Job Description

Principal 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.

About Calvary Baptist Church, Republic

Calvary Baptist is located in Republic, Missouri.

Experience Required
1-5 years

Type
Full-time

Education Required
Bachelor's Degree

Date Posted
4 days ago
Location
Republic, Missouri

Denomination
Baptist: SBC

Church Size
500-750 people


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