Lead Student Pastor (Oxford Campus)

Pinelake Church•Oxford, MS

About The Position

The Lead Student Pastor at Pinelake Church’s Oxford Campus leads, shepherds, and guides the spiritual development of the Student Ministry through Student Ministry staff and servant leaders. The role brings the church’s vision of seeing Mississippi changed one life story at a time to life in Student Ministry, helping students learn from Christ, live in Christ, and lead others to Christ. The pastor trains leaders and students to take the gospel into their schools and homes. The position leads the Student Ministry staff team, carries out the campus and One Church vision for Student Ministry, and coordinates curriculum, events, and worship in partnership with One Church. It develops ministry plans for relationships and a consistent presence at area campuses, student and family assimilation, and parent discipleship. The Lead Student Pastor teaches and provides leadership support across all three branches of Student Ministry and oversees Pinelake’s Our House Promise strategy within the ministry. The role also models Pinelake’s spiritual practices, staff values, and expectations for integrity, emotional health, communication, collaboration, and alignment with church leadership. It supervises exempt and non-exempt personnel and coordinates work with servant leaders. The work environment is usually moderately noisy. The employee regularly sits and talks or hears, and is also required to stand, walk, reach, and lift up to 25 pounds.

Requirements

Bachelor’s degree preferred; minimum of three to five years of related experience and/or training.
Excellent interpersonal skills and the ability to work with a diverse group of people.
Ability to communicate clearly and effectively by telephone, email, and in person, with tact and diplomacy.
Ability to develop and maintain strong working relationships with volunteers, coworkers, the public, church members, and regular attendees.
Ability to understand written and oral instructions and read, analyze, and interpret complex documents, manuals, policies, and procedures.
Demonstrated skill using Mac or Windows operating systems, word processing, spreadsheets, and the internet for information retrieval.
Basic mathematical skills; knowledge of bookkeeping and basic accounting; ability to monitor budgets and expenses and read financial information and spreadsheets.
Ability to conceptualize and plan multiple tasks simultaneously, project outcomes using different implementation strategies, and apply creative and innovative thinking to problems.
Ability to work effectively and efficiently under stressful conditions to meet deadlines.
Regular ability to sit, talk or hear, stand, walk, and reach with hands and arms; ability to lift up to 25 pounds.

Nice To Haves

Bachelor’s degree.

Responsibilities

Lead, shepherd, and guide the Student Ministry staff team in learning from Christ, living in Christ, and leading others to Christ.
Execute the vision, mission, and direction of the campus and One Church as they relate to the entire Student Ministry.
Coordinate, guide, and adapt Student Ministry curriculum, events, and worship in partnership with One Church.
Collaborate with the Student Ministry team to plan relationships with area campuses and a consistent, purposeful ministry presence at those campuses.
Develop Student Ministry staff and servant leaders to engage and equip students as multiplying disciples and ministers of the gospel in their schools and homes.
Support and establish a strategic plan to assimilate students and families into church ministries.
Create and lead a discipleship plan for parents of students, with regular opportunities for parenting growth and development.
Participate actively in all three branches of Student Ministry through teaching and leadership support.
Oversee and lead Pinelake’s Our House Promise strategy within Student Ministry.
Supervise exempt and non-exempt personnel and coordinate work with servant leaders.
Pursue spiritual growth through Scripture, prayer, teachability, feedback, and attentiveness to the Holy Spirit.
Model the Be the Church rhythms of Grow, Pray, Connect, and Share; prioritize emotional health, family, and a healthy relationship with Jesus.
Invest personally in disciple-making, guide others through the Discipleship Pathway, shepherd people, and equip and release servant leaders.
Communicate clearly, honestly, and proactively; embody the 7 H’s; and contribute to alignment, unity, health, and shepherding within the church.
Perform other duties as assigned.