Student Pastor

Freedom Church
Gallatin, Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 02/11/2025
Categories: Church/Ministry
Job Type: Full-Time
Employee Workplace: On-site
Job Description:

STUDENT PASTOR

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Full Time / Reports to Executive Pastor

Position Job Summary: Build teams and lead initiatives that connect students to God, Freedom and each other.

What You Will Do (Specific Job Responsibilities):

  • Be the primary visionary for the youth ministry at Freedom Church
  • Plan and implement a thriving night of fun, worship, teaching and encouragement for students grades 6-12th grade.
  • Build and develop a strong adult volunteer team that sets an example for the youth and work together to implement the vision of the youth ministry.
  • Build and develop a student leadership team that provides feedback to the youth pastor and help take ownership of a ministry designed to reach their peers.
  • Envision, plan and implement regular outreach events that draw in the unchurched.
  • Plan and implement missions opportunities for the youth to use their gifts to share Jesus with others.
  • Plan and implement retreats and camps that promote life change and unity in the youth ministry.
  • Dream, envision and develop other initiatives the promote connecting and spiritual development within students grade 6-12th grade
  • Be a resource to parents of students in support of them raising their child(ren) and pointing them to Jesus.
  • Oversee and give input into the young adult gatherings and groups.

What Skills You Will Need (Qualifications):

  • Spiritually mature while continuing to grow in their faith and experiences with God
  • A strong people person that easily connects with students and their parents.
  • Experience in leadership development
  • 3+ years in youth ministry experience and/or Ministry or Bible degree from an accredited school
  • Be in agreement with Freedom’s statement of faith
  • Creative in design and imagery to help promote visually the ways students can connect, preferably able to use Adobe Suite to assist in promotion of initiatives being led.

About Freedom:

  • VISION: We exist to reach people to know God.
  • VALUES: Everyone Connecting, Everyone Growing, Everyone Serving, Everyone Reaching, Everyone Giving
  • STAFF VALUES: Honor, Humility, Hustle

Freedom is a contemporary church that is growing and reaching new people in one of the fastest growing areas in the United States. Led by Terrell Somerville (the founding pastor), Freedom is passionate about reaching the lost and guiding them to be more like Jesus, so they will go and reach more people for Christ.

About Freedom Church

WE EXIST TO REACH PEOPLE TO KNOW GOD!

We are a contemporary, vibrant, and growing church with around 800 people weekly in person, located in a suburb of Nashville, TN (Gallatin). The heartbeat of everything we do at Freedom Church is to reach people to know God, and we accomplish this mission through our "High Five" values – Everyone Reaching, Everyone Growing, Everyone Serving, Everyone Giving, and Everyone Connecting. We are an evangelistic church rooted in the Word of God, committed to the mission of God, and empowered by the Spirit of God. We desire to know and experience the fullness of God personally and help others come to Jesus!

We're looking for Kingdom builders to join the Freedom Family and lead others to become fully devoted followers of Christ!

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