College Pastor

About the role

This role leads Christ Covenant's college ministry, teaching, discipling, and shepherding college students both on-site and on-campus. It sets the ministry's strategy and vision, leads staff and volunteer teams, and oversees recruiting and gatherings across the college ministry, including international student efforts and mission trips.

What you'll do

Teaching

• Create the teaching schedule for Christ Covenant's on-site and on-campus college gatherings.
• Prepare and deliver teachings for on-site and on-campus college gatherings.
• Collaborate with the worship team to develop a strong worship ministry for college students 
• Lead the on-campus student leadership team through regular team meetings, training, communication, and personal coaching.

Discipleship

• Build evangelistic and discipling relationships with college students.
• Plan and execute annual college retreats.
• Lead college ministry mission trips in partnership with our missions team.
• Oversee international student ministry efforts and gatherings.

Strategy & Development

• Create and refine the strategy for on-campus ministry organizations, gatherings, and outreach.
• Create and refine the strategy and vision for college student discipleship.
• Collaborate with the Communications team to advocate and promote the college ministry.
• Refine and implement a recruiting strategy for volunteers and students at each campus. 
• Collect, track, and analyze attendance trends to ensure effective shepherding.
• Maintain relationships with other on-campus ministries in which students participate.

Volunteers

• Lead the college ministry volunteer team through regular team meetings, training, communication, and personal coaching.
• Manage Planning Center profiles for college students.

Other

• Direct the college staff team through weekly meetings and personal coaching, reviewing and planning all ministry activities.
• Lead the recruiting of college staff, interns, volunteers, and student leaders.
• Oversee and participate in on-campus gatherings.
• Perform other duties as assigned.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s (B.A.) in related field and Master of Divinity (MDiv.) degree preferred
• At least 3 to 5 years of ministry experience
• Understanding of and willingness to minister within the church’s statement of beliefs
• Character congruent with the biblical requirements for leaders (1 Tim. 3:1-13; 2 Tim. 2; Titus 1:5-9)