Here at JustChurchJobs we know how important it is to define your roles within the church. It is important to define any role for any business. Businesses need to have their roles properly defined and their expectations outlined in order to have their business run smoothly, grow exponentially, and ultimately thrive. In the same way a church needs to have their roles and expectations outlined to keep the church running smoothly, growing exponentially, and thriving spiritually.
What is a Christian Education Job?
A Christian education job is essentially a Christian teacher. Despite this being an important role within churches today, not every church has this role within their staffing. You will usually see these kinds of jobs if the church has a school that they also run within the church. This could include things like a weekday pre-school or weekday elementary school that is somewhat standalone from the church but still run by the church. These Christian education jobs are going to primarily consist of the teachers within the school and the director of the school as well.
Christian Education Responsibilities
The role of any Christian education job involves a childcare aspect and a teaching aspect. Again, as mentioned above, not all churches are going to have these positions on their staff within a church unless they have a weekday pre-school or elementary school attached directly to the church site. They have the same responsibilities as any normal teacher and as mentioned above they need to have skills in childcare and teaching. Their responsibilities include planning, coming up with, and teaching curriculum to the students that is based on Christian principles, they will take care of a watch the students in the classroom, and they will implement Biblical principles into their classroom.
Christian Education Job Description Example
Here’s a quick example of a simple and basic job description that we have come up with based on some of the job descriptions people have posted on our site in their search to fill their roles in Christian education jobs:
Our church is looking to fill a position in Christian education, and we first and foremost want the candidate to be feeling led by God into this position of ministry in our church. We believe that this candidate should have a heart to lead and disciple children within their classroom by implementing Biblical principles into every aspect of their classroom, that they should have a passion to teach young students and further their education, and that they should have a desire to share the gospel in their classroom environment to all the students who may not know Jesus.
What you will be doing:
Teaching and educating a class of students
Watching over and caring for your group of students
Planning out curriculum
Grading and evaluating students
Disciplining and spreading the gospel to students
Qualities and skills needed:
A heart for the gospel and Jesus
Relevant education and experience
Clear communication skills
Biblical leadership skills
Teaching and planning skills
A passion to teach young students
Frequently Asked Questions?
What does a Christian education worker do?
As mentioned above, a Christian education worker primarily works as essentially a Christian teacher coming up with and planning out curriculum that incorporates aspects of the gospel and Jesus in all the teaching in the classroom. They teach and grade students while also keeping the gospel of the Bible in mind as they teach their group of young students working closely with the parents of the students as well.
What does a Christian education worker oversee?
The only things that a Christian education worker oversees is their own classroom and their group of students that they teach. They do not necessarily oversee the parents of the students, but they do interact with them frequently to keep them updated on how their child is doing in the school.
What qualifications do I need to be a Christian education worker?
To be a Christian education worker you need to have relevant education and experience in education and childcare.
We are here a JustChurchJobs hope that this article and short job description are helpful to you and at the very least hope that this article has helped you to develop your own job description and set of expectations as you continue in your pursuit for the right candidate to fill your Christian education role within your church. As always, we are here to help however we can!
