Pearsall Ministry Site Director

Position Summary

The Ministry Site Director provides both spiritual and organizational leadership to effectively carry out the mission of STYFC. This role requires the ability to recruit, develop, and lead volunteer teams, coach residents, and build strong partnerships with local churches and community leaders.

The Site Director is responsible for implementing relational ministry actions that foster Authentic Christ-Sharing Relationships with young people, while also managing ministry operations, fundraising efforts, and administrative responsibilities. With a commitment to personal spiritual growth, the Site Director embodies and advances the core values of STYFC, leading a healthy, growing ministry that impacts the lives of youth through the YFC ministry model.

Essential Functions

Ministry Team Development (40%)

Recruit, train, and maintain volunteer ministry leader team in accordance with the processes found in the Knowledge Base
- Conduct monthly training with volunteers
Coach residents in your assigned area
- Conduct one-on-one meetings at least once a month
Create a strong connection between local churches and the ministry site
Provide training materials and ministry site standards for ministry leaders
Develop healthy ministry teams for each ministry site
- Create a yearly vision and goals for the ministry site
- Help every member of the ministry team see themselves in the yearly vision
Establish necessary support and guidelines to ensure healthy and growing ministry at all sites
Be an advocate in the community for young people
Attend ministry and staff meetings as directed
Meet regularly with supervisor for supervision, coaching, and shepherding
- Meet at least once a month
Help manage and maintain any YFC buildings or property
Other duties as assigned
Report progress and ministry updates to STYFC

Relational Ministry Action Development (35%)

Responsible for managing, facilitating, and serving in the Relational Ministry Actions (RMAs)
Direct the ministry team at their site in accomplishing the standards outlined in the RMAs found in the Knowledge Base
Establish and develop programming materials
Train and evaluate ministry site leaders in the implementation of curriculum materials
RMA Requirements for site:
- Contacting: 3x/week
  - Initiating new relationships with lost young people
- Club: 1x/week
  - A welcoming, safe, high-energy, large group meeting designed to help lost young people discover who Jesus is by fostering authentic Christ-sharing relationships and connecting relevant topics to scripture
- Building Times: 1x/week
  - Spending time in shared experiences with young people to build new relationships and grow existing ones
- Appointments: 2x/week
  - Meeting with young people to focus on their individual needs
- Small Groups: 1x/week (may have 2 groups to split gender)
  - A meeting with several young people to have an interactive discussion about relevant topics and connect them to God’s truth
- Core: 1x/week
  - A team of adult and young leaders from a Campus Life Ministry Site who together follow Jesus in a way that naturally invites friends to discover Jesus with them
- Trips, camps, and other overnight events:
  - Fall & Spring Retreats
  - Summer Camp
  - Attend staff retreat

Fundraising and Development (10%)

Grow and maintain new and current donors
- Pray for all giving partners regularly
- Thank and personally connect with each giving partner at least once a year
- Make touchpoints with ministry updates every 60 days and maintain 60-day report
- Update Letter
- Maintain database
Help with fireworks stand — required to work on July 4th and Dec. 31st

Administration (10%)

Complete and maintain 60-Day Reports
Ensure monthly updates to Impact & Site Trackers
Respond to emails effectively and use them for documentation
Complete annual CPT Reports with the team
Maintain Ministry Budget:
- Stay within monthly club expense limits
- Turn in receipts in a timely manner
Confidentiality:
- Maintain confidentiality: Ensure that confidential information about staff, volunteers, or kids is not shared inappropriately
- Incident Reporting Protocol: When an incident is reported, refrain from discussing specific names or details with others on the team. Such matters should only be shared with your supervisor or within the leadership team as necessary. Beyond that, it is crucial to respect confidentiality and handle these situations with discretion
- Empower others to uphold confidentiality: Lead by example and encourage staff, volunteers, and peers to prioritize confidentiality in their conversations and actions. Reinforce the importance of discretion and guide others to follow

Personal Growth (5%)

Grow Spiritually
- Pray for YFC and Leaders
  - 15 minutes daily inviting God into the day and praying through activities for the day
  - 30 minutes at the start of the week to pray through the week, inviting God and surrendering the week to Him
  - 4 hours monthly inviting and surrendering the month to Him and praying for strategic initiatives (supervisor will ask monthly what God is speaking about)
- Pray
- Abide
Grow as a Leader

o Complete all Knowledge Base trainings, as well as any additional trainings assigned by supervisors or executive leadership within YFC.

