Education and Experience

• B.A or equivalent in Protestant Christian Seminary, with 2 years or beyond experience of leading Youth Ministry and delivering sermons to youth.
• Have a clear calling to serve the Lord as a youth pastor. Have a heart to preach the gospel, train disciples, and edify the church. 
• Experience in a cross-cultural Christian church environment is preferred.

Characters 

• Meet the Biblical requirements of Elder and Overseer [1 Tim 3:1-9] [Titus1:6-9]

Skills

• Have the abilities to lead youth fellowship with Bible study and discussion, engage youth to own personal Bible study and Christ-center faith, and train them with critical Biblical thinking, discussion, and connection to daily life.
• Able to analyze socio-cultural problems with Biblical worldviews and helping youth to make godly choices.
• Good at organizing youth events.
• Enjoy interacting with people to build up relationships, especially with youth and their parents.
• Capable of using modern office tools, (ex: MS Office, Zoom, Google Meet etc.)

Duties and Responsibilities

• Pastor youth
  • Help and lead youth to own their faith, own a God-centered lifestyle and Biblical worldview, and train them to train others.
  • On average, give at least 2 Sunday sermons to youth every month.
  • Work with other youth workers and build up youth Sunday school.
  • Lead youth fellowship and Bible study, and train the next generation of youth leaders.
  • Organize youth events.
  • Visit and mentor youth and build relationships with their parents.
• Work with Church leadership to strengthen youth ministry and, in the long term, build youth/college students/english ministries.

Statements and Proclamations

• Apostle’s Creed
• Nicene Creed
• Chalcedonian Creed
• Athanasian Creed
• Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy
• The Cambridge Declaration
• Nashville Statement
• Suffolk Christian Church Bylaws (Ask for reference)

Contact

• pastor.search@scc-ny.org