Youth Pastor/Student Department Pastor

Meet Destiny Worship Center and the Navarre Campus:

Destiny Worship Center is a multi-campus church with six locations across the Florida Panhandle. Our Navarre campus is our newest campus launched in December, 2024 and averages 1,800 in weekly attendance. We’re focused on reaching our community through life-giving worship services, engaging teaching, a strong culture of connection, service and discipleship.

We are currently looking to add a Youth Pastor to oversee our Student Ministries and their staff teams at our Navarre Campus, a fast growing, large campus of Destiny Worship Center.

** If you are interested in this position, please email eric@destinyworship.com with your resume! **

About the Role: 

The Youth Pastor will lead and oversee all aspects of Student Ministry at the Navarre Campus, serving the Middle and High School students in a hands on leadership role. In addition, this pastor will lead the staff members that are responsible for the success of our Pre-K (Babies-5 years old) and Destiny Kids (k-5th grade) ministries. Our Student ministries and their goals are accomplished through weekly events, spiritual development, serving and connection. The hired candidate will also lead in the development of our young adult ministry, building a bridge from connected High School student to connected Adult.

Primary Responsibilities include:

• Provide leadership, oversight and vision to volunteers who make up the Destiny Youth Team
• Provide leadership, oversight and vision to the staff members who make up the rest of the student ministries department.
• Provide administrative oversight and execution to the systems involved in managing the Student Ministry.
• Crafting and Delivering Bible-rich sermons to Middle and High School Students.
• Helping students and volunteers take their next step toward spiritual growth and connection.
• Developing and overseeing a leadership structure that equips others in their calling.
• Leading regular trainings and team development events.
• Work alongside a dedicated Campus Pastor, a regional support team, and a large volunteer team. You’ll also be a co-worker alongside ministry leaders that are each aiming for health in all areas of our church.
• Bridging the gap between high school graduates and young adults in church and spiritual connection.

The Youth Pastor reports to the Navarre Campus Pastor and is an essential part of our Navarre Campus staff. This role calls for someone who leads with both heart and structure—you love people, but you also love to build a ministry that’s bigger than you, that’s all about Jesus.

Gatherings

• Lead our “Destiny Youth” student ministry weekly gathering.
• Wednesday Nights from 6:30-8:00pm
• Average Wednesday Night “Motion” Attendance is 230 students
• Calendared Events like Youth Freedom (Which closes a Youth Small Group Semester), Motion Experience (High School Camp) and others as scheduled.
• Young Adults: Regular Small Group Gatherings.
• Sunday Mornings: Implement a Destiny Youth Presence designed to raise connection between Wednesday Youth students and Sunday Services. 

Outreach

• Collaborate with Campus Pastor to connect with and support the needs of local schools.

What we're looking for:

• You’ve led on a church staff in a church of 1000+ weekly attendance.
• You’ve led a youth ministry of over 100+ students in attendance.
• You live by Biblical Standards.
• You’re more excited about a winning team than you are about a big crowd.
• You’re self-motivated, detailed, teachable, love to overcommunicate, and are a great team player.
• You genuinely believe in godly community.
• You really love Jesus and so does your family.
• You’re comfortable in a Spirit-filled, non-religious, fun setting.
• You’re humble yet confident.
• You enjoy support and feedback.
• You’re a competent problem solver.
• You’re not threatened by working within clear boundaries.
• You love being on a winning team.

Why You’ll Love Working Here:

• Our staff is unified, fun, and fully invested the vision of the church
• Most work weeks are between 32-36 hour workweeks (yes, really)
• 4 weeks paid vacation
• Top-of-the-line retirement plan
• Medical Insurance Benefits
• Relocation assistance available as needed
• Housing benefits may be available for qualified candidates
• Competitive Salary
• You’ll live minutes from the beach on Florida’s beautiful Emerald Coast

You won’t just be doing ministry—you’ll be part of a healthy, growing team where you’re known, supported, and empowered to lead boldly.

What it's like to live in the cities our church serves in Northwest Florida: 

Our region is affectionately called the "Emerald Coast," named after our signature white sand, turquoise waters, as well as other natural occurrences, like dune lakes and the nearby barrier islands. It's a favorite destination for over 4.5 million visitors every year! From surf and sun, to shopping, dining and great schools, our region is an area growing in population and influence. If you've ever been here on vacation once, you've wanted to come back. If you live here, you love it here.

Helpful Links:

• destinyworship.com
• https://destinyworshipcenter.com/youth
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Helpful info for the interested Candidate:

**Please send your resume to eric@destinyworship.com to be considered**

We are a healthy, multi-campus church serving the emerald coast of Florida. There's quite a lot to say about our church but the best way to let you know about us is to tell you about our 4 core values:

Bridging Denominations

Part of our ministry philosophy is to build on our heritage, not abandon it. At Destiny Worship Center, we embrace the term “interdenominational.” People from all denominations can feel welcome at our church. “We desire for every person to understand that they belong, regardless of the church background.” As we encounter God, we believe in Him and behave according to His word. We do not believe God is looking for reasons to exclude people. His nature is to include people. The best common ground we all have is that we believe in Jesus, believe in what He did for us, and love Him with everything within us. This part of our vision is best demonstrated in our worship services.

Making Disciples

Jesus’ command was for us to “go and make disciples.” Our passion at Destiny is not only to make believers, but also to make disciples. We want to see people become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. We live out this value in a variety of ways; through our Growth Track, Small Groups, weekend services and ministries.

Building Families

Building families remains one of the top priorities at Destiny Worship Center. We believe a strong church is measured by the strength of the families that form it. At Destiny Worship Center, we offer a number of ministries geared towards strengthening families and the relationships between families.

Transforming Communities

Transforming communities is another focus of our spiritual family. We transform our communities by exercising goodness, generosity, and love to those outside of the church through local and global missions. We also embody this value by planting churches. Whether we plant a campus in our local region or abroad in countries like Kenya and Brazil, our desire is to see communities transformed. We currently have locations in Destin, Freeport, Crestview, Panama City Beach, Fort Walton Beach, FL, Kenya and Nicaragua.