Position Summary
As the Associate Pastor or Director of Youth Ministry, your primary focus will be making disciples of students (7th-12thgrade) who will in turn make disciples. This will include introducing youth to Jesus Christ, helping them grow spiritually, training them to serve others, and training them to disciple others. You will assist parents in fostering spiritual, emotional, physical, and moral health in their children.
- Help youth discover their clear identity in Christ.
- Prepare them for the challenges they will face. - Help develop their God-given gifts and talents, not only in ministry setting but in every aspect of life. - Lead the charge in reaching students of Pipestone and the surrounding community with the relevant and worthy truth of the Gospel.
As the Associate Pastor or Director of worship, up to 20% of your time will be dedicated to the area of worship. You will lead and direct our praise team in facilitating genuine worship. - Developing skills and a “Heart of Worship.” - Organizing and planning the musical expression of our worship. - Upholding Psalm 33:3 that we may practice undistracting excellence. - Sharing scripture and teaching that will help draw our church family into the presence of the Holy Spirit.
Qualifications
- Must be a born-again believer with a love for God and a love for teenagers.
- Meets qualifications of 1 Tim. 3, Titus 1, and 1 Pt. 5.
- Must be called by God to fill this role.
- Must be committed to the vision, values and mission of Cornerstone.
- Must be in agreement with Cornerstone’s philosophy of equipping and discipling.
- Must be in agreement with the EFCA Statement of Faith.
- Has a commitment to a team approach to ministry.
- Strong teacher with a love for God’s word and is also teachable.
- Relational style of leadership and ministry.
- Has a humble, joyful spirit with a sense of humor.
- Is a self-starter and able to work without direct supervision.
- Experience is preferred.
- Is a graduate or fourth year student of a bible college with a degree in youth ministry or a closely related degree.
- Must pass a legal background check.
- Will be willing to conduct a self-examination by utilizing project purity.
Essential Duties and Expected Results
Leading:
* Recruit, disciple, and sustain volunteers who will be more than chaperones.
* Be acquainted with the personal lives of Cornerstone students and speak into them as a loving mentor.
* Have intentional interactions with students of the community (outside of Cornerstone).
* Be a responsible confidant with wise counsel.
* Because of the relational nature of Cornerstone’s ministry, you will need to embrace community and school activities.
* Engage parents as vital partners and have an ability to relate with parents as well as their students.
* Oversee the expenditures of the youth budget.
* Submit an annual report.
Equipping
* Disciple youth and leaders according to our vision, values and mission.
* Utilize or develop curriculum which is biblically sound and relevant to students.
* Assume the role as primary teacher and provide teaching opportunities to other qualified adults and students.
* Relate to the unique needs of teenagers while ensuring the ministry is biblical.
* Provide periodic retreat opportunities for both Junior and Senior High students, including participation in EFCA activities as appropriate.
* Lead mission or outreach trips.
* Develop opportunities for students to engage in ministry.
Other Responsibilities
* Leading a youth Sunday whenever there are 5 Sundays in a single month.
* Come alongside families during times of crisis.
* Participate in staff meetings and personal discipleship opportunities.
* Keep lead pastor and elders informed.
* Attend Elder Board and Council Meetings
* Participate in EFCA youth pastor gatherings.
* Develop relationships with other area youth ministries.
Interested Candidates should respond by sending your cover letter and resume to stahlfbc@gmail.com
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Cornerstone Free Church
Attention Pastor Steve
314 2nd St NW
Pipestone, MN 56164
Please call if you have any questions: 507 215 1771
Who We Are:
Cornerstone is an Evangelical Free Church located in Southwest Minnesota. We are approximately 45 minutes to Sioux Falls, SD. Pipestone is a rural town with a population of around 4,400.
Our church was planted at the end of 1999. We met in the local high school for the first twenty years but have been sharing the Christian Reformed Church building for the last three years. We are a “Simple Church” model with primarily small groups and youth group as our programs. We strive to be relationally driven verses program driven.
Our Mission is to Build Lives on Christ through these Core Values.
Our mindset is one of doing life together. We don’t go to church, we are the church. A building does not define us, Christ does. We work hard to maintain an environment where people can be real and remove masks which cover hardship, hurt and brokenness so that we can truly be built up in Jesus Christ.
You can learn more about us at www.cornerstonefreechurch.net
We are in a unique situation in which our dearly loved Youth and Worship Pastor (Ryan Brown, age 40) unexpectedly entered heaven this past December 15th from an undiagnosed heart problem. We have been walking through grieving together as a church and with Ryan’s dear wife and three daughters. We recognize the person filling this position will have their own unique gifts and talents. Therefore, we would love to tailor the position around those gifts and talents. Ryan was our community life pastor and primarily oversaw the youth ministry, the worship ministry and a men’s ministry that included outdoor adventures, because this was his passion.
