Victory Life Church
Children’s Pastor
Job Description
(Part-time: Beginning 1/2 time, with opportunity to move into 3/4 time)
Position Summary:
- Be the leader of VLC Children’s ministry, includes: 1. Infants – 5 year olds; 2. K – 6th graders
- Advance the mission of VLC Children’s ministry by the creation and attainment of annual ministry goals
- Develop a robust leadership team of volunteers to serve VLC children’s ministry
- Humility, teachability and willingness to grow
- Express ministry that explicitly aligns with VLC Vision and Mission, including but not limited to outreach and discipleship
Spiritual Qualifications:
- A committed disciple of Jesus Christ
- A calling to minister the gospel of Jesus Christ to children and their families
- Demonstrates a lifestyle of biblical leadership (Titus 1:5-9)
- Committed to the inspiration of Scripture (2nd Timothy 3:16-17)
- A history of being a unifying presence in previous churches
General Qualifications:
- Demonstrates an ability to connect with children (ages nursery – 6th grade)
- Solid communication skills in teaching and meeting management
- Strong desire to spend time mentoring and developing children towards Christlikeness
- Competency in social media usage and church visual-media software
- Depth of knowledge of biblical themes, concepts and theology
- Team oriented mindset
- A willingness to implement the VLC mission within the children’s department
Job Responsibilities:
- Cast vision to advance the VLC Children’s ministry within the context of current VLC mission: Join the Story, Live the Story and Tell the Story
- Recruit, develop and build a team for all age groups of VLC Children’s ministries
- Set attainable and realistic goals to advance the mission of VLC Children’s ministry
- Create an effective discipleship plan for VLC Children’s ministry
- Conceptualize and implement a discipleship pipeline into VLC youth ministry
- Sharpen ministry skills through annual participation in culturally relevant conference(s)
Nursery – 5 years old ministry
- Oversee a weekly nursery ministry that cultivates faith in age appropriate manner
- Establish and develop leaders for each respective class that prepares lessons aligned with overarching ministry goals
- Develop Nursery – 5 years old ministry goals to be attained
- Meet with (Nursery) leaders consistently to train and assess effectiveness of ministry and discipleship plan
- Create a clear pattern of communication with VLC parents and guardians
K – 6th grade ministry
- Oversee weekly ministry programming for children’s ministry (e.g. Children’s worship, Teaching, Small Groups, etc.)
- Develop discipleship goals for each grade (K – 6th) that builds into following years for the purposes of lifelong commitment to Christ. (e.g. biblical literacy, biblical morality, biblical theology, basic apologetics)
- Develop seasonal ministry opportunities (e.g. Vacation Bible School) for the purposes of outreach and discipleship
- Organize a thriving leadership development system whereby the VLC body can serve within the VLC children’s ministry
- Assess efficacy of VLC Children’s ministry with its leaders
- Create a clear pattern of communication with VLC parents and guardians
General Pastoring
- Attend all staff meetings and offer input on the vision and mission of the church
- Participate in team-oriented church activities/initiatives
- Monthly Pastoral Development meetings with the Senior or Executive Pastor
Education and Experience:
- Completed degree program from an accredited College or University in Christian Education, Family Studies, Bible/Ministry or other related field
- Previous work in children’s ministry as a leader, intern or other pastoral role(s)
- A history of sustained and credible ministry within a church, and substantiated by church leadership
If you are interested in this position, please send a cover letter, resume and statement of faith to: search.committee@vlchurch.com