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Youth Pastor

Oregon, Wisconsin, United States

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Job Description:

Position Title: Youth Pastor

Position: To oversee ministry to children and students as we lead them to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ.

Qualifications
• A growing, vibrant faith in Jesus Christ.
• Proven character.
• A commitment to evangelical theology and the beliefs of Hillcrest Bible Church.
• Giftedness in the areas of teaching, leadership, and evangelism.
• Experience with children’s and student ministry (five or more years experience preferred).
• Possess the energy to lead a highly relational, creative, and demanding ministry.
• A team player.
• Skill in communicating to students, leading volunteers, and managing ministry structures.
• Ability to develop leaders and delegate responsibility.
• College degree preferred. Ministry-specific training a plus.

Focus:
This position will be primarily focused on student ministry (7th-12th grade - 70%), with a secondary focus on overseeing the volunteer leaders of the children’s ministry (infants - 6th grade - 30%).

Student Ministry
This position is responsible for impacting three kinds of people:

1. Leaders. God has given us adults with the spiritual gifts and passions necessary to reach students. The Youth Pastor must identify, envision, equip, and shepherd these future leaders to reach their God-given potentials and experience the adventure of serving. They must develop a community of leaders who build into the lives of junior high and senior high students. Though the Youth Pastor must be skilled at relating to and communicating with students, their primary role will be developing and equipping adult leaders. (The Youth Pastor to the “youth pastors”.)

2. Christian Kids. The Youth Pastor must develop a discipleship ministry that challenges Christian kids to grow in full devotion to Christ and become peer leaders amongst their friends. The program must provide a healthy balance of worship, evangelism, serving, community, and spiritual growth, and should regularly produce passionate, vision-filled servants of Christ.

3. Disinterested Kids. Many youth programs wait for lost kids to come to them. The Youth Pastor must build a dynamic outreach program that follows the model of Jesus -- a style and philosophy of ministry where leaders spend time with kids in places where they live their lives, regardless of their spiritual condition or connection to our church. It is a ministry of presence; with the kids where they learn, live, work, and play, and going to where they are because a kid’s life does not happen within the walls of the church. It is a ministry of relentless pursuit which is not dictated by a young person’s response to us or to the Gospel.

The strategy for impacting these three groups is open and flexible. Hillcrest loves to think “outside the box” and is not bound by tradition. Results are what counts – that an ever-growing number of students would meet Christ and become passionately committed to him.

Children’s Ministry
Our ministry to children is divided into several age-graded areas on Sunday mornings, each led by a volunteer ministry leader: Infants/Toddlers, Pre-School/K, 1st-4th grade, and 5th-6th grade.

We also have a very active Awana program helping children grow in their love of God and knowledge of scripture.

The Youth Pastor must provide leadership to these ministry leaders to build a flourishing Children’s Ministry, while still maintaining a primary focus on Student Ministry.

Reports to the Lead Pastor.

Full Time position.

If interested, send resume and cover letter only to pastorsearch@hillcrestbiblechurch.org.