Student Pastor - Brookwood Church

Role Description – Student Pastor

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree with seminary preferred.
• Minimum of 3 years of experience working with youth or student ministry
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills required
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Previous experience leading a team that includes staff and volunteers preferred

Responsibilities

Leadership – 25%

• Lead and Develop the Student Ministry Team (3-5 staff members)
  • Cast a compelling vision for student ministry and equip the Student Ministry Team to execute it.
  • Be vigilant creating a team culture that prioritizes unity and empowers the Student Ministry Team to flourish in their roles.
  • Organize and lead efficient weekly team meetings that cover week-to-week responsibilities and long-range planning of our calendar, events, values, and strategy.
  • Conduct regularly scheduled one-on-one meetings with each direct report on the Student Ministry Team to hear how they are feeling in their role and to get an update on their discipleship relationships.
• Lead and Develop Adult and Student Leaders
  • Recruit both adults and students to fill roles on volunteer teams throughout the student ministry.
  • Provide regularly scheduled adult leader meetings that celebrate leaders and their impact and cultivate new skills in them.
• Partner with Parents to Equip Them as Spiritual Leaders and to Provide Support
• Partner with Security Team to Ensure Safety is a Priority.

Strategic Planning - 25%

• Oversee Development and Implementation of Strategies for Discipleship, Evangelism and Missions

• Personally participate in disciple-making through a Community Group and lead Student Ministry Team to do likewise.
• Lead Student Ministry Team in meetings to grow staff culture.
• Create simple on-ramps for students and adults to be matched up in groups.
• Collaborate with other ministry leaders to integrate students into the larger church community.
• Provide annual opportunities for students to go serve on mission trips and equip groups to go serve in their community once a semester.

Weekly Services, Groups, and Special Events–50%

• Lead Weekly Worship Service for Students

• Create semester by semester preaching calendar that ensures a robust look at Scripture and relevant topics for students.
• Collaborate with the Student Worship Pastor to create high-energy worship experiences that allow students to encounter Jesus.
• Collaborate with the Student Worship Pastor to recruit and train students to be a part of the student ministry worship team.
• Equip discussion group leaders with the skills and information they need to effectively lead groups as part of the midweek worship service for students.

• Oversee Execution of Other Weekly Gatherings
  • Oversee and support Student Ministry Team in organizing and executing weekly groups for students.
  • Oversee and support the Student Ministry Team in organizing and executing weekly campus ministries that exist to mobilize our students in sharing the Gospel
• Lead Student Ministry Team to Plan, Coordinate, and Execute Special Events (Examples: Camps, Retreats, Mission Trips, Special Events, Etc.)
  • Create regularly scheduled opportunities for the Student Ministry Team to plan special events.
  • Collaborate with the Ministries Assistant to develop a project plan with timelines, submit requests for communication needs, develop and coordinate registration system for each event, and oversee all logistical coordination, preparation, and execution including travel and lodging
  • Organize and lead the Student Ministry Team in recruitment efforts of adult volunteers to come serve and of students to attend the event.