Campus Life Ministry Site Leader - Northland

Position Purpose The Campus Life Ministry Site Leader advances the mission and vision of Central Ohio Youth for Christ by serving as the lead mobilizer and champion of holistic youth ministry within an assigned geographic area of Central Ohio. This role is responsible for cultivating relationships with young people, mobilizing adult ministry leaders, developing collaborative community partnerships, growing ministry teams, and creating an environment where students can encounter Jesus Christ, grow as disciples, and become leaders who influence their schools and communities.

The Campus Life Ministry Site Leader leads with a commitment to relational youth ministry, spiritual formation, leadership development, collaboration, and faithful stewardship
, ensuring that the ministry site grows and operates according to Youth for Christ Best Practices.

Key Objectives

The Campus Life Ministry Site Leader will:

• Mobilize adult ministry leaders from the community to serve, give, and pray.
• Build collaborative partnerships that maximize the ministry's impact on young people and their families.
• Lead the ministry site toward sustainable growth and replication according to YFC Best Practices.
• Recruit, equip, manage, and develop volunteer ministry teams.
• Provide effective administrative and spiritual leadership for the ministry site.
• Champion a culture of discipleship in which students and adult leaders are encouraged to grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ.

• Mobilize Adult Ministry Leaders
  • Build and maintain networks of like-minded adults throughout the ministry area.
  • Recruit and mobilize adult ministry leaders to meet ministry, financial, leadership, and prayer needs.
  • Develop and maintain effective prayer communication and/or lead a regular prayer gathering for the ministry site.
  • Participate in and lead assigned See the Story & Be the Story teams in partnership with the Development Team.
  • Identify student leaders who have the capacity and desire to share their testimonies and help provide opportunities for them to do so.
  • Foster a culture in which adults understand their role in reaching, discipling, and developing young people.
  • Serve as an excellent team player within the broader COYFC ministry.
• Build Collaborative Partnerships
  • Identify potential partners within both the faith community and secular community who can help address the holistic needs of youth.
  • Develop, strengthen, and maintain partnerships with clear objectives, expectations, and accountability.
  • Collaborate with churches, community organizations, schools, families, and other appropriate partners to expand ministry impact.
  • Ensure that sharing the Gospel and making disciples remain central to the mission and activities of the ministry site.
  • Look for opportunities to connect youth and families with resources that support their spiritual, relational, emotional, and practical needs.
• Lead the Ministry Site to Grow and Replicate
  • Lead the ministry site toward established COYFC growth objectives, including a minimum outreach club attendance of 50 students, 150 unique students engaged through the ministry site, 10 adult ministry leaders, and at least one paid staff member.
  • Participate weekly in direct ministry with students through club, small groups, discipleship, mentoring, or other relational ministry opportunities.
  • Lead and facilitate large- and small-group meetings that provide high-quality, relevant, engaging, and age-appropriate content.
  • Work alongside leaders of new ministry site start-ups and help ensure adult ministry leaders are equipped to effectively lead ministry meetings.
  • Provide leadership for and encourage student participation in summer camping opportunities.
  • Participate in and help lead high-quality area-wide meetings and events, using these experiences as opportunities to train and develop young leaders.
  • Champion the Young Leader Program as a key component of the ministry's discipleship strategy.
  • Oversee mentor/mentee relationships and discipleship relationships connected to the ministry site.
  • Ensure consistent opportunities for relationship-building among students, adult ministry leaders, and staff.
  • Lead the ministry site toward…