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.
STYFC Values
Gospel Centered:
We are committed to knowing, living, and sharing the good news of JESUS. He alone is our salvation, the true hero of our story.
Relationally Driven:
We relentlessly pursue authentic, Christ-sharing relationships with our students, leaders, donors, and partners, always shepherding with the love of JESUS.
Biblically Rooted:
We submit to the truth of God’s word to share His story, our story, and kids stories, always finding our true identity in JESUS.
Spirit Empowered:
We rely on the Holy Spirit to lead, guide, and empower us to fulfill the mission that JESUS has called us to.
Discipleship Oriented:
We teach people the ways of JESUS, modeling obedience to Him. We empower them to do the same with others.
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
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.
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.