Childrens Venture Christian Church

Overview

The Children’s Minister at Venture Christian Church (a new church plant, launching in the Fall of 2026) is a vitally important part of helping children know Jesus, grow in their faith, and experience the church as a place where they are loved, known, and discipled.

This role requires someone who loves to use their gifts of organization, communication, and training to build a dynamic Kids Ministry at Venture.

At Venture, our mission is empowering one another to journey with Jesus every day. We believe children are not simply the future of the church; they are part of the church right now. This role is vital to helping us create safe, joyful, gospel-centered environments where kids can come as they are and become who they’re meant to be in Jesus.

The Kids Minister will do a lot of work behind the scenes to help build a healthy, sustainable, and disciple‑making Kids Ministry from the ground up. They will work to build and organize our volunteer teams, create systems and policies for healthy ministry practices, and keep both volunteers and parents up-to-date on pertinent information related to Venture Kids.

The Kids Minister’s primary job is not to do all the ministry, but to build the team, systems, environments, and culture that help children be discipled and volunteers be equipped.

The Kids Minister will work to onboard and train volunteers for continual growth in the ministry.

This is a part‑time position.

Because this is a part‑time role in a church plant, the Kids Minister will focus on building simple, scalable, and sustainable systems that can grow over time.

Venture Christian Church is a church plant currently in the pre‑launch phase, but quickly moving toward a Fall launch of Sunday services. We are an Independent Christian Church with roots in the Restoration Movement.

Our heart is to be a disciple‑making, kingdom‑minded, multiplying church that plants churches and starts ministries in Fort Wayne and beyond.

Our team is working toward launching Venture to be:

• A home for the broken and the searching – where healing, grace, and truth meet.

• A family of disciple‑makers – who are anchored in Scripture, fueled by prayer, and empowered by the Spirit.

• A seedbed and sending base – for raising up leaders, starting ministries, and planting churches.

This position reports directly to the Lead Pastor, with operational support and accountability from the Director of Operations.

Build, design, and maintain portable Kids Ministry environments that are safe, welcoming, organized, and easy for volunteers to set up and tear down.

Oversee all ministry activities, strategies, goals, and environments for children (ages birth–5th grade), including Sunday mornings and special events (outreach, service opportunities, etc.).

Be the chief equipper and mobilizer (recruiting and training) of people toward serving and discipling the children at Venture and in our community.

Schedule volunteers for Sunday morning programming.

Communicate with both parents and Kids Ministry volunteers to keep them up-to-date on pertinent info related to the ministry.

Coordinate and on‑board new Kids Ministry volunteers.

Build up leaders within the Kids Ministry who are not simply given tasks, but are given authority.

Choose age‑appropriate curriculum for each age level.

Partner with parents to equip them on how to disciple their children.

Ensure Venture Kids operates according to Venture’s child safety policies, including volunteer screening, background checks, appropriate child‑to‑volunteer ratios, secure check‑in/check‑out, incident reporting, allergy awareness, bathroom policies, and mandatory reporting requirements.

Manage smooth and safe check‑in and check‑out procedures on Sundays and track weekly Kids Ministry attendance.

Develop and maintain a yearly budget.

This role may require standing for extended periods, moving supplies, setting up ministry environments, interacting with children at their level, and navigating a busy Sunday morning environment.

Reasonable accommodations may be made when appropriate.

This is a ministry role that requires spiritual…