Youth Minister

About the Role

We are seeking a part-time Youth Ministry Leader to commit approximately twenty hours per week, fostering spiritual growth and engagement among teens within our church community.

Qualifications

• Stable, spiritually mature Christian man
• Strong integrity
• Disciplined
• Wise
• Not an addict
• Peaceable
• Good steward
• Humble
• Enjoys working with youth while maintaining a professional manner
• Possesses a heart to understand teens' special needs and a desire to include them in the church's ministry
• Spiritual gifts: Teaching/Preaching, Leadership, Mercy
• Ministry education and experience preferred
• Pursuing or completed Seminary education
• Lives above reproach
• Subject to background check and financial inquiry
• Agrees to the Baptist Faith & Message 2000
• Valid Driver’s License required

Responsibilities

• Lead and cultivate weekly youth ministry
• Provide weekly meetings on Sunday mornings (e.g., Sunday School) and Wednesday evenings
• Identify the needs and interests of teens within the church and community
• Evaluate existing programs to determine effectiveness
• Identify and develop ministry opportunities/programs for teens
• Connect visiting and local teens to the church
• Provide counseling and spiritual direction to teens individually and in groups
• Develop the youth ministry budget and track expenditures with the Budget Committee
• Plan regular events and activities, including outreach, evangelism, and discipleship
• Organize at least one mission trip or Christian camp event annually
• Coordinate and supervise recreational activities for youth
• Recruit and train volunteers to work with youth
• Meet regularly with youth ministry volunteers for prayer and event planning
• Work with the Youth Council and appoint church members as needed
• Participate in Quarterly Business Meetings and Church Council

Preferences

• General understanding of and ability to use technology

Measures of Success

Fulfilling the listed Qualifications and Expectations.