Staff

Administrative

Full-Time

Full Time (1560-2080 hours)

1907

11 months (June and July drops to 20 hours/week))

40

August – May
June and July drops to 20 hours/week

Main Campus (Grantham)

The Office of Campus Ministries creates opportunities for students to engage in meaningful Christian worship, discipleship, and spiritual formation. The Discipleship Pastor supports the office’s goals as part of a three-person pastoral ministry team, providing an emphasis on undergraduate student discipleship. The Discipleship Pastor trains and mentors student leaders engaged in a variety of peer-to-peer ministries, serves as a discipleship and pastoral care resources for students, and collaborates with the Campus Ministries team in chapel planning and leadership.

Master of Divinity or related master’s degree

4 years experience in ministry and related administrative duties, including mentoring and training/equipping others and ministry to college/university students

Evenings and weekends as required

N/A

N/A

1. Provide spiritual leadership and pastoral care for the campus community as part of a three-person pastoral ministry team focused on serving undergraduate students.
2. Work collaboratively with the Campus Ministries team to plan and implement spiritual formation opportunities aimed at meeting the Division of Student Success and Engagement and Campus Ministries student learning outcomes, including chapel programming.
3. Regularly participate in chapel services, including preaching on occasion.
4. Serve as the faculty/staff advisor for Student Ministries, ensuring the organization operates within SGA guidelines and reaches a growing number of students on campus with a variety of peer-to-peer ministries (e.g., small groups, prayer ministry, women’s/men’s ministry, missions/evangelism, special events).
5. Oversee the application, hiring, and training process for all Student Ministries leaders, including at least one mandatory training retreat.
6. Provide ongoing equipping and mentoring for Student Ministries leaders and teams through one-on-one meetings, group advising, providing resources, leading retreats and workshops, etc.
7. Serve as the Experiential Learning Initiative (ELI) advisor for Student Ministries leaders receiving ELI credit.
8. Oversee assessment of student learning delivered through Student Ministries programming.
9. Share responsibility for representing Campus Ministries in educational programming, admissions events, and various university-wide committees.
10. Engage in the larger campus student care network and serve as a confidential pastoral care resource, compliant with anonymous reporting and community resourcing requirements under Title IX, Clery Act, and VAWA regulations.
11. Maintain consistent and reliable attendance.

1. Serve as a member of the Community of Educators, collaborating with curricular and cocurricular educators and programs toward creating a holistic learning environment.
2. Build and maintain positive relationships with local churches and ministry leaders as opportunities arise.
3. Other duties as assigned.

0

0

3

11/17/2023

No

06/21/2024

Messiah University’s commitment to diversity and inclusive excellence draws inspiration from its mission “to educate men and women toward maturity of intellect, character and Christian faith in preparation for lives of service, leadership and reconciliation in church and society.” The university has pursued this vision through a strategic planning process that encourages diversity through employee and student composition, campus climate, and an educational program that seeks to equip and enable educators and students to embrace diversity. Candidates should clearly articulate why diversity and inclusive excellence matter to them as persons of faith as well as in their profession. Candidates will speak to how as a potential employee, they will contribute to the advancement of this vision through their teaching-learning, research, institutional service, and public engagement.