Basic Function of NextGen Pastor:
To facilitate ministries to youth and families that support the mission of the church, its Biblical mandates to disciple and spread the gospel, while utilizing family units to build up the body of Christ.
Duties and Responsibilities
- Create and implement ways to strengthen and support faith in families.
- Provide resources for families to parent and disciple biblically.
- Lead Emmanuel’s efforts in creating and facilitation of NextGen events.
- Develop yearly goals, objectives, and budget for NextGen programs.
- Support families in crisis.
- Oversee other ministries related to NextGen (youth ministry, post-high, families).
- Recruit, equip and encourage NEXTGEN leaders and leaders of other related ministries, valuing an intergenerational model.
- Lead and facilitate youth ministry initiatives.
- Attend staff meetings.
- Participate in other aspects of church life (worship, Sunday school, home group, special events).
- Perform other tasks as assigned.
Qualifications and Skills
- Strong faith in Christ, with an understanding and appreciation of the Wesleyan perspective.
- A traditional biblical understanding and appreciation for the centrality of marriage and family.
- Ability to support and show grace to different types of family structures.
- Humility, love, and appreciation for others.
- Planning, organization, and management skills.
- Excellent oral and written communication.
- Ability to lead and mentor others.
- Strong interpersonal skills.
- Ability to work with others as a part of team approach to ministry.
Experience and Education
- Experience in church leadership and supervision.
- Experience working with children and/or youth.
- Ministry experience, education, and training in the areas of marriage and family life, youth and adolescent development, or children’s ministry.
- Education at least to the level of bachelor’s degree in the fields of marriage and family life, youth and adolescent development, or children’s ministry preferred.
Compensation – Commensurate with levels of experience and education.
Emmanuel is part of the Free Methodist Church, a Methodist Christian denomination within the holiness movement, based in the U.S.
It is evangelical in nature and Wesleyan-Arminian in theology.
For more information about the Free Methodist denomination, please visit www.fmcusa.org.
