JOB SUMMARY
The PreTeen Pastor provides spiritual leadership, pastoral care, and ministry direction for students in grades
4th–5th. This position is responsible for creating and leading engaging, age-appropriate environments that help
preteens develop a strong biblical foundation and grow in their relationship with Jesus Christ. The PreTeen
Pastor recruits, equips, develops, and pastors staff and volunteers who serve within the ministry. This role
partners closely with parents, church leadership, and other ministry teams to support the spiritual development
and overall well-being of preteens and their families. The ideal candidate demonstrates biblical maturity, strong
leadership and relational skills, and a genuine passion for discipling the next generation.
ESSENTIAL FUNCTIONS
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential
functions.
Provide leadership for the church’s preteen ministry, ensuring alignment with the church’s mission, values,
theology, and overall ministry strategy.
Develop and lead age-appropriate worship services, teaching environments, small groups, discipleship
programs, events, retreats, and outreach opportunities for preteen students.
Recruit, train, equip, schedule, encourage, and pastor volunteers and ministry leaders, creating a healthy and
sustainable volunteer culture.
Teach and communicate biblical truth in a manner that is engaging, relevant, age-appropriate, and consistent
with the church’s statement of faith and doctrinal beliefs.
Build strong relationships with students and provide appropriate pastoral care, encouragement, prayer, and
spiritual guidance while maintaining appropriate ministry boundaries and safeguarding practices.
Partner with parents and caregivers by providing resources, communication, and opportunities that equip
families to disciple and spiritually support their preteen children.
Collaborate with church staff and ministry leaders to ensure effective transitions and continuity between
children’s, preteen, and student ministries.
COMPETENCIES
Biblical and Theological Knowledge: Demonstrates a strong understanding of Scripture and the ability to
communicate biblical truth accurately and effectively.
Pastoral Leadership: Demonstrates spiritual maturity, sound judgment, integrity, humility, and a genuine
pastoral heart for students, families, and volunteers.
Relational Intelligence: Builds authentic, appropriate, and trust-based relationships with students, parents,
volunteers, and staff.
Leadership and Team Development: Effectively recruits, develops, motivates, delegates to, and empowers
staff and volunteers to accomplish ministry objectives.
Communication: Communicates clearly and effectively through teaching, preaching, written
communication, meetings, presentations, and interpersonal interactions.
Organization and Execution: Demonstrates strong planning, time-management, administrative, and
event-coordination skills while effectively managing multiple priorities.
Adaptability and Creativity: Able to understand the unique developmental, cultural, and social needs of
preteens and create engaging ministry experiences that effectively reach and disciple them.
POSITION TYPE/EXPECTED HOURS OF WORK
This is a regular full-time position (36-40 hours per week). Evenings, weekends and on-call rotation required
based on ministry needs.
PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS
While performing the duties of this job, the employee may be regularly required to do the following:
Ability to stand, walk, and move throughout church facilities for extended periods while leading or
participating in ministry activities.
Ability to lift, carry, push, or move equipment, supplies, tables, chairs, and other ministry materials
weighing approximately 25–50 pounds as needed.
Ability to participate in and oversee activities that may require extended periods of standing, walking,
bending, reaching, or moving between indoor and outdoor environments.
Ability to participate in or supervise ministry activities, games, retreats, and events that may involve varying
physical environments and activity levels.
Ability to travel locally and periodically travel for retreats, conferences, mission experiences, and other
ministry-related activities.
Ability to use standard office and ministry technology, including computers, mobile devices, audio/visual
equipment, and other communication tools.
Ability to work flexible hours, including evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended hours during special
events, as required by the needs of the ministry.
EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE
Bachelor’s degree in Bible, Theology, Christian Ministry, Education, or a related field from an accredited
institution preferred; equivalent ministry experience may be considered.
Minimum of 3–5 years of ministry experience, preferably with demonstrated experience serving preteens,
middle school students, children, or families.
Demonstrated experience leading and developing volunteer teams within a church or ministry environment.
Demonstrated experience teaching or communicating biblical content to preteens in a clear, engaging, and
age-appropriate manner.
Experience developing and implementing ministry programs, events, discipleship strategies, and volunteer
development processes.
Experience working collaboratively within a large church or multi-staff ministry environment preferred.
Must demonstrate a personal and growing relationship with Jesus Christ and be willing to support and
consistently represent the church’s mission, values, statement of faith, and ministry philosophy.
WORK ENVIRONMENT
Duties are performed in a variety of settings to include, outside, office and technical settings where the work
and general environment may be fast-paced and hectic at times. Therefore, it is essential that the employee can
effectively handle the normal anxieties associated with the job and manage multiple projects in a
service-oriented environment. Environmental noise levels are minimal.
OTHER DUTIES
Must exemplify The CBC Way of Honor, Hospitality, Hustle, High Capacity, and Humility
Must be willing to work weekends and occasional special events
CBC Member, genuine desire to serve God and the Church
Must live a life beyond reproach 1 Timothy 3
Maintain daily disciplines of Bible study and prayer
Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive listing of activities, duties
or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities, and activities may
change at any time with or without notice.