Student Pastor

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.

Calvary Baptist is located in Republic, Missouri.