General Information

Job Title:

Pastor of Young Adults: Grace Presbyterian Church

Job Description:

Focus:

Reach, lead, and shepherd single and married young adults (approximate age of 22-35) and their friends and associates in the church and community.     

 

Key Goals and Objectives:

  • Provide vision, oversight, and development for post-college-age young adult ministry.
  • Serve as adult ministry liaison to Campus Outreach college ministry.
  • Implement relational ministry programs to reach and disciple young adults in the church and community.
  • Serve the broader church through general pastoral ministry, including overseeing an intergenerational shepherding community.

 

Key Job Responsibilities:

 

  1. Personal Development

 

  • Be a man who is growing spiritually through the means of grace of the Word, sacraments, and prayer.
  • Be a man who is growing in meeting the qualifications of an elder described in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.

 

  1. Program Oversight

 

  • Foster an atmosphere that is conducive to building authentic gospel-centered community.
  • Build bridges connecting young adults with other generations, helping infuse them into the church body.
  • Develop excellent outreach and ministry to young adults.
  • Shepherd and provide Sunday schools for young adults.
  • Work with the Family Ministry Director to facilitate a smooth transition into the young adult ministry from the college-age years.
  • Connect young adults from the local community into the Grace community.
  • Create events, retreats, and programs to enhance the spiritual growth of young adults.
  • Grow multiplying followers of Christ who will live for him through singleness, marriage, and parenthood in the church, school, workplace, and community.
  • Provide premarital and other counseling to young adults
  • Officiate weddings, baptize, and perform other pastoral duties for young adults.
  • Recruiting, Developing, and Leading Leaders

 

  • Lead the young adult leadership team, small group leaders, and Sunday school leaders.
  • Create and implement disciple-making and mentoring strategies so that young adults may benefit from the wisdom and experience of previous generations.
  • Recruit, develop, and use the gifts of young leaders to accomplish the vision for young adult ministry.

 

Grace’s Vision: “God’s unlimited grace inspiring all generations and peoples to follow Christ.”

 

Apply: www.gracepres.org/jobs

 

Position Qualifications:

The man must be ordained in the PCA or pursuing ordination in the PCA. We are open to experienced pastors or new seminary graduates. This is an assistant pastor position.

Application Deadline

05/31/2025

Job Type:

Full Time

Salary Range:

TBD

General Information

Church/Organization Name

Grace Presbyterian Church

Contact Name & Contact Info

(309) 589-6413
ggrindinger@gracepres.org

Industry

Church

Denomination

Presbyterian Church in America (PCA)

City, State

Peoria, IL

Description of Organization

Grace is an intergenerational church in a 400,000-person metropolitan area with a growing population in the church and community of single and married young adults. Our desire is to make grace-inspired, multiplying disciples who will live out and share the gospel in every sphere of life—church, family, friends, school, work, and recreation.

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