Minister to Students

MINISTER TO STUDENTS

The Minister to Students is primarily responsible for the overall ministry to Students

Grades 6 -12. As a member of the Dawson Ministerial Staff Team, the Minister to

Students is expected to reflect the Christian values of Dawson in all relationships at

work and the community as well as in personal, business, and family relationships.

General responsibilities of Ministry Staff Members of the Dawson Family of Faith:

• A living growing relationship with God through His Son

• Deliberately and intentionally sharing good news of Jesus Christ with the unsaved

• Assimilating guests and new members into the Family of Faith through service

• Developing leadership through ministry and service

• Tithing the income earned from church to the ministry budget of the church

• Support the vision and mission statements of the church

• Living by guidelines provided in the Dawson Employee Policies Manual

The Minister to Students is responsible to:

1. Discipleship Pastor

2. Executive Pastor

3. Pastor

4. Personnel Committee

5. Church in Business Conference

Primary areas of responsibility:

1. Overall supervision and leadership to student ministry and student ministry staff

2. Student Bible studies (small groups and Sunday morning Life Groups)

3. Wednesday night programming

4. Year-round activities (camps, mission trips, etc.)

5. Outreach for students and their families

Qualities needed (in no particular order):

1. Teach: must be a strong teacher that understands how to communicate the gospel

of Jesus Christ

2. Lead: must be able to lead both students and adult leadership (this includes, but is

not limited to, organizational skills, coaching ability, and ability to learn)

3. Communicate: be able to effectively communicate truth from God’s Word to

students, must understand the importance of and follow-through communicating

with other staff, students, parents and student leadership

4. Prepare: this includes, but is not limited to, meetings, programs, etc. that this

position leads and/or participates in

5. Learn: Master’s degree from seminary is preferred

Duties/responsibilities for this position should involve the following:

1. Work as a team player with all the ministries of Dawson.

2. Oversee, encourage, and lead the two Associate Ministers to Students and Student

Ministry Interns through frequent communication and working together as a team.

3. Recruit and train Life Group leadership: recruit, motivate and empower individuals

within the Dawson Church Family in order to impact the lives of students for Christ.

4. Help give students the tools they need to grow in their relationship with Christ.

5. Develop leadership among students: provide opportunities for students to be

actively involved in ministries that are designed around their strengths.

6. Plan, organize, and carry out programs and trips that help shape student’s lives with

the goal of helping them to become and help others become faithful servants of

Jesus Christ.

7. Promote unity within the Student Ministry to reflect our vision and mission as a

church.

8. Partner with Music Ministry in developing intentional Chapel Choir ministry.

9. Actively minister within the community with both members and non-members.

10. Other duties as assigned.