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Missionary Field Staff – Student Ministry

Cadence International is a support-based mission. All appointed missionaries are required to raise their individual support before they are released to the field.

Purpose:

Provides leadership for transformational student ministry within the military community in support of the Garrison Chaplain/Wing Chaplain.

Time Commitment: Minimum of 4 years

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Initiates and maintains contact ministry among military personnel and families in the community.
• Develops corporate contextual Cadence Student Ministry (CSM) vision with CSM Staff and chaplains:
  • Shows proficiency at sharing the gospel individually and corporately.
  • Creates a plan and culture of sharing the gospel.
  • Builds safe biblical community, which invites transparency and grace.
  • Demonstrates ability to make disciples.
  • Effectively equips disciples in godly character and developing ministry competence in volunteers, parents, and student leaders.
  • Creates space for volunteers, parents, and students to minister alongside the CSM staff.
  • Builds opportunities for volunteers and students to engage in a lifestyle of ministry.
  • Supports and encourages student-initiated ministry.
  • Creates opportunities for students and volunteers to serve in their families, youth groups, schools, communities, host nations, and foreign nations.
• Provide community leadership:
  • Plans and executes regular programs up to and including any of the following:
    • Effectively evaluates community needs and context and designs a ministry to meet those needs.
    • First contact and resource for community ministry questions and issues.
    • Develops appropriate team roles and expectations according to context and gifting.
    • Local support for parent/student/community/chaplain conflict issues (injuries, angry parent, facility problems, etc.)
    • Tasking and assignments for contributing to the overall success of student ministry in the community.
    • Enabling community ministry through procuring resources.
    • Sr. chaplain representation of local ministry activities and plans.
• Local shepherding, encouragement, and development of CSM staff support:
  • Ability to give sound counsel to staff, parents, volunteers, and students.
  • Conducts regular staff meetings and evaluations.
• Supervision of community staff.
• Plans and executes weekly youth programs that are effective at evangelism, missions, and building a healthy youth ministry:
  • Plans and executes middle school and high school youth group meetings and Bible studies.
  • Plans and executes student ministry team training.
  • Plans and executes middle school and high school retreats/special events.
  • Recruits and trains adult volunteer staff.
  • Demonstrates ability to make disciples and successfully mentor individuals.
• Completes required reports and invoicing according to deadlines (CSM and military).
• Attends and participates in CSM and Cadence events (monthly meetings, staff conferences, combined retreats, etc.)