Books, conferences, and other leadership development resources

Position Requirements

Knowledge & Skills

Embraces the vision, mission and Statement of Faith of YFC
Participation in YFC’s Blueprint for Leadership
Understands YFC’s 5 Essentials and leads through this model
Self-Motivator
Strong moral character and of good repute
Connect well with youth
Well-spoken in front of youth and adults
Manage a team of diverse volunteers
Honors and pursues diversity of gifts, cultures and ethnicities
Excellent oral, written, interpersonal and presentation skills
Able to prioritize and manage multiple responsibilities
Good relationship building skills with adults and young people
Perseverance through opposition and obstacles

Our cultural attributes are not about competency. It is an obedience to the call of Christ on our lives. YFC believes that spiritually healthy adults fosters healthy relationships with our kids. We place a heavy commitment and emphasis on developing and equipping a Christ-centered life marked by Enduring Humility, Relentless Trust, Joyful Camaraderie, Courageous Faithfulness and Kingdom Inspired Diversity. Willing to demonstrate and/or possesses the following:

Ability to humbly serve and honor others even in difficult situations with prayer, consistency, transparency, and resilience. (Enduring Humility)
Demonstrates proper reliance on God, others, and self through generous giving of time and skills, by collaboratively incorporating others’ ideas, welcoming candid input, recognizing others’ need for grace and extending forgiveness and empathy. (Relentless Trust)
Prioritizes others’ needs for a missional outcome, characterized by joy, with active listening and problem-solving skills, while encouraging and empowering fellow believers. (Joyful Camaraderie)
Trusts God with new approaches and changes, and communicates needs and limits with emotional intelligence, while seeking confidence and wisdom in Christ. (Courageous Faithfulness)
Seeks authentic Christ-Centered relationships with people of various backgrounds, fosters an inviting environment and empowers historically marginalized groups and indigenous populations (within the local context), through active listening, inclusion, advocacy for those who are vulnerable and respect of others’ experiences. (Kingdom Inspired Diversity)

Credentials Required & Preferred Education

Bachelor’s Degree
Three years of ministry experience

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 fund raising events, recruiting personal circle of influence/YFC donor contacts, sending letters, handwritten notes, personal calls, and personally ministering to donor contacts.At South Texas Youth for Christ (STYFC), every staff role—including this Ministry Director position—is a missionary role. That means raising personal financial support is not just encouraged—it’s required.

We believe in equipping leaders who are called, trained, and fully funded to serve in ministry with sustainability and joy. You won’t walk this path alone—STYFC and Youth For Christ USA provide comprehensive, proven training to help you build a healthy support team from your personal network. When leaders fully engage in the training and trust the process, they succeed.

As a ministry leader, you will be expected to:

Initiate and maintain personal fundraising efforts, reaching full financial support within the first year of employment.
Build and maintain relationships with supporters through personal meetings, handwritten notes, and consistent communication.
Invite your circle of influence to engage through fundraising events, monthly giving, and prayer support.
Lead by example in cultivating a support team that fuels the mission of reaching lost youth with the hope of Jesus.

Benefits

· Medical Insurance: 50% employer-covered (employee only)

· Vision Insurance: 100% employer-covered (employee only)

· Dental Insurance: Available at cost

· Life/Short-Term/Long-Term Disability: Employer-sponsored

You may add family members to your plan at your own expense.

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.

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