The Next Generation Pastor provides vision, leadership, and strategic direction for all ministries serving preschool through college-aged individuals across multiple campuses, ensuring alignment with the church’s mission while developing cohesive programming, staff, and volunteer systems. This role also includes pastoral care, team collaboration, and a strong personal commitment to spiritual priorities, church unity, and investing in both families and those exploring faith.
MINISTRY EXPECTATIONS
- Lead, direct, and guide the Next Generation Ministry across all campuses, including the Next Generation staff team.
- Develop and implement a Next Generation Ministry Strategy which includes:
- Groups and Midweek programming,
- Scope and Sequence,
- Volunteer recruitment, onboarding, training, and resourcing,
- Impact families and support parents,
- Enhance and strengthen the new believer process, including steps for spiritual growth, and
- Ensure all strategies align with the Bell Shoals mission and vision.
- Continually work toward cohesion and alignment between campuses and all of the Next Generation Ministries.
- Develop alignment and synergy for all campus events (i.e., MVMT WKND, camps, VBS, promotion weekend).
- Ensure any campus-specific events or initiatives align with the Bell Shoals mission, vision, and brand parameters.
- Lead the College Age Ministry.
- Give oversight to the Special Needs Ministry.
- Be a team player who works well with fellow global staff members to support their initiatives as they support the Next Generation team.
- Be a staff member who commits to excellence, heart to serve, spirit of humility, conviction to lead, focus on team, culture of fun, and passion for people.
- Pastoral ministry – weddings, funerals, hospital visits as needed.
- Specific duties as assigned by the Lead Pastor and/or Executive Pastor.
PERSONAL & PROFESSIONAL EXPECTATIONS
- Maintain God-ordained priorities in your life by putting Jesus Christ first, your spouse second, and your children third, grandchildren fourth, and your ministry fifth.
- Be loyal to the vision and staff and always protect the unity of Bell Shoals Church.
- Invest in and invite the lost to know Jesus and to get plugged into Bell Shoals Church.
- Give sacrificially to the ministry of Bell Shoals Church.
- Bachelor's degree required; Master of Divinity preferred.