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What if God could use you to build and lead a coalition of like-minded churches, pastors, and ... Effective recruiter, builder and leader of teams, including volunteers, student leaders, interns ...
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Indianapolis Area Campus Ministry Staff
Indianapolis, IN • On-site
Decision Point Ministries
Full-time
Re-posted 12 days ago
Job description
Indianapolis Area Campus Ministry Staff
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See the MISSION in ACTION
Could This Be You?
What if God could use you to build and lead a coalition of like-minded churches, pastors, and believers-rallying together to support a student-led gospel movement on school campuses across the Indianapolis area and beyond?
If so, this may be the opportunity God is calling you to explore.
About Decision Point
Decision Point is an evangelical nonprofit ministry dedicated to proclaiming the gospel to the next generation. We focus on equipping, sending, and reaching students on their school campuses and online.
Through partnerships with local churches, student leaders, and communities across the country, we help students become courageous witnesses for Christ among their peers. Today, Decision Point serves students across the United States and beyond. We are actively expanding the mission through both local campus ministry and online coaching initiatives.
We believe the next generation desperately needs the hope of the gospel. It is Jesus alone who can save and set them free. We are working to see every student at every school have the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
We believe God can use young people as an unstoppable force for the gospel. That's why, when we look to the future, we're praying a big prayer: What if we could mobilize 1 million young courageous witnesses for Christ?
Hear more about this One Million Strong vision. Consider joining us in this mission, as we trust God to bring about an awakening in our time, and save the next generation.
The Opportunity
Indianapolis Area staff will provide leadership for Decision Point's ministry efforts throughout the Indianapolis area. This role combines evangelism, church partnership development, student coaching, volunteer engagement, ministry leadership, and strategic growth.
Campus Ministry staff will build, manage and lead a coalition of like-minded churches, pastors, and believers-rallying together to support a student-led gospel movement on school campuses across the Indianapolis area and beyond. You will spend significant time in the field developing relationships with students, youth pastors, church leaders, and community partners while equipping young leaders to share the gospel on their campuses.
Your Impact
As Campus Ministry staff:
Coach Youth Pastors and Community Leaders
We believe successful candidates will demonstrate many of the following qualities:
Passion for Evangelism and Strong Leader
Embodies contagious courage for the gospel. Models personally sharing the gospel. A strong leader that successfully invites people to join and advance the mission together. Driven, takes initiative, and teachable. Effective recruiter, builder and leader of teams, including volunteers, student leaders, interns and staff. Entrepreneurial thinking is especially helpful in this role.
Mobilizer and Multiplier
Recruit and build teams, develop leaders, and mobilize others around a shared vision for reaching students with the gospel. Invest in students, volunteers, and ministry partners so the mission grows far beyond the efforts of any one individual.
Inspiring Communicator
Visionary and effective communicator who thrives at energizing others through personal conversation and public speaking. Our leaders inspire confidence and motivate people to take action with the mission and for the gospel. Inspire action with clarity, conviction, and contagious courage.
People Person and Natural Networker
Build strong relationships that inspire trust and engagement in the mission. Discern needs, spot opportunities, and encourage with the gospel. Call people to Jesus and the mission while cultivating partnerships with churches, pastors, parents, teachers and Christian leaders.
Gospel-Grounded Christ Follower
Committed to God's Word, loves Jesus, and fueled by prayer. Leads with spiritual maturity, Christlike character and courage in advancing the mission.
Qualifications
Salary Range: $49,000-$64,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications.
We are a non-profit ministry where every member of our staff is involved in fundraising, and all of our staff are paid well for their work. We set fair compensation for staff, a salary they can count on from day one.
Like many missionaries and ministry leaders, your first assignment will be to invite churches, friends, family members, and other supporters to invest in the ministry God is calling you to. Decision Point provides training, coaching, encouragement, and ongoing support throughout all staff support raising efforts.
If this opportunity and mission grabs your heart, we encourage you not to let fundraising be a barrier to exploring the role. Let's have a conversation!
Additional Details
If you're passionate about equipping students to boldly live for Christ, building meaningful ministry partnerships, and advancing the gospel among the next generation, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us as we work together to give every student the opportunity to hear the life-changing message of Jesus Christ!
If you're interested in learning more about life and ministry at Decision Point, we invite you to watch Come Work at Decision Point and hear directly from members of our team.
Decision Point | Website | Instagram | Vimeo | Youtube
See the MISSION in ACTION
Could This Be You?
- Do you have a burden to see lost students hear and respond to the gospel?
- Do you get fired up seeing teenagers like this, empowered to share the gospel and reach their whole schools for Christ?
- Can you cast a compelling vision for reaching the next generation and inspire others to join the mission?
What if God could use you to build and lead a coalition of like-minded churches, pastors, and believers-rallying together to support a student-led gospel movement on school campuses across the Indianapolis area and beyond?
If so, this may be the opportunity God is calling you to explore.
About Decision Point
Decision Point is an evangelical nonprofit ministry dedicated to proclaiming the gospel to the next generation. We focus on equipping, sending, and reaching students on their school campuses and online.
