr