Director of Youth and College Ministry

The Director of Youth & College Ministries will provide spiritual and strategic leadership for Eastminster’s ministry to middle school, high school, and college students, helping young people move from participation toward meaningful discipleship and a growing relationship with Jesus Christ. The Director will create a unified vision for student ministry, build relationships with students and families, develop volunteer leaders, and provide biblical teaching and meaningful opportunities for worship, mission, fellowship, and service. This is an opportunity to build upon an established youth ministry while developing Eastminster’s growing ministry to college students. The next Director will join a healthy, multigenerational congregation that values relationships, biblical teaching, missions, and investing in the faith of the next generation.

Why We Love This Opportunity

Eastminster offers the opportunity to lead student ministry in a church that already believes deeply in investing in children, students, and families. I especially love that this role is not simply about running youth programs, but about building relationships with students, walking alongside families, developing leaders, and creating a pathway of discipleship that can continue from middle school through college.

There is also an exciting opportunity to build upon an established youth ministry while helping a budding college ministry take its next significant steps.

A great match for this position would be:

• A relational and spiritually mature ministry leader who genuinely enjoys being present in the lives of students and families.
• Someone who is passionate about helping middle school, high school, and college students develop a personal and lasting relationship with Jesus Christ.
• A gifted biblical teacher who can communicate Scripture in ways that connect with students and help them apply God’s Word to everyday life.
• A leader who can develop a unified discipleship strategy for youth and college ministry rather than simply maintaining a calendar of programs and events.
• Someone who enjoys recruiting, developing, and empowering adult volunteers and student leaders rather than attempting to carry the ministry alone.
• A collaborative teammate who can work effectively with pastors, staff, parents, volunteers, and Eastminster’s Christian Education and Youth Ministry teams.
• A self motivated and organized leader who can balance relationships, teaching, programming, communication, events, trips, and administrative responsibilities.
• A candidate who resonates with Eastminster’s Reformed theological identity and can enthusiastically affirm the Essential Tenets and commitments of ECO.

About This Organization

Eastminster Presbyterian Church is a welcoming, multigenerational congregation located in East Cobb, just outside Atlanta. For more than 50 years, Eastminster has sought to follow Jesus faithfully and serve as a beacon of hope to its community, city, and world. The church describes itself as a “Church for the Community,” with strong ministries in worship, Christian education, missions, children, youth, fellowship, and outreach.

Eastminster includes 564 Covenant Partners with an average Sunday worship attendance of approximately 283. The congregation offers both contemporary and traditional worship, an established children’s and youth ministry, a growing college ministry, a Christian preschool serving more than 100 children, and significant participation in Sunday School and small groups. Eastminster is financially healthy, debt free, and supported by a robust staff and active volunteer culture.

Eastminster has been part of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians since 2013 and is rooted in Scripture, the Trinity, and the Reformed tradition. The church is led by a Session of 16 elders and served by 14 deacons, alongside a ministry staff committed to advancing the mission of Jesus through the life of the congregation.

Location

Eastminster is located in East Cobb, Marietta, Georgia, in the northern portion of the greater Atlanta metropolitan area. The community combines the accessibility and opportunities of a major metropolitan region with established suburban neighborhoods, strong schools, convenient shopping, parks, and family oriented communities.

Greater Atlanta provides access to major healthcare systems, professional sports, universities, arts and entertainment, and a wide variety of cultural experiences. East Cobb is also well positioned for enjoying the broader region, from the North Georgia mountains and lakes to destinations such as Savannah and Georgia’s coastal islands.

Mission, Vision, and Values

Mission:

Eastminster’s mission is to make disciples of Jesus Christ by Engaging community, Equipping believers, Empowering servants, and Extending our reach to the world.

Vision:

Eastminster seeks to be a church that faithfully follows Jesus and serves as a beacon of Christ’s hope and grace to East Cobb, the greater Atlanta community, and the world. The church desires to see people introduced to a relationship with Jesus Christ, grow in that relationship, and discover a community in which they can mature as disciples.

Values:

Eastminster values the Lordship of Jesus Christ as the head of the Church, Christ centered worship through Word and Sacrament, prayer and Bible centered teaching, genuine relationships, missions and evangelism, and the importance of family, fellowship, and caring for one another. These convictions are grounded in Scripture and Eastminster’s commitment to the Reformed tradition and the Essential Tenets of ECO.

Key Responsibilities

• Provide spiritual leadership and overall direction for Eastminster’s ministries to middle school, high school, and college students, helping students progress from participation toward discipleship.
• Develop and implement a cohesive vision for youth and college ministries with intentional benchmarks for spiritual growth and faith development.
• Teach, disciple, mentor, counsel, and nurture students while cultivating a biblical worldview and mission minded faith.
• Build meaningful relationships with students and families, including being present at extracurricular activities and connecting with students beyond scheduled church programming.
• Recruit, disciple, train, and equip adult volunteers and student leaders to serve effectively within student ministry.
• Provide leadership for Sunday School, Confirmation, Sunday evening youth gatherings, Wednesday Bible studies, and other regular student ministry environments.
• Plan and lead retreats, mission experiences, conferences, summer activities, special events, and seasonal gatherings for students and college aged young adults.
• Develop meaningful opportunities for students to participate in worship and the broader life of the congregation, including Eastminster’s annual Youth Sunday.
• Maintain consistent year round communication and connection with college students, including students living away from East Cobb while attending school.
• Partner with parents and families as they disciple their children and navigate the transition from adolescence into young adulthood.
• Participate as an active member of the Eastminster staff team and collaborate with the Christian Education Team and Youth Ministry Team.
• Provide guidance and oversight for the annual youth ministry budget and related administrative responsibilities.

Key Qualifications

• A growing, vibrant, and demonstrable relationship with Jesus Christ.
• A genuine calling and passion for ministry with middle school, high school, and college aged students and their families.
• Previous experience leading or serving in student, youth, college, or next generation ministry.
• Strong biblical teaching skills with the ability to communicate Scripture clearly and help students apply biblical truth to everyday life.
• Demonstrated ability to build trusted relationships with students, parents, volunteers, and ministry colleagues.
• Experience recruiting, developing, training, and empowering volunteer leaders.
• Strong communication, interpersonal, organizational, and administrative skills.
• Experience planning and leading ministry programs, events, retreats, trips, and other student experiences.
• A collaborative ministry approach combined with the initiative and self direction necessary to lead a growing ministry.
• A college degree is expected, with biblical, theological, or ministry training preferred.
• Alignment with Eastminster’s theological convictions and willingness to embrace the Constitution, Essential Tenets, Polity, and Rules of Discipline of ECO: A Covenant Order of Evangelical Presbyterians.

For more information about this opportunity, please contact Phil Christian, Executive Recruiter, at pchristian@slingshotgroup.org