Job Summary
The Student Ministries Director is responsible for all middle and high school ministry across all Epic locations; providing vision, strategy, teaching, and leadership while developing a passionate team to equip and inspire students to follow Jesus fully and live on mission for him.
Responsibilities
- Build the student ministry for the future.
- Develop a model that works best in a city/multisite context.
- Connects to students who are not yet part of the church.
- Recruit, build, and develop the team.
- Pastor your team members and help them grow spiritually.
- Provide leadership, training, resources, and management to lead students well.
- Create ministries that connect to students.
- Provide spiritual leadership to students, both from you and your leaders.
- Teach scripture in a way that is true to the text and engaging and applicable to youth.
- Plan and execute events, gatherings, groups, and online content for students.
- Provide opportunities to equip, support, and connect to parents.
- And all the other fun stuff!
- Develop a communications plan to ensure everyone knows what they need to know.
- Measure what matters: maintain ministry metrics to track health and growth.
- Manage the Student Ministry budget.
- And of course, everyone’s favorite...other duties as assigned!
About You
You'll thrive with us if you:
- Are passionate about helping students come to faith in Jesus and become more like Him.
- Are excited about the opportunity to create the future and do things that haven’t been done before.
- Love the creative process, value collaboration, and respond well to feedback.
- Dream about opportunities to communicate in creative ways.
- Are a dependable team player with a willingness to dive in and give it your all.
- Are a continual learner: always improving and finding better ways to use the latest tech and tools.
- Enjoy working in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.
- Believe that the mission of the church is worth giving your life to.
This is what we hope you would bring to the table:
- Visionary leadership for Epic’s Student ministry across all locations.
- A desire to create the future of what student ministry can be for the next generation.
- Know how to “feel a room” and create powerful moments.
- Great attitude and commitment to excellence.
- Fun personality that brings smiles and energy to every setting.
About Epic
Epic is a growing, multi-site, non-denominational church with 4 locations in and around Philadelphia. We think church should be fun, meaningful, and make a difference in your life. Our name, Epic, represents our vision: to see every person in the city follow Jesus. We are For Philly and fully committed to loving our city well.
How we invest in the next generation is crucial if we hope to fulfill our mission of reaching every person in the city. In Philadelphia alone, almost a third of the population is under the age of 18. That’s about 400,000 people!
We love to create moments where people can meet with God. We believe that just one moment in God’s presence can change everything, and that is especially true for students.
We look forward to getting to know you!
