Being a youth is tough! Help be the change by joining our commitment to the community of Wyoming helping young people navigate the transformational years of middle and high school and uncovering God’s story of hope.
West Michigan Youth for Christ (YFC) and Together Church are excited to present a dual opportunity for a 'Hybrid' Community Youth Ministry Director/Church Youth Minister to serve Godwin Heights High School and Together Church in Wyoming. In this role, you will work on the high school campus daily to grow pure relationships with kids aged 11-19 from all walks of life while serving the school, staff, and community. As our youth minister, you will serve as an integral associate of the church life and community partnering with a diverse group of 6th - 12th grade students building an intentional community through discipleship, biblical teaching, and mentoring relationships while attending services. Through this partnership, we seek to implement relational ministry actions to develop authentic Christ-sharing relationships with young people. We believe the Gospel comes to life in the overlap of God’s story, our story, and a young person's story.
Our ideal candidate will possess spiritual and organizational leadership skills, communication, strong social intelligence, and the ability to connect with and through all people, but above all a ‘heart for the marginalized and unseen’ in the community. We desire an innovative and resolute leader to help break new ground for the Kingdom.
As a religious nonprofit organization, some of the responsibilities in this hybrid role will include:
- Student Ministry: Direct ministry with students by performing weekly Campus Life relational ministry action items (RMA’s), contacting, building times, appointments, small groups, core club, and participating in related strategic trips and events. Direct, attend, and participate in weekly youth ministry activities, attend services, and share in worship. Perform a variety of administrative tasks. Educate, encourage, and raise lifelong followers of the Lord Jesus Christ.
- Volunteer Ministry: Direct, lead, and empower the current youth ministry volunteers, including training, meetings, community support, and recruiting for direct ministry and prayer volunteers.
- School/Church Collaboration: Develop and cultivate healthy access by serving, nurturing, and maintaining positive relationships within and between the school and church, its leadership, support staff, volunteers, and community.
- Fundraising: Regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance YFC’s stewardship functions. These activities include extending invitations to fundraising events, recruiting a personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and ministering to donor contacts.
- Spiritual Alignment: Lead, participate, and disciple as a recognized associate minister of the Gospel, use the Holy Bible, and align with the Wesleyan Church's core beliefs.
- Participate and Attend in Growth & Development
We believe the Gospel comes to life in the overlap of God’s story, our story, and a young person's story. Our commitment to our employees extends to their growth, development, promotion, training, benefits, and compensation. For more information on Youth For Christ and Together Church, please visit their websites at https://wmyfc.org and https://togetherchurchonline.com/. Join our Campus Life/Church team and help us engage and equip our youth to know and follow Jesus!
Position Requirements
- Minimum of 3 years of experience working directly with youth - ideally in a ministry setting
- Bachelor’s degree in ministry, counseling, or related field is preferred
- Embrace the vision, mission, and Statement of Faith of YFC (Statement)
- Accept in good faith the core beliefs and biblical doctrines of Together Church (Wesleyan) (Core Beliefs)
- Bilingual in English/Spanish is a bonus
- Strong moral character and good repute
- Honor and pursue a diversity of gifts, cultures, and ethnicity
- Ability to connect, communicate, mentor, and build genuine relationships with adults and young people of various ethnicities and backgrounds
- Initiative-taking with the ability to prioritize, manage multiple responsibilities, and balance campus and church responsibilities
Fundraising Responsibilities
All YFC employees are expected to regularly and actively participate in faithful activities that advance the stewardship functions of YFC USA. These activities will include—but are not limited to— extending invitations to fundraising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.
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EEO Statement
Youth For Christ (YFC) provides equal employment opportunities (EEO) employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, sex, national origin, age, handicap, marital status, or other unlawful discriminatory characteristics in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws.
YFC is classified as an Association of Churches and as such our hiring practices reflect that designation. As a religious nonprofit organization, YFC incorporates within each leader role, the requirement to model, teach, share and live the faith. The relationship between YFC’s mission and each of its leaders is its lifeblood and as such does at all times and in all instances reserve the right to make employment decisions based upon a person’s religious beliefs, personal character and lifestyle consistent with our understanding of the Bible or with our overall goals and requirements for Christian ministry.
We seek to create a workplace that is intentional about Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Our commitment to our employees extends to their opportunities for growth, development, promotion, training and compensation.
We will make reasonable accommodation for qualified individuals with known disabilities, unless doing so would result in an undue hardship to the organization.