Youth Minister North Shore Community Baptist Church

Youth Minister Position Overview—North Shore Community Baptist Church

Full-time | 40 hours/week, salary and benefits | Reports to the Minister of Children and Families

The North Shore is an amazing part of New England with strong community and great people, but it has also been described as one of the most post-Christian regions in the US. This means that most teenagers here have little to no meaningful connection to Jesus or to a friend or family member who’s been changed by the gospel. However, we are sensing something is changing!

Right now we are finding increasing spiritual curiosity from teenagers we know in our community, and we are excited to respond!

NSCBC has a vision to see a gospel movement across the region — communities saturated with transformed disciples who make disciples — and we believe youth and families are central to that reality. This position is an opportunity to be a part of that exciting mission!

NSCBC is a healthy, regional church on the North Shore, drawing students from many different schools, towns, and social circles. As a regional church, we recognize the challenges of helping kids connect with the gospel and each other in the midst of high-demand lives.

Currently, our middle school ministry has real momentum. Our high school ministry is small right now, but deep, and includes students from a few other churches. We want to disciple our youth well through our youth ministry and integrate youth into the life of the church. We’d also love to help them connect periodically with other churches or parachurch ministries so they can meet other students like them who are seeking to follow Jesus.

Additionally, we desire to help spiritually hungry students with no church background connect with the gospel, and would love to think through creative-yet-sustainable ways to do so.

If you’re excited by this opportunity to reach and deeply disciple the youth of the North Shore, we’d love to talk to you!

• Leading and shepherding our middle and high school ministries — teaching, discipling, and pastoring students along with a team of ~8 volunteers who help lead large and small group middle and high school gatherings.
• Building community across barriers. Because we’re a regional church, students come from different schools and circles. You’ll find creative ways to help them form real friendships and a shared identity in Christ.
• Reaching beyond our walls. Develop (or join) a missional presence among North Shore teens who have little or no church connection — going to where students already are, not just waiting for them to show up. Let’s think/pray through what this might look like together!
• Equipping families. Partner with parents as the primary disciple rs of their kids.
• Connecting students to the whole church. Help youth worship, serve, and lead alongside the broader congregation — not in a youth-only silo.
• Forming partnerships. Build periodic opportunities for students to connect with others from North Shore Gospel Partnership churches and/or parachurch organizations.

• A desire to disciple youth and their families, with a track record to match.
• 3+ years of youth ministry (or youth‑ministry‑adjacent) experience preferred, including teaching, leadership, and pastoral care.
• Experience building intergenerational, discipleship‑centered ministry — ideally in a post-Christian or secular context.
• The ability to recruit and direct volunteer leaders.
• Comfort and skill building relationships with teens and families from a wide range of backgrounds, including those outside the church.
• A collaborative, innovative posture — someone who wants to use gospel‑shaped imagination to reach students and to “riff” on the playbook.
• A theological grounding that lets you connect the gospel to the real pressures teens face: identity, belonging, technology, achievement, mental health, etc.
• Education:
  
  Biblical, theological, or other relevant training at an undergraduate or graduate level preferred.

We’re a healthy, intergenerational church with nearly 200 years of history, a trusted Senior Pastor, and a collaborative staff team. Our congregation includes longtime believers and people newly exploring faith — many describe NSCBC as a place of real healing and renewed hope. The youth ministry has a strong foundation, supportive parents, and genuine room for a leader to build on existing structures and to innovate.