Children's Minister

The Children’s Minister is responsible for providing leadership and oversight to the spiritual needs of children and their families. This person should be highly relational and have a strong team mentality, leading volunteers and others and providing spiritual development for children and parents through regular, ongoing programming and special events. This leader is expected to contribute to the staff’s team spirit through fellowship, dedication, cooperation, encouragement, and prayer support as they serve Christ together.

Key Responsibilities:

• Create and maintain safe and welcoming environments for all guests, children, and their families.
• Cast vision and develop strategic plans consistent and aligned with NBC under the direction of the Discipleship Pastor.
• Implement and coordinate plans to achieve ministry objectives resulting in spiritual transformation.
• Oversee the planning and execution of weekly programs, including curriculum selection and implementation, lesson planning, and volunteer scheduling.
• Identify, recruit, train, deploy, motivate, evaluate, and oversee all levels of leadership within the Children’s Ministry, including volunteers, parents, and interns.
• Manage assigned budget within the appropriate processes and accountability expectations.
• Regularly evaluate the effectiveness of the Children’s Ministry, making adjustments as needed to ensure it is meeting the spiritual and developmental needs of children/families.
• Develop a strategy that engages parents in the first steps of their ongoing responsibility to share the Gospel with and disciple their children.
• Continually evaluate trends in the Children’s Ministry, implementing the best quality program for children while evaluating sustainability with volunteer teams.
• Intentionally build relationships with children and their families.
• Oversee the provision of childcare needs for church-wide events.

What a Strong Candidate Would Look Like:

• This person should be highly relational with kids and parents.
• Must be a natural and conventional leader, able to cast vision and inspire others toward that vision.
• Should be evangelistic and outreach-oriented, creating onramps for outsiders to engage.
• Possesses a passion for discipling kids and equipping parents.
• Able to think outside the box and challenge the status quo.
• Previous children’s ministry leadership, internship, or residency experience is preferred.
• Should have a track record of success in recruiting, developing, and leading volunteers and teams.
• A bachelor’s degree is required.