Area Ministry Director - Mid-Michigan Area; Undergraduate Ministry
Job in
Tulsa, Tulsa County, Oklahoma, 74131, USA
Listed on 2026-06-12
Listing for:
InterVarsity Press
Full Time, Apprenticeship/Internship
position Listed on 2026-06-12
Job specializations:
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Education / Teaching
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Management
Job Description & How to Apply Below
Area Ministry Director – Mid-Michigan Area (Undergraduate Ministry)
Job Location:
Michigan. Job Type: Full time.
An Area Director leads and oversees a ministry team to plant and to grow witnessing communities of students and faculty who follow Jesus on college and university campuses. Through these groups, we believe ever‑increasing numbers of students and faculty from all ethnic groups and areas of the campus will be transformed by the gospel. We expect to see campuses increasingly become places where people, ideas, and structures flourish for the common good and to the glory of God.
We confidently anticipate that our Inter Varsity alumni will be growing disciples and change agents across the country and around the world.
- Spiritual Growth
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The Area Ministry Director models spiritual maturity as a disciple of Jesus Christ so that life and work increasingly reflects a growing love for God, God’s Word, God’s people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world. - Exercise self‑leadership (growing in self‑awareness, self‑management, relational integrity, and resilience).
- Embrace and practice Scriptural standards for behavior and attitudes, including those described in the Code of Conduct.
- Campus Ministry Leadership
: - Visionary Guide – Create a culture of dependence on God and establish witnessing communities that reach every corner of every campus in your area.
- Model Inter Varsity’s vision and Core Values for supervises.
- Lead staff, students, and faculty through Scripture, prayer, teaching, and discipleship experiences.
- Set appropriate annual goals through prayer, research, and reflection with your teams.
- Structural Architect – Lead your team to develop and implement plans to achieve ministry goals, adapt the plan as needed, and develop programs and structures to move the mission forward.
- Missional Developer – Recruit a diversity of qualified minister candidates, develop ministers to grow spiritually in Christ, and supervise them with appropriate leadership and coaching.
- Build healthy relationships across racial, ethnic, national, and gender barriers and build a collaborative minister team.
- Organizational Collaboration – Work in partnership with local, area, divisional, regional, and national Inter Varsity ministers and volunteers.
- Participate in regional leadership as determined by the Regional Director.
- Respond constructively to direction and coaching of line supervisors.
- Build productive ministry partnerships with regional and national leaders.
- Establish systems, processes and protocols for reporting, finances, human resources, etc.
- Maintain sound financial status of the area by managing budgeting and ministry partnership development.
- Familiarize with and comply with all Inter Varsity policies and procedures.
- Ministry Partnership Development (MPD) – Develop a team of partners who will resource the ministry financially, in prayer, or with volunteer service.
- Ensure the ministry budget is fully funded and supervise each minister’s MPD.
- Build resource networks with alumni, volunteers, churches, advocacy councils, and major donors.
- Communicate regularly with ministry partners.
- Accomplish all other assigned tasks as appropriate.
- Affirm Inter Varsity’s Statement of Agreement annually.
- Abide by Inter Varsity’s Code of Conduct.
- Bachelor’s degree required.
- Minimum three years of campus ministry or equivalent work experience.
- Strong ministry skills (communicate spiritual vision, teach spiritual and biblical principles, plan ministry programs, and disciple, coach, and mentor).
- Ability to develop a team of campus ministers.
- Strong interpersonal skills (minister to diverse ethnic communities and faculty).
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Demonstrated problem‑solving skills.
- Familiarity with word processing, presentation, email, and spreadsheet software.
Physical Requirements
The position leads ministry in a college campus environment and may or may not have a designated office space. The director is required to travel to on‑campus and off‑campus sites, including conferences, MPD meetings, and Inter Varsity‑sponsored training. The…
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