Children’s Discipleship Minister Job Description

Job Title: Children’s Discipleship Minister

Purpose Statement:

Develop and refine a passionate discipleship ministry devoted to children, where they are nurtured into a lasting relationship with God and shown the love of Christ through a team of caring volunteers. Such a team is living out the mission of CFCC by bringing hope to every heart by living and loving like Jesus.

Position Summary:

The Children's Discipleship Minister is a born-again Christian responsible for planning, coordinating, and implementing the children’s discipleship process for ages newborn through 5th grade. The Children's Discipleship Minister will develop a curriculum and recruit and manage a multi-gifted team of volunteers for the Children’s Ministry.

Qualifications:  

  • Personal and growing relationship with God, a teachable spirit, and a healthy family life

  • Passion for and experience in children's discipleship ministry in the local church

  • Self-motivated leader, capable of casting and implementing a vision for ministry

  • Strong relational and communication skills with a passion to personally engage children, parents, staff, and volunteers

  • Possess basic administrative skills and is dedicated to programming excellence

  • Agreement with the church’s statement of belief and membership commitment

  • Undergraduate degree 

  • Three or more years of experience in children’s discipleship ministry

  • Additional experience might include: children’s ministry volunteer; school teacher; curriculum development, or missions involvement

Core Responsibilities:

  • Coordinate with all areas of ministry to create a strategic and complementary vision

  • Recruiting, equipping, and empowering volunteers to share in the discipleship of children

  • Create an environment for lasting and impactful relationships between volunteers and children

  • Partner with parents in the discipleship of their children and cultivate their discipleship skills

  • Regular communication and personal engagement with parents and volunteers about Children's Ministry

  • Develop relationships with the children that come onto the CFCC campus

  • Provide opportunities for parent dialogue regarding the vision of the ministry

  • Participate in worship service as opportunities arise

  • Develop, manage, and implement Gospel centered curriculum for all environments within Children's Ministry

  • Develop an annual calendar of strategic activities and programs for the purpose of discipleship 

  • Manage and maintain physical spaces and resources related to and used by Children's Ministry

  • Create, manage, and maintain Children's Ministry budget

  • Work in conjunction with the church as a whole

  • Lead and participate in various children’s camps, VBS, community outings and outreach

Additional Responsibilities:

  • Attend staff meetings, director meetings, and elders meetings as requested

  • Continue to grow and seek opportunities to develop leadership and ministry skills

  • Participate in various facets of the Sunday morning worship services 

  • Serve in other roles as needed

Competencies:  

  • Possesses the ability to thrive in a team-based environment

  • A person who is teachable, responsive, and respectful of authority

  • Possesses the ability to engage, enable, and retain a strong group of volunteers

  • Possesses the ability to personally engage a child’s family as a whole

  • A person who will treat this job both as a personal ministry and a professional position

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