College Pastor

About the role

This role leads Christ Covenant’s college ministry, teaching, discipling, and shepherding college students both on-site and on-campus. It sets the ministry’s strategy and vision, leads staff and volunteer teams, and oversees recruiting and gatherings across the college ministry, including international student efforts and mission trips.

Responsibilities

• Teaching: Create the teaching schedule for Christ Covenant’s on-site and on-campus college gatherings; prepare and deliver teachings for on-site and on-campus college gatherings; collaborate with the worship team to develop a strong worship ministry for college students; lead the on-campus student leadership team through regular team meetings, training, communication, and personal coaching.
• Discipleship: Build evangelistic and discipling relationships with college students; plan and execute annual college retreats; lead college ministry mission trips in partnership with the missions team; oversee international student ministry efforts and gatherings.
• Strategy & Development: Create and refine the strategy for on-campus ministry organizations, gatherings, and outreach; create and refine the strategy and vision for college student discipleship; collaborate with the Communications team to advocate and promote the college ministry; refine and implement a recruiting strategy for volunteers and students at each campus; collect, track, and analyze attendance trends to ensure effective shepherding; maintain relationships with other on-campus ministries in which students participate.
• Volunteers: Lead the college ministry volunteer team through regular team meetings, training, communication, and personal coaching; manage Planning Center profiles for college students.
• Other: Direct the college staff team through weekly meetings and personal coaching, reviewing and planning all ministry activities; lead the recruiting of college staff, interns, volunteers, and student leaders; oversee and participate in on-campus gatherings; perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (B.A.) in related field and Master of Divinity (MDiv.) degree preferred
• At least 3 to 5 years of ministry experience
• Understanding of and willingness to minister within the church’s statement of beliefs
• Character congruent with the biblical requirements for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13; 2 Tim. 2; Titus 1:5-9)