Ministry Jobs in Texas

Discipleship Pastor

FMC Midlothian

Midlothian, TX

Job Description FMC Midlothian is best described as a nondenominational church with strong Wesleyan roots. We are a growing church in an "up and coming" community about 35 minutes away from Dallas and Fort Worth. We worship over 400 on Sunday mornings. We are passionate about serving others, foreign and domestic. This includes outreach and missional opportunities in our community (Food4Kids, care ministries, weekly worship for assisted living residents, community-wide events), in other states (wildfire cleanup) and via Zoe Empowers in Africa. For more information, please visit www.fmcmidlothian.org or call at our office at 972-775-3993 Position Overview The Discipleship Pastor at FMC Midlothian is a fulltime, salaried position responsible for facilitating a discipleship culture by providing strategic and pastoral leadership to the adult ministries of the church. This person should have a heart for helping people take the next step to grow in their faith, connecting people in Christian community, and equipping the church to live out God’s mission in the world. The Discipleship Pastor designs, oversees, and administers spiritual development opportunities by recruiting, training, and empowering leaders to invest in the lives of others. A successful candidate will work closely with the Mission/Outreach Committee to create opportunities for service projects, outreach events, and evangelism. Primary Responsibilities Strategic Pastoral Leadership - Provide strategic leadership and vision for discipleship ministries - Plan, execute, and evaluate all discipleship ministries - Recruit, train, support, and develop volunteers and leaders for discipleship ministries - Create welcoming environments where people can build Christ-centered relationships - Lead a discipleship group. - Create a clear pathway to help people take next steps in their walk with Christ - Work with the Mission/Outreach Committee to create opportunities for service projects, outreach events, and evangelism - Collaborate with pastoral staff to provide a cohesive discipleship plan for the church - Develop the ministry’s annual budget in cooperation with the pastoral staff Relational Ministry - Build Christ-centered relationships that invest in the spiritual lives of the people in the church - Cultivate spiritual community among the congregation, fostering a place where people belong - Pursue the unchurched or spiritually hungry by creating a culture of invitation, connection, and follow up Additional responsibilities - Attend weekly church staff meetings and retreats and work collaboratively with the staff, volunteers, and members - Be available for preaching, teaching, outreach and pastoral care as the need arises - Assists the Senior Pastor as needed in preparing for and leading Worship - Teaches and preaches on a periodic basis as needed. - Perform other duties and tasks as requested or assigned by the Executive Pastor Minimum Qualifications - Education: Bachelor’s degree is required. Seminary degree, enrollment, or vocational ministry calling is preferred - Experience & Skills: Previous experience in full-time ministry with a minimum of 2-4 years of experience leading ministry preferred. - Relationally gifted and able to disciple, mentor, and train staff/volunteers - Strong communication skills - Administrative and strategic leadership ability - Salary depends on education & ministry leadership experience.

Director of Gatherings

Neartown Church

Houston, TX

$75,000

Director of Gatherings Neartown Church | Houston, Texas Full-Time | Starting around $75,000, depending on experience The Opportunity Neartown Church is looking for a Director of Gatherings to lead worship and oversee our Sunday gathering environment. This could be an ideal next step for an experienced worship leader who is ready to grow beyond leading music into broader ministry leadership. You'll lead worship, lead and develop volunteers, and help ensure our Sunday gatherings are prepared and executed with excellence. We're not looking for someone who has already done everything. We're looking for someone with a strong foundation in worship ministry, demonstrated leadership ability, and an eagerness to learn and grow. Neartown is an environment where you'll have the opportunity to receive coaching, develop as a leader, and grow in responsibility. You won't be expected to build a ministry or its systems from scratch. You'll step into an established direction and structure and help lead it well. What You'll Do - Lead Worship — Lead vocally and instrumentally, select songs, build worship sets, and cultivate a contemporary, participatory worship culture. - Lead Sunday Gatherings — Partner with the Lead Pastor to plan and execute engaging, Scripture-centered services. - Lead the Team — Oversee and care for worship and production teams, including music, audio, video, livestream, and slides. - Develop People — Train, empower, and develop volunteers and team leaders. - Execute Well — Learn and lead within the systems already in place, ensuring Sundays are prepared, communicated, and consistently well-executed. - Join the Life of Neartown — Collaborate with our staff and actively participate in the relationships and discipleship culture of the church. Who We're Looking For We're looking for a spiritually mature follower of Jesus who: - Has experience leading contemporary worship - Leads vocally and plays guitar or piano - Loves people as much as music - Can lead and develop volunteers - Is organized, dependable, and proactive - Can learn an established system and execute it consistently - Is humble, teachable, and eager to receive feedback - Wants to continue developing as a ministry leader - Aligns with Neartown's theology, mission, and culture You do not need to be an expert in every area of Sunday production. We have people serving in those areas. You need enough understanding to lead the team, take ownership of the overall gathering, and make sure the pieces come together. About Neartown Church Neartown Church is an urban church in the heart of Houston with a mission of inviting busy people to experience the peace of life with Jesus Christ. Our approach to discipleship is: Belong - Surrender - Train - Multiply Our Sunday gatherings are contemporary, relational, and centered on Scripture. We want worship that is theologically grounded, musically current, and invites the congregation to participate rather than simply observe. We're looking for someone who wants to invest in a local church, develop as a leader, and help us build the next season of Neartown.

