The Children’s Pastor will lead and rebuild a healthy, Christ-centered ministry for children (K–5) and their families. This role exists to disciple children, equip volunteers, and partner with parents as primary disciplers. It combines pastoral leadership with organizational clarity and outreach initiative.
The Children’s Pastor will also work closely with ministry leaders to ensure unity and continuity across family ministries.

Key Responsibilities:

• Provide spiritual, pastoral, and organizational leadership for children from Kindergarten through 5th grade, ensuring the gospel is clearly taught and discipleship is intentional.
• Recruit, train, deploy, and support a healthy volunteer team that creates a consistent, safe, and excellent ministry environment.
• Partner meaningfully with parents as the primary disciplers of their children by equipping and encouraging them regularly.
• Develop and implement age-appropriate discipleship pathways aligned with Crosswater’s mission and theological convictions.
• Collaborate closely with the Academy Director, Nursery Director, and Student Pastor to ensure unity across family ministries.
• Establish a children’s ministry leadership team that helps cast vision, build morale, and multiply influence.
• Proactively engage families beyond church walls through outreach initiatives, school partnerships, and community presence.
• Provide spiritual leadership and ministry alignment for Crosswater Academy, helping expand both enrollment and gospel impact.

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

• Has demonstrated success building (not merely maintaining) a children’s or family ministry, ideally with at least five years in a single ministry context.
• Naturally earns trust from parents and commands respect through calm, mature leadership presence.
• Loves kids—but understands that leading volunteers and partnering with parents are the primary levers of impact (volunteers → parents → kids).
• Can shift hats fluidly: energetic and engaging with children, thoughtful and reassuring with parents, clear and collaborative with staff and volunteers.
• Takes initiative without waiting to be told what to do—sees gaps and moves toward them.
• Brings a shepherd’s heart—relational, empathetic, faithful, and team-oriented.
• Is fully aligned with Crosswater’s statement of faith.