We are looking for a committed Christian leader with a passion for discipling families with the gospel. The ideal candidate can relate well with parents and children and adult volunteers. The role will require a candidate who is gifted in equipping families for ministry.
Responsibilities
- Lead church in efforts to grow our demographics of young families.
- Reach unchurched families in our community with the gospel.
- Recruit, develop, and deploy new volunteers for the church's youth and children's ministry.
- Maintain a consistent and effective rotation of volunteers.
- Develop a Bible teaching calendar for the youth and children's ministry that considers the full spiritual, physical, emotional and mental needs of our community.
- Regularly teach the Bible on Sundays to our youth group with conviction, compassion, and care.
- Lead efforts to minister to the parenting needs of our church body.
- Weddings, funerals, counseling as needed.
- Incorporate MBC's mission and vision into our family program.
- Be available to help speak/do announcements/preach in adult worship services as needed.
- Regularly report to the church's leadership about developments in the family ministry.
- Work with the senor pastor to develop a strategy for growing our ministry to families.
- Oversee Summer camping activities for youth to participate in and other retreats.
- Plan and organize Wednesday night youth activities and service projects for the city.
- Regularly look for ways for the youth to serve in short-term missions' experiences.
- Participate in all staff meetings.
- Other duties as needed.
Requirements
- Bachelor's degree. Master of Divinity preferred.
- A commitment to our doctrinal statements.
- At least 4 years of ministry experience.
- Strong ability to lead people of varying ethnicities, social-economic levels, and generations.
- A desire to teach and mentor young adults in biblical truth.
- Must pass a background check.
- A commitment to the mission and vision of the church.
- A calling to pastoral ministry.
- A lifestyle congruent with the requirement for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13).
Company Description:Mountain Bible Church is a unique church family nestled in the Sierra Mountains in Tehachapi, California. MBC began in 1971 and has been serving the community of Tehachapi since then. The church has maintained a major commitment to community ministries as well as to missions. Over the years, the focus of these ministries has been on families.
Vision: Promote grace. Proclaim the good news. Practice truth in love.
Mission: Holding forth the Word of life by providing a refuge for all people to grow spiritually in Jesus Christ.