Children's Pastor

Temple Baptist Church
Cullman, Alabama, United States
Date Posted: 09/06/2023
Categories: Church/Ministry
Job Type: Full-Time
Employee Workplace: On-site
Job Description:

Temple Baptist Church in Cullman, AL is looking for a Children’s Pastor to join their team. This multi-site church needs someone that will focus on discipleship and evangelism of children, in partnership with their families, schools and through small groups and large group experiences. We are looking for someone to oversee and facilitate the day-to-day operations of our Kidz Quest department at our Main Campus.

Principle Function:

  • The Children’s Pastor is responsible for children, kindergarten through the fifth grade. This includes weekly large and small group gatherings that focus on discipleship and evangelism.

What you’ll be doing:

  • Providing leadership and general direction for Kidz Quest (assimilation of children, oversight of TBC environments, curriculum development, parent engagement, public school outreach, discipleship)
  • Overseeing and leading in the planning and implementation of annual calendar and action plans agreed to by the Executive Team (scheduling dates, leading classes, leading VBS, Outreach events, etc)
  • Identifying, recruiting, and equipping volunteers for ministry areas.
  • Developing, managing, and empowering a team of leaders responsible our Sunday morning children’s areas (Kidz Quest) as well as our Wednesday small groups (Exploration).
  • Possess a passion and desire to teach parents how to disciple their kids. 
  • Plan and implement yearly a Vacation Bible School for elementary children
  • Teaching/Preaching in the local public schools before or after instructional school hours.
  • Prepare and administer the Children’s Ministry budget.
  • Keep abreast of the latest materials and methods in children’s ministry.
  • Accept other assignments as made by the Senior Pastor, Executive Pastor and Chief of Staff.

Skills you need to have:

  • Love for engaging children and families
  • Warm and engaging personality
  • Ability to recruit and multiply volunteer leaders
  • Excellent administrative, organization and communication skills
  • Experience in children’s ministry is desired but not required.
  • Sense of humor
  • Evidence of a strong relationship with Christ who lives out their faith daily.
  • Team player as a member of the pastoral staff. We have a strong team culture at Temple.
  • Seminary/Bible School degree (Bachelor Degree or higher) desired but not required.
  • Passion for reaching and discipling children
  • Loyal
  • Have Initiative
  • Most of all, living a life that is pleasing to God and mentoring others to do the same.

If you are looking for a place to serve that is focused on reaching all people in all places and discipling them, then this is the place for you. We are a fast-paced church that is doing all we can to spread the gospel both near and far!

If you are interested in this position please email our Executive Pastor, Dustin Phillips at dustin.phillips@templebaptistcullman.com with your resume.

 

About Temple Baptist Church

Temple Baptist Church is a vibrant church located in beautiful North Alabama. We are located halfway between Huntsville, AL and Birmingham, AL. Cullman is located in Cullman County and has been rated one of the best places to live in Alabama for many years now. Living in Cullman offers residents a sparse suburban feel and most residents own their homes. Many young professionals and retirees live in Cullman and residents tend to be conservative. The public schools in Cullman are highly rated. Cullman has been ranked in the top 10 for several years straight as one of the best Micropolitan areas in the country for business and industrial growth.

Temple Baptist Church exists to Love God, Love Others, Serve Both and Make Disciples. We are a large church that is completely focused on reaching our community, state, country and world with the Gospel. Temple is highly involved with mission work at home and across the world. In the past year, we were able to plant over 2000 churches not only across the world, but locally in our own country and community. Our goal is to develop Disciple Makers, people who go out and live their faith out loud and train others to do the same.

Temple currently has a main campus that has two services each Sunday as well as Wednesday Night Activities. We have a satellite campus in the Fairview Community as well as 20 Micro Churches throughout the area. On a given weekend 2200 people attend one of these churches. We are a fast-paced Church that wants to get as many people into the Kingdom as possible. Temple is a place where we see God doing extraordinary things through ordinary people who are willing to give their all to follow Christ and help other people to do the same.

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