Youth Pastor/Associate Pastor

First Baptist Church – El Campo
Job Description
Youth Minister/Associate Pastor
Position Reports to:
Position Summary:
The Senior Pastor and the Personnel Committee
Works closely with the Youth Committee
The Youth Minister will introduce our youth to a personal relationship
with Christ, guiding them in spiritual growth and training them to serve
Christ with their lives.
Minimum Qualifications
• Be a born-again believer with a maturing relationship with Christ, and has a thorough knowledge of the
Bible.
• Show a faithful pursuit of leadership characteristics as listed in 1 Timothy:3.
• Possess a strong desire to serve God in the position and be called by God to serve as a youth
minister. Demonstrate a genuine love for young people and maintain good rapport.
• Must be sensitive to the needs and pressures of teens.
• A college graduate with a BA degree in Theology, Christian Education or Youth Ministry is preferred.
• Able to teach, train and guide youth workers.
• Exercise initiative and judgment as an independent worker.
• Possess organizational and administration abilities.
• Continue personal growth and development through area and state conferences, reading, and exchange
of ideas with others.
Primary Duties and Responsibilities
• Provide oversight of junior and senior high youth and youth volunteers.
• Develop and maintain a program of spiritual, personal and social growth for the youth group that will
lead the lost to Christ and provide spiritual growth for the saved.
• Be engaged with the personal lives of our youth. For example, home visitation, counseling, attendance
at school events and making hospital visits.
• Develop a schedule to visit campuses to establish an active rapport with youth. Participate in school-
sponsored events when possible.
• Foster open communication with parents/guardians through personal interactions at church, home
visitations and enlisting them as volunteers. Be available and an encouragement to parents and
guardians who are raising their teenagers in a Christ-like maturity.
• Oversee Sunday school for our youth group, and attend and participate in worship services and other
events of the church.
• Assist the Senior Pastor and church employees with Pastoral duties, including but not limited to:
preaching, teaching, member counseling, hospital visitation, new member calls/visits, accompanying
and/or otherwise supporting the Pastoral staff travel and outings.