Ministry Description
Midway Baptist Church is looking for a Student Pastor (children, youth, college) to join their team. Midway is a growing, multi-generational church focused on glorifying God and making disciples. Our church family is unified, generous, and devoted to the Lord Jesus Christ. We are located in Phenix, VA, a rural setting about 45 minutes from Lynchburg and 20 minutes south of Appomattox.
We are looking for a full-time Student Pastor to lead our student ministry. Student ministry is an important part of how Midway seeks to reach people for Christ and make disciples. The Student Pastor will come alongside parents to help disciple students through Christ-centered teaching, leading, and shepherding as well as seeking to reach new students with the Gospel.
Primary Ministries:
Leading
- Provide vision, leadership, and management of the overall student ministry, in line with the mission and vision of Midway Baptist Church
- Recruit, train, lead, and equip student ministry volunteers
- Partner with and equip parents in making disciples of their students
- Oversee and coordinate student events and outreach
- Assist Senior Pastor with ministerial duties and in worship services, as needed
Teaching
- Prepare for and teach Christ-centered lessons from God’s Word, aimed at transforming hearts, in multiple formats throughout the week
Shepherding
- Develop meaningful relationships with students, families, and the overall congregation
- Minister to students and families through personal communication, prayer, counsel, and soul care
Ministry Requirements
Qualifications
- A life and ministry that meets the standards of 1 Timothy 3:1-7 and Titus 1:5-9
- Vibrant personal relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ
- Theological agreement and shared convictions with Midway Baptist Church and its Statement of Faith.
- Strong interest and experience in student ministry
- Supportive of the church’s overall mission, ministries, and pastoral leadership
- Skilled at cross-cultural and cross-generational ministry within a socioeconomically diverse congregation
- Skilled at mobilizing members and executing strategy
- Gifted communicator in oral, written, and digital contexts
- Minimum bachelor’s degree in youth ministry or other ministry field
Key Values & Characteristics
- Follower of Christ
- Active devotional and prayer life
- Committed to the inspiration, authority, and sufficiency of the inerrant Word of God
- Personal holiness and integrity
- Leadership gifts with a shepherd’s heart
- Strong interpersonal skills
- Commitment to the Great Commission and heart for the nations
- A teachable spirit and willingness to be personally developed while also developing others
- Energetic, motivated, and creative
- Team builder and player
If interested, please submit a cover letter and resume to resume@midwaybaptistchurch.org.
www.midwaybaptistchurch.org