Student Director/Pastor

The Oaks Church

Liberty Hill, TX

$60,000 - $75,000

THE OPPORTUNITY The Oaks Church is seeking a relational, visionary, and spiritually mature leader to serve as our Student Director / Pastor. This person’s primary responsibility is to lead and grow The Oaks Student Ministry for students in grades 6–12, serving as the hands-on ministry leader, primary Bible communicator, and chief developer of leaders within Student Ministry. Although this role provides leadership and alignment across kindergarten through twelfth grade, this is not a Kids Ministry Director position. The Oaks has a Kids Director who owns and leads the day-to-day operations, programming, volunteers, and execution of Oaks Kids. The Student Director / Pastor provides leadership, coaching, strategic support, alignment, and accountability to the Kids Director while helping ensure that Kids Ministry and Student Ministry share a unified mission and discipleship philosophy. We are looking for more than someone who can lead weekly programs. We are seeking a proven leader of leaders—someone who has demonstrated the ability to identify, recruit, develop, empower, and multiply leaders. This person must be capable of building ministry teams, creating sustainable systems, and scaling ministry effectively as The Oaks continues to grow. ABOUT THE OAKS CHURCH The Oaks Church exists to make disciples of Jesus Christ and to see the gospel take root in people and flourish. We are a growing church committed to biblical faithfulness, meaningful community, discipleship, and mission. We desire to be a church where people are known, taught, challenged, equipped, and sent to live faithfully for Christ in their homes, neighborhoods, workplaces, schools, and beyond. The Oaks is building for the future. We believe healthy ministry is not built around personalities or programs, but around the faithful teaching of Scripture, strong relationships, intentional discipleship, and leaders who equip others to do the work of ministry. Our desire is to develop ministries that are spiritually deep, relationally strong, operationally healthy, and capable of growing as God continues to bring people into our community. ABOUT LIBERTY HILL & THE AUSTIN AREA The Oaks Church is located in Liberty Hill, Texas, a rapidly growing community on the northwest edge of the greater Austin area. Liberty Hill has experienced extraordinary growth in recent years as families continue moving into the communities surrounding Austin. That growth is reshaping the area through new neighborhoods, schools, businesses, and young families. For us, that growth represents far more than development. It represents a growing mission field. Every year, new families are moving into our community. New schools are opening, neighborhoods are expanding, and thousands of children and students are growing up in one of the most dynamic regions in Texas. The Oaks believes God has placed our church here for this moment. For a Student Pastor, Liberty Hill offers a unique opportunity to help build a ministry in a growing community—not simply inherit and maintain an existing program. We are looking for a leader who sees the opportunity to reach students, build relationships with families, develop leaders, and help establish a ministry capable of serving this community for years to come. Liberty Hill offers the relationships and character of a close-knit Texas community while providing convenient access to the culture, opportunities, and amenities of the greater Austin area. PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITIES Lead and Grow The Oaks Student Ministry Provide primary leadership for students in grades 6–12, including weekly ministry environments, discipleship, teaching, events, retreats, outreach, and relational ministry. Develop a Student Ministry culture where students are known personally, taught Scripture faithfully, challenged toward spiritual maturity, and equipped to follow Jesus in every area of life. Serve as the primary Bible communicator within Student Ministry and develop other capable teachers and leaders. Build meaningful relationships with students by being present in their lives beyond scheduled church programming. Build and Multiply Ministry Leaders Identify, recruit, train, develop, empower, and shepherd adult leaders who can take meaningful ownership within Student Ministry. Build a leadership culture in which ministry is multiplied through equipped leaders rather than dependent upon one person. Create clear leadership roles, expectations, training systems, and pathways for increased responsibility. Develop leaders who are capable of discipling students, leading groups, teaching, organizing ministry environments, and helping carry the mission of Student Ministry forward. Partner with Parents Develop strong relationships with parents and equip them as the primary disciplers of their children. Communicate clearly and consistently with families while helping parents navigate the spiritual and developmental challenges facing middle school and high school students. Build trust with parents by creating ministry environments that are biblically faithful, relationally healthy, safe, organized, and intentional. Provide Strategic Next Generation Leadership Help create a unified discipleship philosophy and ministry strategy from kindergarten through twelfth grade. Work alongside church leadership to strengthen transitions between Kids Ministry, Student Ministry, and the broader life of the church. Bring strategic clarity to how The Oaks disciples children and students through