This position serves as a full-time Pastor of Youth and Family Ministries for Covenant Presbyterian Church, a multigenerational church located in the growing, dynamic city of Huntsville, Alabama. This role will serve as the “department head” of our ministries to young people, supervising the part time children’s director and reporting directly to the senior pastor. This would be an ideal role for a candidate who wishes to become a senior pastor in the future and every encouragement and opportunity will be given for the Youth Pastor’s professional growth including mentoring in preaching and organizational leadership from the senior pastor. Alternatively, it would also be an ideal role for a candidate who feels deeply called to ministry to young people and has a vision to build a multi-staff department from infant to college with several assistant directors. In either case the role will require an entrepreneurial drive and enthusiasm in addition to excellent organizational and team building skills. The vision is too big for any single leader and the candidate will need to inspire and motivate a network of staff and volunteers. There is a strong group of adult volunteers already in place to assist in this ministry so the expectation would be that the candidate develop and guide a strong team of adults to minister to the Youth. The whole congregation takes great pride and joy in the work of the Youth. Our greatest focus is sharing Christ with those who need him. Barna Group research suggests that two thirds of those who accept Christ as savior do so by the age of 18. So this ministry is at the very center of our church’s heart. We are a multigenerational church and our congregation’s highest priority right now is to provide for the evangelism and discipleship of our young people. We are committed to investing in the staff and budget at the highest level to build a thriving youth program. We believe that the culture our children and youth are growing up in is becoming less Christian. This places additional urgency on the church to step up in the lives of our city’s young people. It is critically important to provide a strong theological foundation for our youth, a vibrant community of older adults to mentor them, and a joyful space where kids can make friends. We are a member of the Fellowship Community of Presbyterians and are committed to being a conservative theological voice within the PC(USA) and in our city.