Job Board

Job Description

Key Results

How we know this person is successful in their role:

• Teleios Youth is healthy, gospel-centered, biblically faithful, and aligned with Aletheia’s mission, vision, and theology.
• Students are growing in their love for Jesus, understanding of Scripture, and commitment to His mission and have clear next steps to grow as disciples and disciple others.
• Youth gatherings, small group time, events, and other ministry environments are healthy and producing spiritual growth.
• Students are developing meaningful relationships with mature Christian leaders and peers.
• Parents are informed, supported, and increasingly engaged in the spiritual formation of their students.
• Youth leaders are recruited, equipped, supported, and developed.
• Emerging student and adult leaders are identified and entrusted with increasing ownership.
• Students are being equipped to live faithfully for Jesus at home, at school, and in their communities.
• Teleios Youth is increasingly marked by evangelism, service, leadership development, and multiplication, and both local and global missions.
• Communication, resources, systems, and ministry rhythms are clear and well-managed.
• The ministry operates through healthy leaders and systems, not dependence on the Teleios Youth Director.

Key Objectives

Primary areas of ownership:

• Lead and oversee Aletheia’s Teleios Youth ministry.
• Develop and implement the Elders’ vision and strategy for youth discipleship.
• Establish a clear discipleship pathway for middle and high school students.
• Provide primary oversight for weekly youth gatherings, small groups, and discipleship environments.
• Recruit, train, equip, and care for youth ministry volunteers.
• Partner with parents in the spiritual formation and discipleship of their students.
• Establish a unified discipleship philosophy with the Aletheia Junior Director that flows into Teleios Youth environments.
• Ensure each youth ministry environment is gospel-centered, biblically faithful, relational, age-appropriate, and missionally focused.
• Create clear pathways for students to move from participation to spiritual maturity and disciple-making.
• Develop systems that encourage multiplication of students, leaders, and ministry environments.
• Identify and develop emerging adult and student leaders who can take increasing ownership of ministry.
• Provide care and relational investment in students and families.
• Evaluate the health and effectiveness of Teleios Youth and make recommendations for improvement.
• Collaborate with Elders, Church Staff, Deacons, Ministry Leads and Parents, as needed.
• Ensure clear communication and alignment between Teleios Youth, parents, and the broader church.

Key Responsibilities

Youth Ministry Leadership & Oversight

• Translate the Elders’ vision for disciple making into clear strategies, pathways, and ministry practices for students.
• Provide leadership and oversight for Aletheia’s Teleios Youth ministry.
• Establish annual youth ministry priorities and goals.
• Develop a cohesive philosophy for how Aletheia makes and multiplies disciples among students.
• Ensure Teleios Youth is integrated into the broader discipleship philosophy and mission of Aletheia.
• Cultivate a healthy, gospel-centered culture of spiritual formation, community, evangelism, service, and multiplication.
• Regularly evaluate the spiritual health and effectiveness of Teleios Youth.
• Maintain a ministry culture where students are known, loved, challenged, and equipped to see a greater worship of Jesus.
• Attend weekly staff meetings, collaborating with staff and other ministry leaders.

Weekly Youth Gatherings

• Provide primary oversight and direction for regular Teleios Youth gatherings.
• Plan and coordinate weekly environments that prioritize biblical teaching, worship, prayer, community, and discipleship.
• Develop teaching rhythms and curriculum that are biblically faithful, gospel-centered, and appropriate for students.
• Create environments that encourage students to participate, ask questions, build relationships, and grow in their faith.
• Ensure weekly gatherings support the overall discipleship pathway rather than functioning simply as events.
• Recruit and equip volunteers to serve within weekly youth environments.
• Continually evaluate the effectiveness of weekly gatherings and make adjustments as needed.

Small Group Time and Discipleship

• Develop and oversee healthy small-group environments for students.
• Recruit, equip, coach, and encourage small-group leaders.
• Establish clear expectations and rhythms for healthy student discipleship groups.
• Help leaders create environments marked by Scripture, prayer, authentic relationships, accountability, and mission.
• Encourage leaders to know students personally and invest in their spiritual development.
• Identify students and families who may need additional pastoral care, support, or connection.
• Develop pathways for students to move into deeper relational discipleship.

Student Discipleship and Spiritual Formation

• Develop intentional opportunities for students to grow in biblical knowledge, spiritual disciplines, character, and leadership.
• Help students understand what it means to follow Jesus in every area of life.
• Teach and model prayer, Scripture reading, worship, service, evangelism, and Christian community.
• Encourage students to identify and take meaningful next steps in their spiritual growth.
• Equip students to share their faith and engage their friends with the gospel.
• Develop opportunities for students to serve within Aletheia and the broader community.
• Identify and develop students who demonstrate spiritual maturity and leadership potential.
• Create opportunities for students to take increasing ownership of their faith and ministry.

