Director of Gen Ministries

Annual salary of $62,500-$72,500, commensurate with experience, plus health insurance stipend/benefit, retirement contribution, and paid time off

The Director of Next Gen Ministries provides gospel-centered leadership for Grace Life’s ministry to middle and high school students, with oversight, direction, and leadership development for young adults and assigned outreach events. This is a people-and-discipleship role, not merely a programs-and-events role. The director teaches God’s Word, develops leaders, partners with parents, and builds healthy, reproducible ministries.

Grace Life Baptist Church is a Southern Baptist congregation in Cypress, Texas, with an average weekly attendance of 350+ people. We practice meaningful membership, expositional preaching, life on life discipleship and a desire to raise up another generation of faithful Christian pastors and gospel workers. The church’s ministry philosophy is closely aligned with 9

Marks, Desiring God, and the Pillar Network.

• Lead a Student Ministry that supports the ministry of the whole church by evangelizing students, grounding them in substantial biblical teaching, involving them in intergenerational discipleship, and preparing them for baptism, meaningful church membership, service, leadership, and lifelong faithfulness to Christ.
• Lead weekly ministry environments centered on faithful, substantial biblical teaching, discipleship, prayer, community, and evangelistic engagement.
• Build a clear pathway to reach students, connect them to the church, disciple them toward maturity, equip them to serve, and send them into lifelong faithfulness—because graduation from Student Ministry is not graduation from church.
• Provide relational discipleship and pastoral care, and equip parents for the spiritual formation of their students.
• Recruit, train, and care for adult volunteers; develop student leaders; equip leaders to serve independently; and encourage potential pastors, missionaries, and church planters through missions, internships, and ministry training.
• Plan camps, retreats, missions, service projects, and other relationship-building activities.
• Build relationships with local schools and families, communicate clearly, welcome guests, and provide prompt follow-up.
• Collaborate with the Children’s Ministry Coordinator, who reports to the Lead Pastor, to help fifth-grade students and their families transition well into Student Ministry.

• Provide oversight, direction, and leadership development for a Young Adult Ministry that fosters biblical community, discipleship, service, and meaningful church membership.
• Create consistent gatherings and relational opportunities suited to the ministry’s size and needs.
• Develop young adult leaders for hospitality, discipleship, teaching, missions, and service.
• Provide appropriate pastoral care and connect young adults with the Lead Pastor, elders, or other church leaders when deeper care is needed.

• Build and lead teams for the Easter Egg Hunt, Vacation Bible School, and other outreach events assigned by the Lead Pastor rather than personally executing every detail.
• Establish each event’s purpose, audience, timeline, budget, volunteer structure, communication, and follow-up plan.
• Recruit and equip event leaders, delegate responsibility, and partner with the Children’s Ministry Coordinator on birth-through-fifth-grade components.
• Evaluate events for gospel clarity, guest experience, volunteer health, follow-up, and alignment with Grace Life’s mission.

• Serve under the leadership of the Lead Pastor and elders, collaborating closely with staff and…