Student & Next Generation Pastor

Bridge Church

Job Description

Next Generation Pastor Ministry Expectations


The ideal individual for this opportunity loves students, children, and families and is driven by a deep desire to help them become lifelong disciples of Jesus.  


Your Win: To expand the influence and effectiveness of the Student and Children’s Ministry at Bridge Church and continue to create a welcoming and disciple-focused ministry for ages birth through high school graduation. 


Summary Of Ministry Expectations: 

  1. Student Leadership: Provide leadership and oversight to the Student Ministry at Bridge.
  2. Student Outreach: Develop, lead, and implement outreach events for the student population in Cape Coral.
  3. Children’s Ministry Leadership: Oversee and coordinate everything needed to make the Sunday Children’s experience at Bridge engaging and spiritually transformational. Duties will include, but are not limited to, scheduling For All Classes, Team Member Oversight, Children’s Service Organization, a check-in system, etc… 
  4. Children’s Outreach: Develop, lead, and implement outreach events for the student population in Cape Coral.
  5. Team Development: Grow, recruit, train, and oversee all the volunteers in the student and children’s ministries at Bridge. 
  6. Associate Duties- Leadership development, vision implementation, service organization, service hosting, Sunday messages, visitation, and various ministry-related tasks.
  7. Meetings, Finances & Miscellaneous - Attend staff meetings and other necessary meetings.  Development and oversight of the children’s budget. Supplies ordering and replenishing.
  8. Other duties as assigned by the Lead Pastor.


Organizational Culture Expectations


Our Leadership Culture:


Empowerment with Boundaries. You will have clear direction, creative freedom, healthy boundaries, and flexibility. 


Honor and loyalty. We honor each other and protect each other. We honor those over us, alongside us, and those God has entrusted to us to lead. 


Grace-filled accountability. None of us are perfect, and we all fail. We understand that sometimes the best intentions, most diligent planning, and prayerfully considered steps don’t go as planned. You have the freedom to fail and learn. It’s part of life and leadership. 


Collaborative learning. We learn from each other. We listen to what we haven’t heard and look for a different viewpoint. We believe you don’t know what you don’t know until someone who does know what you don’t know tells you what you don’t know. Teachability is the key to everything. 


Responsive creativity. We spur each other on. We take a good idea and make it great. We take a sketch from one person and create a masterpiece together. Together, we find the meat of an idea and set the bones aside. 


The Ideal Person:


Spiritually: The ideal candidate is someone who possesses and is developing the following spiritual attributes. 

  • Passion for Jesus. They don’t simply like Jesus; THEY LOVE HIM. Their passion and love for Jesus is evident. 
  • Purpose-filled living. They live to know Jesus more deeply and make him known to others. 
  • Persistent spiritual growth. They learn and live the words of Jesus. They pray through problems and obstacles. They worship with all they are and have in every season of life. They change and desire to live and love like Jesus. 
  • Patience with the Church. When we love Jesus, we love his bride. With all its imperfections, inconsistencies, and missteps, we love the church of Jesus. We speak honorably about her. She is not perfect, but she is the bride of Jesus. 
  • Prayer first living. They believe the first response is a prayerful one. The ideal person believes everything accomplished for eternity begins in prayer. They also believe there is nothing prayer cannot change. 


Verbally: The ideal candidate communicates with clarity, relevance, and anointing. They can connect with their audience and move them to action. 


Academically: A degree is helpful yet optional. We are looking for someone with a natural God-given ability to lead others. Leadership is more than a title or degree. Leaders are learners focused on growing themselves and those entrusted to their care. 


Creatively: The ideal candidate is someone who possesses and is developing the following creative leanings. 

  • Intuition... They can see what others don’t.
  • Innovation… They find a way to accomplish what needs to be done with what they have.
  • Curiosity… They want to learn new things and explore new territory.
  • Vision... They dream big, take action, persevere to completion, and then dream again.
  • Infectious... They inspire others to innovate, explore, and create. 


Professionally: The ideal candidate is someone who has and is developing the following professional attitudes. 

The ideal person loves families, students, and children. They are passionate and driven to reach them, disciple them, and engage them with the message and hope only Jesus can give. 

The ideal person is self-motivated. They are excited about their church and the opportunity they have been given, and they look forward to accomplishing what needs to be done. 

The ideal person is teachable and welcomes direction. They are emotionally and spiritually mature and can engage in and through challenging conversations. They receive instruction, learn, and change. 

The ideal person loves to build teams. They believe winning together is way more fulfilling than succeeding alone. 

The ideal person embraces the dynamics of teamwork. They understand great teams trust, disagree, go all in, hold each other accountable, and celebrate team wins first and foremost. 

The ideal person follows and supports even when they cannot see what the leader sees. They believe the leader often senses what is around the corner before it can be seen. 

The ideal person is positive and finds solutions. They see a problem as a challenge to learn and grow through. 

The ideal person is honest about their failures, struggles, and shortcomings. They seek out help and support. 

The ideal person is a learner. They learn from the successes and failures of others. They listen to podcasts, read books and blogs, and continually grow. 

The ideal person is a pioneer. They know the road least traveled is not as smooth as those already paved, but they long to do something new and fresh. They would instead enjoy what they build than endure what they inherit. 

The ideal person sees an opportunity. They are up for the challenge and can’t wait to start.


About Bridge Church

Mission

The mission of Bridge Church is to Wake our World to follow Jesus and experience the Life only Jesus can give. 


Who We Are

We are a diverse, multi-generational congregation. We are young, retired, married, single, divorced, remarried, parents, grandparents, and single parents.


Our Story

As a church we never want to forget our story. We believe that remembering and communicating our story keeps our focus on what God has called us to do. When we look back and remember all that God has done to launch Bridge it gives us faith for what we know God wants to do through Bridge in the future.


On February 11, 2016 Bob & Stephanie Hulett received approval from ARC (The Association of Related Churches) to be an official ARC Church Plant. Along with three other families from Pennsylvania they transitioned to Cape Coral and in June of 2016 held their first Interest Meeting.


With the help of 34 Dream Team Members, Bridge held it’s first service on January 29, 2017 at Mariner High School.


We now have our own location (79 Mid Cape Terrace Suite 2&3) right in the center of Cape Coral. We are experiencing rapid growth in both our Kids & Youth Ministries. Since the beginning of 2023, we have seen numerous people commit to Christ and go public with their faith with Water Baptism. God is doing amazing things at Bridge, and We believe our best days are ahead of us. Over the last 6 months our Sunday attendance has grown by 40%.

Experience Required
Entry Level

Type
Full-time

Education Required
High School Diploma

Date Posted
1 week ago
Location
Cape Coral, Florida

Denomination
Non-Denominational

Church Size
100-200


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