Through partnerships with local churches, student leaders, and communities across the country, we help students become courageous witnesses for Christ among their peers. Today, Decision Point serves students across the United States and beyond. We are actively expanding the mission through both local campus ministry and online coaching initiatives.
We believe the next generation desperately needs the hope of the gospel. It is Jesus alone who can save and set them free. We are working to see every student at every school have the opportunity to hear the gospel before they graduate.
We believe God can use young people as an unstoppable force for the gospel. That's why, when we look to the future, we're praying a big prayer: What if we could mobilize 1 million young courageous witnesses for Christ?
Hear more about this One Million Strong vision. Consider joining us in this mission, as we trust God to bring about an awakening in our time, and save the next generation.
The Opportunity
Indianapolis Area staff will provide leadership for Decision Point's ministry efforts throughout the Indianapolis area. This role combines evangelism, church partnership development, student coaching, volunteer engagement, ministry leadership, and strategic growth.
Campus Ministry staff will build, manage and lead a coalition of like-minded churches, pastors, and believers-rallying together to support a student-led gospel movement on school campuses across the Indianapolis area and beyond. You will spend significant time in the field developing relationships with students, youth pastors, church leaders, and community partners while equipping young leaders to share the gospel on their campuses.
Your Impact
As Campus Ministry staff:
Coach Youth Pastors and Community Leaders
- Build and maintain strong relationships with youth pastors, church leaders, parents, educators, and community stakeholders.
- Help churches engage students in meaningful evangelism and discipleship opportunities.
- Recruit and mobilize volunteer coaches to equip students to reach their schools with the 5 Gospel Challenges.
- Represent Decision Point within the broader Christian community throughout the Indianapolis area.
- Coach and disciple student leaders as they grow in their faith and witness for Christ.
- Equip students to share the gospel with their peers and reach their schools with the 5 Gospel Challenges. (Good news! It's all legal at public schools.)
- Train and take students out to share the gospel at their schools and community.
- Encourage students to develop leadership skills that will impact their schools and communities for years to come.
- Cast a compelling vision for reaching every student and every school across the Indianapolis area and the surrounding region with the gospel.
- Identify opportunities to expand ministry impact and strengthen local outreach efforts.
- Lead and support ministry initiatives that advance Decision Point's mission and strategic goals.
- Invest in ministry leaders and help them reach their full potential.
- Provide encouragement, accountability, and practical guidance to students and ministry partners.
- Foster a culture of collaboration, courage for the gospel, and gospel-centered leadership.
We believe successful candidates will demonstrate many of the following qualities:
Passion for Evangelism and Strong Leader
Embodies contagious courage for the gospel. Models personally sharing the gospel. A strong leader that successfully invites people to join and advance the mission together. Driven, takes initiative, and teachable. Effective recruiter, builder and leader of teams, including volunteers, student leaders, interns and staff. Entrepreneurial thinking is especially helpful in this role.
Mobilizer and Multiplier
Recruit and build teams, develop leaders, and mobilize others around a shared vision for reaching students with the gospel. Invest in students, volunteers, and ministry partners so the mission grows far beyond the efforts of any one individual.
Inspiring Communicator
Visionary and effective communicator who thrives at energizing others through personal conversation and public speaking. Our leaders inspire confidence and motivate people to take action with the mission and for the gospel. Inspire action with clarity, conviction, and contagious courage.
People Person and Natural Networker
Build strong relationships that inspire trust and engagement in the mission. Discern needs, spot opportunities, and encourage with the gospel. Call people to Jesus and the mission while cultivating partnerships with churches, pastors, parents, teachers and Christian leaders.
Gospel-Grounded Christ Follower
Committed to God's Word, loves Jesus, and fueled by prayer. Leads with spiritual maturity, Christlike character and courage in advancing the mission.
Qualifications
- Experience: Ministry leadership experience in church or para-church setting. Experience recruiting, building and leading teams.
- Education: Bachelor's degree preferred, but not required.
Salary Range: $49,000-$64,000 annually, based on experience and qualifications.
We are a non-profit ministry where every member of our staff is involved in fundraising, and all of our staff are paid well for their work. We set fair compensation for staff, a salary they can count on from day one.
Like many missionaries and ministry leaders, your first assignment will be to invite churches, friends, family members, and other supporters to invest in the ministry God is calling you to. Decision Point provides training, coaching, encouragement, and ongoing support throughout all staff support raising efforts.
If this opportunity and mission grabs your heart, we encourage you not to let fundraising be a barrier to exploring the role. Let's have a conversation!
Additional Details
- Full-time position (40+ hours per week)
- Significant local travel throughout the Indianapolis area
- Regular travel to expand the movement and ministry in the midwest, and travel to existing or expanding ministry hubs in the country.
- Occasional travel outside the region for mission trips, ministry events, training, and organizational gatherings. (i.e. bring students and pastors from the Indianapolis area to our annual and national Student Leader Conference.)
If you're passionate about equipping students to boldly live for Christ, building meaningful ministry partnerships, and advancing the gospel among the next generation, we'd love to hear from you.
Join us as we work together to give every student the opportunity to hear the life-changing message of Jesus Christ!
If you're interested in learning more about life and ministry at Decision Point, we invite you to watch Come Work at Decision Point and hear directly from members of our team.