Campus Minister - Michigan Lower Peninsula Region; Undergraduate Ministry

Campus Staff Minister – Michigan Lower Peninsula Region (Undergraduate Ministry)

Work Location:

Michigan
Job Type: Full time

God has called Inter Varsity to plant and to build witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus on college and university campuses. Through these groups, we believe ever‑increasing numbers of students and faculty from all ethnic groups and areas of the campus will be transformed by the Gospel. We expect to see campuses increasingly become places where people, ideas, and structures flourish to the glory of God.

We confidently anticipate that our Inter Varsity alumni will become change agents across the country and around the world. We pursue this calling by discerning and actively participating in what God is already doing on campus. This is the essence of being a Campus Staff Minister (CSM).

• Pursue a vibrant relationship with the triune God through engagement with Scripture, prayer, and worship, both individually and in community
• Develop self‑leadership (growing in self‑awareness, self‑management, relational integrity, and resiliency)
• Embrace Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes

• Communicate and model Inter Varsity’s vision to transform students and faculty, renew campuses, and develop world‑changing leaders.
• Create a culture of humble dependence on God and bold expectation in God’s intention to start new witnessing communities throughout the campus and on new campuses.
• Model—through programs and personal presence—Inter Varsity’s vision and Core Values, including a biblically‑defined commitment to engage every ethnic and social group on campus.
• Lead students and faculty—individually and collectively—through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences so they articulate and align their ministry activities around this vision.
• Set annual goals through prayer, research, and reflection with teams (students, faculty, and staff) for qualitative and quantitative growth, including conversions and leadership development.
• Create, develop, align and leverage ministry plans, programs, teams, and structures to close the gap between current reality and aspirational goals.
• Build leadership teams who trust and partner well and demonstrate spiritual vitality, relational health, and mission alignment.
• Develop and execute plans to achieve annual goals, evaluating and modifying the plan as needed throughout the year.
• Increase momentum for the vision by aligning programs, structures, conferences, and teams around the goals.
• Mobilize students and faculty to engage their relational networks with the gospel and to start new missional communities.
• Under the direction of the Area Director, supervise Ministry Interns and Campus Ministry Interns as delegated.
• Intentionally gather, invite, and develop diverse groups of students and faculty so they encounter and follow Jesus as Savior and Lord, and advance the mission as participants and leaders.
• Create opportunities for faculty and students to encounter and follow Jesus through Scripture, worship, prayer, mission experiences, conferences, etc.
• Equip students and faculty to think strategically about campus engagement and proclaim the good news of Jesus.
• Disciple students and faculty by equipping them to hear the Word, respond actively, and debrief and interpret experiences.
• Invite, coach, and equip students and faculty to become effective participants and leaders, including starting new witnessing communities.

• Work with a network of local, area, regional, and national Inter Varsity staff and volunteers so that our work reflects Biblical standards of excellence, integrity, and partnership.
• Partner with and respond positively to the direction and coaching of your supervisors and national leaders.
• Contribute to collaborative and productive team meetings and relationships.
• Affiliate chapters under your care and submit Graduating Student Forms to increase partnership with current students and alumni.
• Use national ministry resources and tools, as requested, including recruiting and/or participating in local, regional, or national…