Student Pastor

Job Summary

The Student Pastor is responsible for leading the execution and development of Student Ministry (grades 6–12) at Friends Church. Serving under the leadership of the Executive Director of Ministries, this role exists to cultivate a Christ-centered ministry that helps students know God, grow in their faith, find freedom, discover their purpose, and build a better future. The Student Pastor provides spiritual leadership to students, parents, volunteers, and leaders while creating engaging environments where students can encounter Jesus, build authentic relationships, and become lifelong disciples.

• Lead in biblical accordance while modeling a growing relationship with Jesus Christ.
• Champion the mission, vision, values, and culture of Friends Church.
• Shepherd students, families, and volunteers through discipleship, encouragement, and pastoral care.
• Foster a ministry culture marked by prayer, authenticity, servant leadership, and spiritual growth.

• Provide vision, leadership, and direction for all middle and high school ministries.
• Develop and execute an annual ministry strategy aligned with the overall mission of Friends Church.
• Create engaging weekly worship experiences that include biblical teaching, worship, small groups, and relationship-building.
• Evaluate ministry effectiveness and continually improve systems, programming, and volunteer engagement.

• Recruit, equip, develop, and encourage volunteer leaders.
• Build healthy leadership pipelines that multiply leaders and create sustainable ministry.
• Provide ongoing coaching, training, appreciation, and spiritual development for volunteer teams.
• Ensure leaders are equipped to disciple students effectively.

• Create clear next steps that help students grow spiritually.
• Develop student leaders who serve throughout the church and their community.
• Encourage biblical community through consistent small groups and mentoring relationships.
• Provide opportunities for students to discover their gifts and make a difference.

• Equip and encourage parents as the primary spiritual influence in their student's life.
• Maintain consistent communication regarding ministry opportunities, events, and resources.
• Develop intentional opportunities that strengthen family discipleship.
• Build relationships with parents through visibility, accessibility, and care.

• Lead outreach initiatives designed to connect unchurched students to Friends Church.
• Oversee camps, retreats, conferences, mission trips, and special events.
• Create inviting environments where students feel welcomed, known, and encouraged to invite friends.
• Develop partnerships that extend the ministry's impact within the local community.

• Develop and steward the annual Student Ministry budget.
• Plan and execute the annual ministry calendar.
• Maintain ministry systems including communication, scheduling, safety procedures, and follow-up.
• Champion and consistently enforce Friends Church’s child and student protection policies, including volunteer screening, background checks, appropriate adult-to-student boundaries, transportation and overnight-event procedures, incident reporting, and mandatory-reporting requirements.
• Participate in staff meetings, planning sessions, and church-wide initiatives.

• Students are making decisions to follow Jesus and taking next steps through baptism and discipleship.
• Students demonstrate measurable spiritual growth through consistent participation in small groups, serving, and personal faith development.
• Students are actively inviting friends and sharing their faith.
• Graduating students demonstrate meaningful connection to the broader church and are equipped to continue following Jesus beyond high school.

• Student Ministry demonstrates healthy engagement and appropriate growth relative to church attendance, community opportunity, and established annual goals.
• First‑time guests are intentionally followed up with and successfully connected into the ministry.
• Student retention improves year over year.
• Outreach initiatives…