Youth Pastor Middle and High School - Raleigh, NC

Youth Pastor for Middle & High School

North Ridge Church is pursuing a passion for Jesus. We are a church not living for ourselves, joyfully loving our city, and bringing hope to the nations. North Ridge Church, a part of the Christian & Missionary Alliance, was planted in 1971 in Raleigh, North Carolina. God has been working steadily over the past decade to restore and reimagine this church, leading to a growing, multi-generational, multi-ethnic fellowship.

NRC has a long history of investing in its youth, a great many of whom have gone on to serve the Lord faithfully in their families, the marketplace and vocational ministry. The youth ministry aims to teach students how to seek God's face and share His love, wherever they go in today's complex world. While we still believe God intends for family and parents to be the primary disciple rs of their teens, the youth ministry comes alongside as partners in their discipleship, to build them up as the body of Christ and equip them for Kingdom impact.

We also sense tremendous and urgent opportunity to reach the hurting and lost in a young generation across our city, to bring them to Jesus and help them find their place of belonging in His family. All students are on a spiritual journey, and just as Jesus invested differently in the lives of Peter, James, and John, the Twelve, the Seventy, and the crowds, so a healthy youth ministry meets students where they are: the lost found, the responsive discipled, and the hungry equipped.

The Youth Pastor at NRC is called, equipped, and enthusiastic to serve middle and high school students in their unique need and season of life, and to help lead them into manhood and womanhood in Christ. The Youth Pastor leads this ministry in a way that supports parents and families in their responsibility and is an integral part of the whole church body.

We hope to identify a candidate whose primary tools of reaching, discipling, and equipping youth are expressed through their:

• Personal dependence on the Holy Spirit.
• Dedication to teach and demonstrate God's Word.
• Devotion to honor the Lord in marriage and family, if applicable.
• Attentiveness to people in need of encouragement, connection, and support.
• Cultivation of spiritual health and leadership potential in Christ-centered relationships.

On the foundation of these personal and pastoral priorities, the youth pastor aims to lead an effective student ministry with vision, wisdom, and excellence.

This role is proposed to be a full-time, staff-pastor position, for a man or woman meeting such qualifications as required by the Christian & Missionary Alliance. Expectations of personal conduct and lifestyle shall be consistent with the principles of Scripture, such as those outlined for leaders in 1 Peter 5, Colossians 3, Ephesians 4-5.

1. Lead & Disciple with a Team The Youth Pastor recruits, leads, and serves a loving, responsible, well-balanced team of Spirit-filled adult leaders (Shepherds). He or she provides pastoral care, encouragement, and mutual accountability with the Shepherds. The Youth Pastor and the Shepherds are the leadership team for youth ministry ether, this team is committed to serve on the front lines of reaching and discipling teens.

Student leaders are also to be identified, encouraged, and equipped by the Youth Ministry team under the direction of the Youth Pastor.

2. Teach the Word Empowered by the Holy Spirit, the Youth Pastor will faithfully teach and preach the Scripture to students, and when called upon to the church body. He or she will continue to grow and develop as an excellent communicator of God's Word and allow the Word to dwell more richly in their own life. The Youth Pastor also recruits and oversees others to teach, both for their own development and to ensure an ongoing, well-balanced Bible teaching ministry to youth at NRC.

3. Build Purposeful Relationships The Youth Pastor builds purposeful relationships with students and their families. We recognize that students are at different places in their spiritual journey. The youth pastor intentionally and creatively engages students where they are on their journey, providing increasing levels of discipleship and equipping experiences as they are ready. As special needs and crises arise in the lives of students and their families, the Youth Pastor is to be attuned to their need for prayer and encouragement.

4. Lead Purposeful Programs & Events The Youth Pastor and Shepherd team create a strategy to win the lost, disciple and equip the ready, and send students back into their world to serve as a missional witness in their communities. Weekly times of teaching, worship, equipping, fellowship, and periodical events all play a part in an overall discipleship strategy. The Youth Pastor oversees the development of a well-designed calendar of events and opportunities that help students learn to treasure Christ, build community, rest in the Lord, serve others, reach the lost, experience…