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Job Title:

Associate Pastor of Youth and Families

Job Description:

We have very ambitious goals to more than double the size of our Youth Group within 36 months. The Youth Pastor will need to be very focused and disciplined to achieve this goal, acting like a missionary to the young people and families in our church and in the surrounding neighborhood. It will require excellent leadership, creativity, and courage. The ideal candidate will be highly relational and highly organized. They should be able to build relationships with both students and with adult volunteers and keep track of the details in communicating with other staff and teammates. They should also have an entrepreneurial vision, able to try new things to reach more kids and grow God's kingdom. Once the Youth Group has grown, there would be the opportunity to hire additional staff in the "department" and for the Youth Pastor to grow professionally within our congregation as the Department Head of a thriving program from infant through college. Alternatively, if the Youth Pastor's goal is to become a senior pastor, the congregation will support and encourage that launch to their next professional step having gained all the training and resources needed for their future flourishing.

Job responsibilities include

• Prepare programming & curricula for the weekly discipleship programs for youth.
• Supervise Director of Children's Ministry for weekly discipleship programs for children.
• Lead the vision to grow the number of youth in the life of the church to 50 students participating weekly and 100 children participating weekly.
• Equip youth to serve through mission projects outside the church and leadership & service inside the church.
• Foster and support a high level of integration and collaboration between and among staff members and church leadership.
• Build relationships with children, youth, and their families, sharing their joys and concerns and challenging their spiritual growth and sharing the gospel through evangelism.
• Build and train a team of adult volunteers to support programming and spiritual growth for our youth; ensure they feel equipped and valued.
• Lead major events during the year to include mission trips, Youth Sunday, Senior Sunday, retreats, annual volunteer recognition, etc.
• Use church database programs to conduct business.
• Maintain required documentation and implement necessary training (student rolls, calendar of events, student trip forms, congregation's Safe Child Policy etc.)
• Be a visible member of the Covenant Church family, attending a cross-section of programs and events and weekly worship.
• Occasional preaching & pastoral care visits.
• Implement a healthy balance of priorities by cultivating a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and with family and friends.
• We are a multigenerational church and our congregation's highest priority right now is to provide for the evangelism and discipleship of our young people. We are committed to investing in the staff and budget at the highest level to build a thriving youth program. We believe that the culture our children and youth are growing up in is becoming less Christian. This places additional urgency on the church to step up in the lives of our city's young people. It is critically important to provide a strong theological foundation for our youth, a vibrant community of older adults to mentor them, and a joyful space where kids can make friends. We are a member of the Fellowship Community of Presbyterians and are committed to being a conservative theological voice within the PC(USA) and in our city.
• Church Websitehttps://www.covhsv.org/

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Position Qualifications:

M.Div or related Master's Degree preferred, possibly Bachelor's degree.

• Firmly rooted and have a growing relationship with Christ.
• Support of and agreement with Covenant's statement of faith.
• A strong Biblical background and actively involved in a church.
• Demonstrated experience working with youth, young adults and families.
• Have sound judgement, the ability to handle challenging situations, have grace under pressure, and a good sense of humor.
• Sufficient skills and experience to relate Bible teachings and applications to real life questions and situations that apply to youth and their families in an increasingly challenging culture.
• Ability to work in a Team Ministry environment with staff members, elders, volunteers, and family members.
• Ability to recruit, empower, and lead a team of dedicated volunteers.
• Proficient working with current communication technology, databases, and software applications.
• Possess good time management, organizational and administrative skills.

Application Deadline

10/12/2024

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

$71k-$90k

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Covenant Presbyterian Church

Contact Name & Contact Info

Industry

Church

Denomination

Presbyterian - Other

City, State

Huntsville, AL

Description of Organization

Following 65 years of powerful ministry in Huntsville, Alabama, Covenant Presbyterian has recently been on a journey of transformation as a congregation. In 2018, Associate Pastor David Kling, took over as Senior Pastor from a wonderful Senior Pastor of 33 years in a smoothly planned leadership transition. However, the congregation soon came to terms with the fact they had slowly been declining and were not seeing any adult conversions. Huntsville is a highly-educated, rapidly-growing town centered on scientific research. This meant from a missional standpoint that it was critical to begin growing again and to start sharing Christ with educated skeptics. In 2019 the congregation refocused the church's priorities to be devoted to bringing people to Christ who had either never been in church or had walked away from Church. This became a regular prayer as a congregation. The church began researching the best practices of growing churches that were reaching unchurched people, and discovered that Covenant's organizational structure needed to streamline and become more flexible. Most committees - except for the board of elders and the board of trustees - were shut down and instead, the staff was empowered to lead teams of volunteers. In 2020 all major systems went into a digital cloud-based setup (database software, ASANA, livestream, security etc.) so that the staff could work remotely from anywhere. The church reopened quickly during the pandemic, and was surprised to see that lots of new younger people came to worship. After two years of prayer, young adults in their 20s began to come forward for baptism and conversion. In 2021 the worship style was changed to fit a younger demographic (kind of a Nashville vibe) that connects with both older and younger generations. In 2022 the church worked with the Unstuck Church consulting firm to create a fresh 5-year vision for the congregation to become the best congregation at evangelism in the PC(USA) denomination. By 2026 they see themselves as a thriving medium-sized congregation of about 500 people on a Sunday with a healthy mix of children, youth, and adults and 12 adult conversions every year.

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