Job Description
Graduate Resident Youth or Children’s Minister
About the Residency:
Fulfill your call to youth or children’s ministry through the Residency Program in Youth Ministry at the Center for Youth Ministry Training (CYMT).
Graduate Residency
All Graduate Residents earn their Master of Arts in Youth Ministry (MAYM) through Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary (APTS). Graduate Residents attend Austin seminary through our hybrid classroom model. Through this model, Graduate Residents are not confined to a classroom daily like traditional seminary but instead attend Academic Intensives.
Benefits:
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3-Year – Master of Arts in Youth Ministry
Weekly Professional Coaching
Residency Fees are paid through a service agreement as part of your salary
Fees cover tuition and room & board on intensives
To earn a Master of Divinity (MDIV), you can continue your studies at APTS and earn dual degrees.
Certification
Certificate Residents participate in the Ministry Leadership Instructional Cohort Program, a two-year youth and children’s ministry course of study that develops authentic, intentional, proficient, and theologically informed ministers, church staff, and lay leaders who serve in various congregational settings. The program is designed to pair monthly learning opportunities with follow-up coaching conversations, so newly instructed material will be immediately applied in each ministry setting. Learning opportunities alternate between in-person gatherings in Kansas City and online meetings.
Benefits:
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2 Year – Certificate program that includes both practical training, and theological and Biblical education
Monthly Professional Coaching
A Cohort of 10+ children and youth ministers to learn from
New Cohorts begin every January and August.
Core Components:
Community: Residents are part of a dynamic, group-learning community that provides encouragement and support as they walk through ministry together.
Coaching: Residents receive one-on-one coaching from a youth ministry veteran to help master and apply critical skills.
Classroom: In retreat-style, four times per semester, residents will be challenged to think theologically about ministry and empowered to create ministry programs that evoke deep, life-changing Christian faith.
Care: Residents receive pastoral care and encouragement, empowering them to seek wholeness in their life.
Qualifications:
Distinct call to youth or children’s ministry
Ministry experience working with children or youth
Undergraduate degree (no degree required for certification)
General Overview of Job Duties:
*Oversee the youth or children’s ministry program, providing strategic leadership to all weekly gatherings, monthly events, and regular trips.
* Recruit, train, and work with a volunteer Ministry Team to organize and implement the work of the ministry.
* Call on and meet regularly with youth and parents to involve them in the ministry.
* Publicize all events to the larger community. Make a special effort to get youth/children’s members and visitors involved in the ministry.
* Work closely with the staff, on calendaring and planning events to avoid scheduling conflicts.
* Participate in the weekly Staff Meetings, Ministry Team Meetings, etc.
* Ensure that Child Protection policies are observed with all volunteers and staff. Train volunteers annually on Child Protection policies.
* Develop the youth/children’s budget line items annually. Observe financial policies on expense reporting. Keep informed as to budget and fundraising accounts.
* Other duties as needed and agreed upon with the supervisor.
* Assist in worship as scheduled.
* Develop service and mission opportunities.
* Create fellowship events for youth/children; retreats, off-campus events, parties, etc…
CYMT partners with congregations and individuals representing the theological views and diversity of mainline Protestant Christianity. We partner with mainline Protestant denominations including the United Methodist Church, Presbyterian (PCUSA), Cumberland Presbyterian, Lutheran (ELCA), Episcopal, Disciples of Christ, American Baptist, and Cooperative Baptist Fellowship. Our partner seminary is Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary.
Application Process:
Apply online at www.cymt.org
Complete online application
Contact:
Center for Youth Ministry Training Office: 901-870-5189
nick@cymt.org
The Center for Youth Ministry Training is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that exists to equip youth ministers and churches to develop theologically informed and practically effective youth ministries. Learn more at cymt.org.
Job Type: Full-time
