Campus Life High School Ministry Director/Coordinator

Direct ministry in the local high school and with high schoolers by fostering the following five essentials:

• Widespread Prayer
• Loving Relationships
• Faithful Bible Teaching
• Collaborative Community Strategy
• Adults Who Empower

Deliberately engage with many Christians to intercede on behalf of the ministry site-prayer must strategically permeate all values, areas, and actions of your daily ministry. Consistently pursue high schoolers and engage them in life-long relationships with Jesus using the following seven Relational Ministry Actions which are Campus Life’s Specialized skill set to move loving relationships forward:

• Appointments
• Building Times
• Contacting
• Clubs
• Small Groups
• Student Leadership
• Summer Youth Camps

Accurately handle Biblical truth, regularly coaching High Schoolers to apply it in their lives. Focus on competent preparation and relevant presentation. Intentionally work together with local churches, agencies, and other partners to provide sustainable youth and family ministry. Strategically develop leaders to reach young people from every people group.

Campus Life staff build and lead teams of Christian adults (and students) who are committed to investing in the relational ministry process with lost teens. Doing as much of these as possible using the weekly breakfast clubs.     

Essential Job Functions and Duties

Residential and Wilderness Camping Ministry

South Central Minnesota Youth For Christ owns and operates Prairie River Camp—www.prairierivercamp.org. An important part of this job is to be an active participant in planning and executing three weeks of summer camps.

Office Work Daily

• Check e-mail
• Respond to phone calls
• Plan your schedule

Weekly

• New student information card for your use
• Plan out High School Ministry
• Meet with Ministry Director

Monthly

• Monthly ministry reports

Quarterly

• Newsletter Information

Supervision

• Youth For Christ online reporting-weekly
• Contact with supervisor-weekly
• Attend monthly South Central Minnesota Youth For Christ ministry staff meeting
• Evaluation quarterly

Funding Responsibilities

• Participate in community fundraising events (only when appropriate)

Training

• Attend training events if possible

Spiritual Responsibilities

Because the overriding religious purpose and mission of Youth for Christ USA is to communicate and introduce the Gospel of Jesus Christ to young people and their families, and in that regard to make, educate and encourage life-long disciples of the Lord Jesus Christ, it is very important that you as an employee in the movement of Youth for Christ be recognized as an associate minister of the Gospel. As an employee of Youth for Christ and an associate minister of the Gospel, YFC expects all employees to:

• Seek God’s guidance and wisdom, through prayer and meditation, for the organization as a whole as well as for specific ministry initiatives.
• Participate and lead regular times of prayer, devotion and worship as a regular aspect of your role within YFC.
• Teach and preach from the Holy Bible at YFC staff meetings, conferences, camps and events.
• Model empathy, humility and care for all people. This includes promoting equity and inclusion in word and in the practice of faith expression.

YFC employees will have an opportunity to be commissioned or licensed as a minister of the Gospel through the established Youth for Christ process, and/or ordained by an outside body recognized by Youth for Christ USA.