Director of Military Youth Ministry at West Point

Young Life Military/ Club Beyond
West Point, New York, United States
Date Posted: 02/27/2019
Categories: Church/Ministry - Missions/Domestic
Job Type: Full-Time
Employee Workplace: Unspecified
Job Description:

 

We are currently doing incarnational ministry at many military installations around the world. You will have the opportunity to lead and oversee the Young Life Military program, also known as Club Beyond on a specific military base. The ministry is ecumenically focused and outreach-oriented. Previous experience with the military is helpful but not necessary as we train all staff to be successful in a military community. As the Director, you will have the opportunity to run weekly outreach events, take kids to some of the best summer camps in the world, lead small groups in Bible study, and walk alongside teens, which all to allow kids to hear the gospel and help them grow in their faith.

 

Click here to watch a short video about one of our Club Beyond students. 

Learn more at: 

www.clubbeyond.org


Job Responsibilities:

  • Actively develop healthy relationships with adults, as well as kids, and build vibrant relationships with the local community, the military installation and the chapel community
  • Be a role model (incarnational) and assist with developing community outreach to “unchurched” teens, discipleship to Christian teens, and leading and equipping volunteers to do “hands-on” middle and high school Christian youth programs.
  • Work well in an environment that sees a high degree of turnover among teens, families, chaplains and volunteers due to the nature of the military
  • Be respectful of and embrace a community that is deeply influenced by a military culture.

 

Job Qualifications:

  • A deep love for Christ and for lost teens
  • Passion for people and to work well with them.
  • Teachable heart.
  • Willingness to make a three-year commitment.
  • Minimum of three years’ youth ministry experience preferred.
  • College degree preferred.
  • Willingness to raise majority of salary through personal support.

 

If you are interested please follow the provided apply here link. We look forward to seeing where God takes you!

About Young Life Military/ Club Beyond

Club Beyond® is the name used by Military Community Youth Ministries (MCYM) and Young Life to identify its ministry with military high school and middle school-aged kids worldwide. Club Beyond staff and volunteers mentor young people and are available to journey with them through the hard challenges of adolescence, providing positive role models and exhibiting Christ-like behavior.

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