Parent and Family Partnership

• Develop healthy and intentional relationships with parents and guardians.
• Communicate regularly with families regarding youth ministry opportunities, schedules, expectations, and student needs.
• Equip parents to take an active role in discipling their students.
• Provide resources and encouragement that help parents lead their families spiritually.
• Partner with parents when students experience spiritual, relational, or personal challenges.
• Maintain appropriate confidentiality while communicating with parents and pastoral leadership, when necessary.
• Help families understand how Teleios Youth fits within Aletheia’s broader mission of seeing a greater worship of Jesus through disciple-making and church planting.

Leadership Development and Multiplication

• Recruit, train, equip, and care for Teleios Youth Leaders.
• Develop intentional processes for coaching, mentoring, and equipping volunteers.
• Provide regular training and encouragement for youth leaders.
• Identify emerging leaders among both adults and students as interns.
• Empower leaders with increasing ownership and responsibility.
• Develop a sustainable leadership pipeline that does not depend solely on paid staff.
• Champion multiplication as a natural outcome of healthy youth discipleship.
• Encourage students to become disciple-makers and emerging leaders among their peers.

Evangelism, Missions and Service

• Develop opportunities for students to engage their schools, neighborhoods, and communities with the gospel.
• Encourage students to invite and welcome friends who are disconnected from church.
• Develop service opportunities that help students see themselves as participants in God’s mission.
• Coordinate and organize mission trips, service projects, outreach events, and other appropriate ministry opportunities.
• Equip students to understand and practice evangelism in age-appropriate ways.
• Help students connect their faith in Jesus to everyday life, school, friendships, family, and future vocation.

Events, Retreats and Special Initiatives

• Provide oversight for youth retreats, camps, mission trips, service projects, and special events.
• Develop an annual youth ministry calendar in coordination with the Elders and Staff.
• Ensure special events reinforce rather than compete with Aletheia’s overall discipleship pathway.
• Coordinate volunteers, communication, logistics, and ministry objectives for youth events.
• Evaluate events based on spiritual impact and discipleship outcomes rather than attendance alone.

Safety, Policies and Care

• Ensure all Teleios Youth activities follow Aletheia’s child safety, volunteer screening, and ministry policies.
• Maintain appropriate boundaries and standards of conduct when interacting with students.
• Respond appropriately to relational, behavioral, or safety concerns involving students.
• Communicate significant concerns with appropriate pastoral leadership and parents, as necessary.
• Help cultivate an environment where students are physically, emotionally, and spiritually safe.

Operations, Budget and Administration

• Propose and manage the annual Teleios Youth ministry budget in collaboration with church leadership.
• Maintain organized calendars and planning systems for youth ministry.
• Coordinate communication among youth leaders, students, parents, and church leadership.
• Maintain appropriate records, participation information, and ministry metrics.
• Utilize church management systems and digital tools effectively.
• Ensure youth ministry initiatives are executed responsibly within the scope of a 20-hour-per-week position.
• Manage time and resources in a way that prioritizes discipleship, relationships, and leadership development.

Qualifications

• A growing, evident relationship with Jesus Christ and alignment with Aletheia’s mission, vision, and theology.
• Demonstrated experience making disciples and helping students grow spiritually.
• A genuine love for middle school and high school students.
• Experience leading or overseeing youth groups, small groups, Bible studies, camps, retreats, or other youth ministry environments.
• Experience recruiting, equipping, and developing volunteer leaders.
• Demonstrated ability to develop and implement a clear, gospel-centered youth discipleship strategy.
• Strong biblical and theological foundation with the ability to communicate Scripture clearly and appropriately to students.
• Ability to develop leaders and empower others with increasing ownership.
• Strong relational, pastoral, and communication skills.
• Strong organizational skills with the ability to manage multiple ministry priorities.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with Elders, Staff, Deacons, parents, volunteers, and ministry leaders.
• Ability to evaluate ministry health and identify opportunities for growth and multiplication.
• Previous youth ministry or pastoral leadership experience preferred.
• Ability to communicate effectively with both students and adults.
• Comfortable using church management systems and digital tools (e.g., Planning Center or similar).

Traits & Competencies

• Gospel-centered and deeply committed to making disciples who make disciples.
• Loves students and genuinely enjoys being with and investing in the next generation.
• Relational, approachable, and trustworthy.
• Biblically grounded and theologically aligned with Aletheia.
• Vision-oriented and able to translate vision into clear action.
• Strong leader who develops and empowers others.
• Collaborative and able to lead through influence rather than control.
• Organized, proactive, and able to manage multiple ministry priorities.
• Wise, patient, and emotionally mature.
• Clear and effective communicator with students, parents, and leaders.
• Adaptable, flexible, and solution-oriented.
• High level of integrity, trustworthiness, and accountability.
• Passionate about spiritual formation, evangelism, leadership development, and multiplication.
• Able to build healthy systems without losing the relational nature of youth ministry.
• Able to balance pastoral care, strategic leadership, and hands-on ministry.
• Committed to helping students know Jesus, love His Word, belong to His church, and live on mission.