Wauchula, FL
Responsibilities and Duties:
- Provide spiritual leadership to children and their families.
- Duties include building a ministry that will nurture and disciple all children;
- establishing great relationships with the children, staff, board, and parents of the church’s Academy so as to ensure that that ministry is a missional outreach;
- planning and overseeing all special events related to children and families;
- recruit, develop, and deploy children’s ministry volunteers; plan and oversee an annual calendar of events that ministers to children inside the church as well as reaching out to children in the community;
- regularly report to the church’s leadership about the children’s ministries accomplishments;
- maintaining the biblical integrity of all teaching times to ensure that the instruction is consistent with Baptist theology;
- developing an annual budget for the children’s ministry (in consultation with the appropriate committees and church leadership) and operate within the constraints of that budget.
Additional job responsibilities may include:
- Participating in weekly staff meetings to coordinate ministries and church calendar ·
- Representing our church within the community ·
- Building networking relationships within the community (with people like school teachers or principals)
- Any and all other responsibilities as defined by Church Constitution and By-laws
Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities:
- Knowledge of principles and practices of family ministry
- Work with church leaders and committees in order to remain aligned with overarching goals and within the church structure. ·
- Represent the Church in the community as appropriate.
- Ability and willingness to use up-to-date technologies in communication and teaching, including computers, smartphones, videos, social media, online meetings and collaboration applications. ·
- Knowledge of the Bible, key Christian doctrines, Southern Baptist faith, and philosophy, in order to proclaim the Gospel and teach practical applications for our current times in a challenging and encouraging way.
Please reach out if you are interested in the remaining portion of the job description.