Overview

Role Overview:
Hartford City Wesleyan Church is seeking an Assistant Pastor of Youth and Discipleship. This pastor will oversee HCWC’s discipleship ministries and direct the youth ministry. This person will be responsible for planning, implementing, and overseeing small group ministries, assimilating church attenders into disciple-makers, as well as recruiting and training small group leaders and volunteers into each ministry.

Primary Responsibilities:                                                               

1. Develop and oversee all DISCIPLESHIP assimilation systems, groups, and activities.

  • Help create a culture of disciple making.
  • Design an annual discipleship calendar of events.
  • Assess the current discipleship model of HCWC and become acquainted with the small groups, classes, and other programs that are actively meeting.
  • Design and develop the new strategy for Belong Groups at HCWC.
  • Recruit, train, and empower new small group leaders and teachers.
  • Ensure leaders and teachers are properly equipped for ministry.
  • Communicate with leaders and teachers on a regular basis.
  • Develop future strategies that ensure easier navigation and on ramps to life at HCWC, including conferences, workshops, one-on-one programs, etc.
  • Create a process for tracking discipleship effectiveness, numerical growth, and spiritual maturity.

2. Develop and oversee the YOUTH ministry (7-12th grade).

  • Design the youth ministry in a way that continues to grow and draw new families from our community.
  • Maintain an annual calendar of events and plan well in advance.
  • Be responsible for all equipment and technology supporting services.
  • Creatively connect students to the Word and help them learn and apply the content.
  • Regularly assess the spiritual needs of the students within the ministry and respond accordingly, including building relationship and care for the transition of students entering 7th grade or exiting 12th.
  • Recruit, organize, and train adult volunteers; including communicating regularly with all adult volunteers in a format that is accessible and timely, engaging volunteers to be involved in teens’ lives and keeping them updated to ministry events and changes.
  • Be aware and respectful of the family dynamic of teens, engaging parents and helping foster respectful relationships between teens and parents.
  • Create and support opportunities for teens to serve in ministries both inside and outside the church.
  • Manage administrative duties, such as, maintaining personal information records for students, policies, waivers, communication, promotion, budgeting and fundraising.

Additional Responsibilities:                                                         

·      Coordinate and support routine church staff tasks.

This will be satisfactorily performed when:

  • Collaborative multi-ministry involvement is achieved
  • Attend and contribute to weekly staff meetings
  • Annual ministry budgets are planned and achieved
  • General pastoral duties are completed
  • Serve and counsel members of the congregation as needed
  • Will assist Lead Pastor where necessary and instructed

Qualifications

·       Character

  • A personal relationship with Jesus Christ that results in a life lived in obedience to the will of God as described in the Word of God, evident by spiritual fruit and the desire to grow in the Lord.
  • Models an active and engaging prayer life, remembering the needs of the church.
  • Is supportive and loyal to staff members and the church body.
  • Displays genuine servant-hood, faith-centeredness, and spiritual maturity.
  • Spiritual gifts of teaching, leadership, shepherding.
  • Desires to be around people and develop relationships with others.

·       Chemistry

  • Expresses flexibility, cooperation and teach-ability.
  • Forward thinker; self-directed; team oriented; organized.
  • Sense of humor, trustworthy and exhibits wise discretion.
  • Embraces the vision, direction and beliefs of HCWC and has a heart for the Kingdom of God.

·       Competency

  • Self-starter, willing to run with projects and assignments, thinking ahead and planning accordingly.
  • Demonstrated ability to create systems and processes.
  • Demonstrated ability to recruit, lead, and manage people (especially volunteers).

·       Experience

  • Ministerial education (bachelor’s degree or beyond).
  • Willing to become a member of The Wesleyan Church and pursue ministerial license (if not already obtained).
  • 3-5 years of relevant ministry experience.
  • Experience working with teams and overseeing groups of people.

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