Children's Minister

Bethany Baptist Church has served McDonough Henry County, Georgia (A suburb just south of Atlanta) for the past 165 years. Our church has a heritage of reaching out to our community and has seen times of great growth; yet we remain a church that feels like home. After our pastor of 32 years retired 3 years ago, about a year ago we have called a new pastor to lead us into the next season of ministry. We are looking to build on the strong gospel foundations of our church to reach a new generation as our county is continuing to see explosive growth.

Our church currently averages between 300-350 in Sunday morning worship. We are home to a Weekday Preschool with enrollment of 120 students. Our Children and Preschool ministry has been growing this past year. We are looking to grow our church and develop our Children Preschool ministries while reaching the community with the Hope of the Gospel. We have a great facility with a Worship Center that seats over 600, a gym, a large youth area, and a ballfield. We are well positioned on the corner of a major highway and poised to be a lighthouse to our growing community.

We are seeking the right person to join our team who will:

• Be a team player, willing to work with the other ministries of the church, and help our Children’s Ministry be connected with the church body as a whole.

• Lead our Preschool Children’s ministries (Birth-5th Grade) and help give church oversight to our Weekday Preschool Ministry (led by Weekday Preschool Director).

• Lead Preschool Children’s Ministries that encourages kids to live their lives as multiplying disciples of Christ.

• Teach and model to our children and volunteers a reliance on the truth of God’s Word and trusting God’s faithfulness.

• Work with volunteers to promote environments on Sundays (Sunday School Kid’s Church) and Wednesdays (RAs GAs) that are engaging to children and work to grow them toward becoming multiplying disciples of Jesus.

• Facilitate trainings provide encouragement for parents to lead in their homes in a way that exalts Jesus above all else and is based on God’s Word.

• Plan special events with emphases on fun fellowship, spiritual growth, and evangelistic outreach to our community.

• Recruit and engage adults as leaders to serve in the Preschool Children’s Ministries.

• Join our current church leadership in working to equip our church to reach our community with the hope of the Gospel.

Job Qualifications:

• The candidate should be motivated by a love of Christ to work heartily as unto the Lord in all things, not requiring a great deal of supervision, and have a determination to strive for excellence.

• A love for children and a desire to see them come to faith in Christ and grow in their love and faith in Him.

• The candidate (though not required to be a man for this position) must live in accordance with biblical guidelines for those in spiritual leadership as described in both 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:6-9.

• Ability to coordinate and lead adult volunteers to fulfill the purpose of the ministry.

• Be in full agreement with the Baptist Faith and Message, 2000.

• The candidate should have good written and verbal communication skills.

• Bachelor's and/or seminary degree preferred.

• Experience as a staff member in a ministry leadership capacity is strongly preferred.