Youth Pastor Job Northern Kentucky USA,Education / Teaching

Are you a relational ministry leader with a heart for helping middle and high school students become lifelong disciples of Jesus?

Do you love walking with students through formative years while also partnering with parents, volunteers, and the broader church family?

Are you excited to help build a youth ministry where students are known, discipled, equipped, and integrated into the full worship, service, and community life of the church?

About Westminster Presbyterian Church

Westminster Presbyterian Church is a multigenerational EPC congregation in Lubbock, Texas, dedicated to glorifying and enjoying God forever. Located near Texas Tech University, Westminster is a welcoming church family rooted in Scripture, worship, connection, service, and mission.

The church has a long history of faithful ministry in Lubbock and is currently in a season of renewed energy and transition. Westminster has recently invested in significant building renovations, including a refreshed youth ministry space, and continues to seek ways to help every generation participate meaningfully in the life of the church. The church desires to see students not merely treated as the church of tomorrow, but welcomed and equipped as an important part of the church today.

The

Opportunity

Westminster is seeking a Youth Pastor to cultivate a vibrant, Christ-centered ministry for middle and high school students and their families. This role will focus on building meaningful relationships with students, equipping them for lifelong faith in Christ, partnering with parents, developing volunteer leaders, and integrating students more fully into the worship, discipleship, and mission of the church.

This is an important role in the life of Westminster. The next Youth Pastor will step into a ministry with strong potential, a steady group of students, a newly refreshed youth space, and a congregation that cares deeply about seeing students grow in faith, leadership, and belonging. The right candidate will bring deep Christian faith, relational warmth, maturity, organizational follow-through, and a genuine calling to student discipleship.

Primary

Responsibilities Student Discipleship and Relational Ministry

Build consistent, relational presence with middle and high school students through weekly programming, events, small groups, personal engagement, and appropriate presence in students’ lives.

Disciple students through teaching, mentoring, prayer, worship participation, and life-on-life ministry.

Help students grow in their faith, understand Scripture, use their gifts, and take meaningful ownership in the life and ministry of the church.

Encourage students to participate in worship, service, intergenerational ministry, mission, and the broader life of Westminster.

Attend student extracurricular activities as schedule permits to support relational ministry.

Provide spiritual care, prayer, and support primarily to students and their families, referring broader pastoral care needs to the Senior Pastor, staff, elders, or deacons as appropriate.

Parent Partnership and Communication

Partner with parents and guardians in the spiritual formation of their teenagers.

Communicate clearly and consistently with parents regarding ministry opportunities, event details, student needs, schedules, registrations, deadlines, and expectations.

Walk alongside parents with prayer, encouragement, and pastoral sensitivity as they navigate the joys and challenges of raising teenagers.

Help rebuild and strengthen parent trust, engagement, and partnership through reliable communication and relational accessibility.

Volunteer Leadership and Ministry Team Development

Recruit, train, equip, schedule, and support adult volunteer leaders who serve in student ministry.

Develop a…