Shady Oaks Baptist Church

Shady Oaks Baptist Church                                                                 City:                 Hurst, Texas

Southern Baptist                                                                                 Church Size:    251-400

Full-Time

Job Description

The Minister to Students is a full-time pastoral position who will primarily provide leadership, direction, and oversight to the students from seventh to twelfth grade. This ordained or licensed minister will reflect a dedicated life to Jesus Christ and is expected to commit themselves fully to the vision, partnering with the staff and future of Shady Oaks BC.

Responsibilities:

• To report to the Minister of Families and work collaboratively within her leadership
• Maintain a team approach to ministering to the 7^th – 12^th graders and their families
• Overall supervision and leadership to the Student Ministry and ministry volunteers
• Provide opportunities for spiritual growth in the students through weekly Sunday life groups, weekly mid-week programming, year-round activities, and discipleship that helps launch students into the world around them to shine brightly for Christ.
• Facilitate outreach for students and their families

Qualifications:

• 3 to 5 years of full or part-time experience on a church staff
• Bachelor’s degree in a relevant field required and preferred to have a master’s degree or working toward completing a master’s degree in a relevant field
• Demonstrate a calling to working with students, their families and ministry volunteers
• Strong ability to dynamically communicate and build strong relationships to male and female 7^th through 12^thgraders
• Have a working knowledge of multi-media skills as well as proficiency with using social media as an outreach/communication tool
• Organized, prepared, punctual, proactive, self-starter with a servant leadership mindset

About Shady Oaks

We are a Southern Baptist church located in Hurst, TX (pop. About 40,000) part of the Mid-cities of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex. We are a church of 300+ that is striving to minister to an ever-increasingly diverse community. We exist to grow God’s family by building Christ-centered homes. We accomplish this by gathering in worship, growing in faith, going and serving, and multiplying disciples.

Apply:

• Send a resume and a one-page cover letter to youthsearch@shadyoaks.org