Job Description for a Part-Time Children's Minister

A children's minister draws families to church.

A children's pastor, either full- or part-time, provides spiritual leadership for children and families of the church. The pastor usually supervises both Sunday School classes and children's church up through fifth or sixth grade.

Qualifications

Qualifications can vary widely from congregation to congregation. Typical requirements include a bachelor's degree, previous experience with children, previous leadership experience, personal integrity and a personal commitment to spiritual growth, according to ChurchStaffing.com.

Job Responsbilities

The responsibilities will change from congregation and may even change as a church grows. Typical responsibilities include preaching, counseling, phone calls and follow up, retreat planning, leadership training, staff meetings, conflict resolutions, prayer, visitation, leading and coordinating volunteers and workers and assisting other pastors as needed.

Salary

Part-time salaries for children's pastors varied widely, depending, in part, on the denomination and size of the church. On the website Pastorfinder.com, between August and October 2010, salaries ranged from $6,000 to $48,000 per year.

References

• Churc hStaffing: Pastor/Director of Children's Ministries Big Lake, Minnesota, United States
• Campus Crosswalk: Children's Minister Job Description for Homewood Church of Christ
• Wheaton Bible Church: Job Description - Spring 2006 - Children's Pastor
• Church Staffing: Family & Children's Pastor Newport News, Virginia, United States
• Pastor Finder: Children's Pastor Jobs