Pastor of Children and Young Families Emmanuel Baptist Church

Emmanuel Baptist Church
Overland Park, KS
www.emmanuelopks.org
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Denomination:
Southern Baptist Convention
Weekly Attendance: 350

Location:

Overland Park, KS

The Role:

Pastor of Children and Young Families

Emmanuel Baptist Church is a biblically grounded, multi-generational Southern Baptist church in Overland Park, Kansas. Founded in 1964, they have a rich 62 year history of faithfully preaching the Word of God and taking bold steps to plant Christ-centered churches throughout the KC metropolitan area.

Three core values championed by the EBC family are Biblical Preaching, Authentic Community, and a Great Commission Focus. They believe that the uncompromising teaching and preaching of God’s Word is the only foundation upon which a truly fulfilling and God-honoring life can be built. As they gather as one body for corporate worship, study the Bible in small groups, and devote themselves to prayer, members regularly “spur one another on toward love and good deeds.”

The ripple effect is felt locally through ministries to fostering families, young moms, and hospital patients. It is felt internationally as EBC shares the love of Christ with children all around the world and supports missionaries in nations with little access to gospel witness.

Since 1964, Emmanuel Baptist Church has been the church on the hill in Overland Park, KS- a beacon of gospel-light shining in a world increasingly at home in spiritual darkness. It is EBC’s earnest prayer that the Lord continues to bless and enable them to stand as a bold gospel-witness in this generation and for many generations to come.

This is a full-time position that reports to the Executive Pastor. The main responsibility of this role is to make disciples of children and their families and develop strategies to engage children and young families outside of the EBC community to integrate them into the full life of the church.

• Foster a welcoming, biblical, and dynamic Sunday morning discipleship experience for children birth-6th grade at both the 9:30 AM and 10:45 AM hour.
• Organize and execute a high quality Awana program on Wednesday evenings for children birth through 6th grade.
• Organize and execute a high quality, Bible-centered Mom Co program on select Tuesday mornings in the fall and spring.
• Equip young families with the resources to disciple their children in the home.
• In collaboration with the Teaching Pastor and Executive pastor, choose and implement excellent biblical curriculum and prioritize sound Bible intake in all gatherings of the Children and Young Families ministry.
• Stay aware of the pressures and influences young families and children are facing in their context, and equip them with strategies to maintain a Christian worldview and resist challenges to their faith.

• Create a recruitment engine for all aspects of the Children’s Ministry in which volunteers are inspired to serve by the compelling vision you cast, well-trained, and understand their service as part of Christian fellowship and not merely a task to complete.
• Intentionally foster relationships with the young families of the church and serve as their shepherding pastor.
• Catalyze community among young families such as life group and fellowship opportunities.
• Ensure that children are integrated into the larger body of the church.
• As time allows, support children in their activities outside of church to build relationships with their family and friends.
• Communicate regularly with Children’s Ministry families. (Send out a regular newsletter and champion children’s events to the whole EBC congregation through our promotional outlets and social media.)

• Develop systems to actively assimilate young families and their children into the life of the church.
• Foster a culture of welcome and invitation that permeates all aspects of the Children and Young Families ministry.
• Plan and implement outreach strategies / events that would integrate new children and their families into the life of our…