each developmental stage. Ensure that both ministries remain aligned around the mission, theology, values, and ministry philosophy of The Oaks Church. Support and Lead the Oaks Kids Director Provide leadership, coaching, strategic direction, accountability, and support to the Oaks Kids Director while allowing the Kids Director to retain ownership of the day-to-day leadership and execution of Oaks Kids. Help the Kids Director develop leaders, strengthen ministry systems, solve problems, establish priorities, and prepare the ministry for continued growth. Build Effective and Safe Ministry Systems Develop scalable ministry structures, volunteer pipelines, communication systems, policies, and processes that support continued growth. Ensure that all Student Ministry environments operate according to The Oaks Church’s child-safety policies and ministry standards. Evaluate ministry effectiveness and make adjustments as needed to support continued health and growth. REQUIRED QUALIFICATIONS The successful candidate must: - Demonstrate a growing relationship with Jesus Christ, spiritual maturity, and a clear calling to disciple the next generation. - Have a clear passion for and calling to ministry with middle school and high school students. - Fully support the mission, values, doctrinal beliefs, and ministry philosophy of The Oaks Church. - Have a proven track record of leading leaders, not merely coordinating volunteers or managing programs. - Demonstrate the ability to identify, recruit, develop, empower, and multiply leaders. - Have successfully built ministry teams in which trained leaders assume meaningful ownership and responsibility. - Demonstrate the ability to create scalable ministry structures, systems, and leadership pipelines. - Have experience leading a ministry through meaningful growth, change, or increased organizational complexity. - Demonstrate the ability to cast vision, create alignment, address problems, and move teams toward measurable goals. - Have meaningful ministry leadership experience that includes direct responsibility for students and adult leaders. - Be able to teach Scripture clearly, faithfully, and engagingly to students at different developmental stages. - Be an effective communicator with students, parents, volunteers, staff members, and church leaders. - Demonstrate strong relational instincts and a genuine desire to be present in students’ lives. - Possess the spiritual and relational maturity to command a room without dominating it. - Demonstrate sound judgment, personal integrity, emotional maturity, and appropriate relational boundaries. - Be willing and able to work the evenings, weekends, ministry gatherings, camps, retreats, and special events required by the position. - Satisfactorily complete all required background checks and child-safety training. PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS Preference may be given to candidates who have: - A bachelor’s degree in Student Ministry, Biblical Studies, Christian Ministry, or a related field. - Four or more years of experience leading a Student, Family, or Next Generation ministry. - Previous experience serving as a Student Pastor, Student Ministry Director, Next Gen Director, or in a comparable leadership role. - Experience supervising ministry staff or providing leadership and coaching to another ministry director. - Experience scaling a growing Student Ministry. - Experience creating and implementing a discipleship strategy across multiple developmental stages. - Formal biblical or theological training. LEADERSHIP AND COLLABORATION The Student Director / Pastor reports to the Associate Pastor and works closely with the Lead Pastor, elders, Oaks Kids Director, Administrative Assistant, and other ministry leaders. The Kids Director will receive leadership, coaching, and strategic direction from the Student Director / Pastor while continuing to own and lead the day-to-day work of Oaks Kids. The Student Director / Pastor will be expected to embrace collaboration, communicate openly, receive direction and feedback with humility, and contribute positively to the overall culture and mission of The Oaks Church. This person should be able to lead decisively while remaining teachable, relational, and willing to work within the leadership structure of the church. THE LEADER WE ARE SEEKING The right person will be a Student Ministry leader at heart and a leader of leaders in practice. This person will be equally comfortable teaching Scripture, developing adult leaders, coaching a ministry director, communicating with parents, attending a student’s game, solving organizational problems, and building a long-term ministry strategy. This leader should bring warmth and energy without sacrificing maturity, authority, or theological depth. We are looking for someone: - Students will enjoy being around. - Parents will trust. - Leaders will want to follow. - Church leadership can confidently empower. This person should see ministry not merely as running programs, but as building people. They should have the leadership capacity to walk into a growing ministry, understand what is needed, develop a strategy, build a team, and create an environment in which both students and leaders can flourish. Above all, we are seeking someone who loves Jesus, loves the local church, loves students and families, and desires to give their life to helping the next generation follow Christ. HOW TO APPLY Please send: - A résumé - A link to a recent teaching sample - Applications will be reviewed as they are received. Email: hello@exploretheoaks.org