Job Description

Principal Functions 

The Director of Youth and Children’s Ministry will oversee the ministry of Central Park Christian Church (CPCC) to children from birth through high school.  The Director will partner with parents and guardians to introduce their children to Christ and will lead young people to spiritual commitments and disciplines that will result in spiritual maturity. 

This position is a full-time exempt position, with a normal work week of 40-45 hours but longer hours during Vacation Bible School, summer camps, etc. The Director will report to the Lead Pastor and ultimately be accountable to the elders of CPCC. 

During the first year, the Director will be expected to participate in a residency program facilitated by Doxazo Ministries in Topeka.  Participants will attend weekly in-person classes led by seasoned youth ministry leaders, network with other youth leaders in the Topeka area, and receive personal mentorship and practical coaching. 

Qualifications  

1. A personal, active, and growing relationship with the Lord Jesus Christ, with a measure of all the fruits of the Spirit (Galatians 5:22-23) and a call to pastoral ministry from God. 

2. A heart for children and their spiritual lives, from infancy through high school. 

3. Ability and willingness to work with children and youth from diverse socio-economic backgrounds, including children from an urban environment, and an ability to teach in a manner to which the children and youth can relate. 

4. Strong knowledge of the Bible, and an ability to articulate the gospel and biblical principles clearly to children and youth. 

5. Training or practical experience in youth and/or children’s ministry and a desire for continued training and growth. 

6. A commitment to the whole family and able to develop relationships with parents and/or guardians. 

7. A commitment to teamwork with the elders, Lead Pastor, and other staff and volunteers. 

8. A self-starter, exercising initiative and judgment, with a strong degree of organizational and administrative abilities. 

9. Must be at least 21 years of age and able to pass a background check and driver's license check. 

10. Agree with the Statement of Faith, Mission, Vision, and Core Values of Central Park Christian Church (see below). 

Job Duties 

1. Share the Gospel of Jesus in an understandable way to children and their families. 

2. Develop positive relationships with children and youth and provide a Christian role model for them. 

3. Direct and oversee the entire youth and children’s ministry programming from nursery through high school.  

4. Organize and administer a program of active outreach to the children and youth of the neighborhood near CPCC, including students at Robinson Middle School and Topeka High School. 

5. Recruit, train, and patiently lead a team of volunteer teachers, sponsors, and mentors to work with children and youth. 

6. Foster good communication regarding the children’s, middle school, and high school ministry with parents and guardians.  

7. Ensure that the Child And Youth Abuse Prevention Program For Central Park Christian Church is observed in all children’s ministry settings.  

8. Work with and be a liaison between CPCC and other churches, para-church organizations, schools (especially Robinson Middle School and Topeka High School), secular youth organizations, people, and resources that relate to children and children’s ministries. 

9. Participate during Sunday morning services while providing leadership for youth-related activities.  

10. Be an advocate for children and youth and educate the congregation about the hopes, concerns and needs of children in CPCC, our neighborhood, and the ministries we support. 

11. Create an annual calendar of activities (including weekly programs, camps, VBS, etc.). 

12. Develop and oversee a budget and expenditures for the children’s and youth ministry. 

13. Organize fundraisers for student activities and events to make events more affordable for student families.  

14. Assist in providing transportation to children and youth to facilitate their participation in CPCC activities. 

15. In cooperation with the staff and elders, develop a long-range plan for: 

1. Newborn and infant care  

2. Children’s Ministries 

3. Middle and High School Student Ministries  

16. Other duties as assigned by the Lead Pastor or elders of CPCC. 

Central Park Christian Church Vision, Mission, Core Values, and Statement of Faith 

Vision  

Discipling in the heart of the city for freedom in Christ 

Mission  

Mobilizing disciples to fulfill God’s passion to save and transform lives  

Core Values  

Because the Bible is our final authority:  

1. We are dedicated to prayer and the leading of the Holy Spirit  

2. We pursue unity with integrity  

3. We seek the lost with love and respect  

4. We invest relationally in individuals, families, and the next generation  

5. We teach and equip disciples for service  

6. We intentionally pursue inter-generational community  

7. We are faithful stewards of God’s resources  

Statement of faith  

1. We believe the original writings of the Old and New Testament Scriptures to be the inspired, the only infallible, authoritative Word of God.  

2. We believe in one God, eternally existing in three Persons, Father, Son and Holy Spirit.  

3. We believe in the deity of the Lord Jesus Christ, begotten by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, true God and true man. 

4. We believe in Jesus’ sinless life, His miracles, that He died for our sins according to the Scriptures, in His bodily resurrection, in his ascension to the right hand of the Father to be our mediator and in his personal return, bodily and visibly, to establish his kingdom.  

5. We believe in the bodily resurrection of the just and the unjust, the eternal blessedness of the saved and the everlasting separation from God of the unsaved.  

6. We believe that salvation is indeed a gift from God. We are saved through our faith in the Lord Jesus Christ – it is not through any human efforts but by God’s grace.  

7. We believe in the ministry of the Holy Spirit by whose indwelling and regenerating power the believer is enabled to live a Godly life.  

8. We believe that each believer, all who are saved, should demonstrate their faith in Jesus Christ by obediently following Him in the act of baptism, thereby signifying Christ’s death, burial and resurrection.  

9. We believe that the Christian is not to be conformed to this present world but is transformed in such a way that Christ lives through the believer and that life will be pre-eminently characterized by a life of faith, truth, purity and love.  

10. We believe the Church, ordained by God, is commissioned by Him to evangelize the world by every believer being a witness to the unsaved, proclaiming Jesus Christ as Lord and by living as His servants among all men.  

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