Religious | Presbyterian Church in America
Full-Time
Posted: Jan 18, 2023
Application Deadline: May 1, 2023
Description
The opportunity
New Valley Church (newvalleychurch.org) is a vibrant and growing PCA (https://pcanet.org/) church in Chandler AZ (a suburb of Phoenix). New Valley was planted in 2004 and is rooted in a gospel-centered and outward-focused philosophy of ministry. We consistently connect with unchurched and de-churched people, and most of our people are not from a PCA background. We average about 375 in our Sunday morning services and have about 600 people who are members or regular attendees..
New Valley’s values are:
- Authentic Community
- Gospel Growth
- Kingdom Mission
We are committed to working alongside others for the flourishing of our great city and we enjoy strong ties to The Surge Network (https://www.surgenetwork.com/) and The Missional Training Center (https://www.missionaltraining.org/). We planted a daughter church in downtown Phoenix (https://www.ascensionphx.org/) and have the vision to see other churches planted. We value and enjoy warm friendship and deep unity among our pastors, officers, and staff and we experienced that even through the recent cultural upheaval of the last several years.
New Valley is seeking a full-time assistant pastor or director to students. We have about 60 students in our ministry, including 6th-12th grade and we average about 35-40 in our main weekly gathering. We have a very strong team of youth leaders (nine currently).
Salary: $60K-$89K
Requirements
The Candidate
The ideal candidate will have the following character, gifts, and commitments:
- A life that is consistent with the gospel exhibiting spiritual maturity, integrity, and humility.
- A passion for student ministry as well as prior experience leading a student ministry.
- A multi-year commitment to student ministry.
- Gifts in teaching/preaching, gathering, and leadership/administration.
- Experience in recruiting, leading, and equipping volunteer teams.
The ideal candidate will have a missional approach to student ministry:
- Adept and comfortable in walking with students in the real-world struggles and issues they face on a daily basis and doing so with grace and patience.
- An ability to minister to students in a way that brings the gospel to bear on issues like anxiety, eating disorders, depression, sexuality, and gender and to do so in a winsome loving way instead of an “us/them” approach.
The ideal candidate will have ministry and cultural convictions that strongly resonate with our own:
- We are a politically and culturally diverse body of Christians who live in the unity the gospel creates.
- We have a deep appreciation for the role of women in our congregation, including a commitment to the guidance suggested by the 2017 PCA position paper on Women in Ministry.
- We expect skeptics and seekers to be present in our gatherings which is reflected in our philosophy of ministry.
Our compensation and benefits packages are very competitive. Seminary/ordination is not required for this position but would be appreciated. Ordained or ordainable candidates would be members of our preaching team. Potential candidates should email Carson Joyner (Executive Pastor), carson@newvalleychurch.org and please include your resume and a bio.