San Francisco Chinese Alliance Youth Pastor Search

San Francisco Chinese Alliance Church (SFCAC), located in the Sunset District of San Francisco, CA, seeks qualified applicants for the position of Youth Pastor. Founded in 1969, San Francisco Chinese Alliance Church belongs to the Christian & Missionary Alliance denomination and has endeavored to spread the Gospel locally and globally, bringing people to a saving and intimate relationship with Jesus Christ. SFCAC consists of three language-based congregations; Cantonese, English, and Mandarin. Its members represent a diverse multi-generational  and multicultural
background as they include people of all ages from North America, Mainland China, Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, and other parts of the world. The Youth are a mixture of overseas- and American-born; mostly with a Christian family background. The church holds four services on Sunday morning; one in English, one in Mandarin and two in Cantonese. Currently, the average Sunday attendance is about 700 people. It seeks to build spiritually healthy, biblically grounded believers through small groups and fellowships, which meet regularly. The church holds various evangelistic opportunities, annual mission conferences, short-term mission trips, language-specific Sunday School classes, community events, and community services such as the weekly after-school program and English language & US citizenship classes.
Job Description
SFCAC is seeking a full-time Youth Pastor to lead the Youth Ministry; developing young people into spiritually mature, Christ-centered adults.
Responsibilities include the following:
- Develops and equips the Youth Ministry Team to love and disciple the Youth
- Provides administrative oversight of the Youth Ministry
- Partners with parents and adult Youth workers to minister to the families of the Youth
- Works closely with the senior pastor and the pastoral staff in developing strategic, intentional ministry for building up the church body as a whole. Reports and is accountable to the senior pastor.
- Focuses on the strategy for transitioning Youth to mature Christian adulthood
- Supports the pastoral staff in preaching and caring ministry
- Participates in the weekly SFCAC pastoral meeting and the monthly Governing Board meeting as a non-voting member.
Qualifications
The basic qualifications for this position include the following:
1. Professes Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior, while exuding a close walk with God, which gives evidence of a Spirit-filled life and serves as a model for the church.
2. Has a heart and a calling to nurture Youth and outreach to the surrounding community.
3. Agrees with the doctrine, statement of faith, and mission of the Christian & Missionary Alliance and be licensed by the Central Pacific District of the Christian & Missionary Alliance.
4. Able to teach the Youth and the church with the exposition of God’s word, to facilitate the study of Scripture, to answer questions from non-believers, to disciple new believers, and to work alongside and encourage more mature believers to shepherd the Youth.
5. Preferably has a Master of Divinity or equivalent post-graduate theological degree from an accredited Christian seminary or school.
6. Has previous Youth and church ministry experience.
7. Be a team player, who can function comfortably in a multi-staff, multi-lingual/-cultural ethnic church environment. Asian/Chinese heritage or experience with Asian-American culture helpful.

To apply, please send a resume with references to:
San Francisco Chinese Alliance Church
c/o Rev. Dr. Peter Wong
1150 Vicente Street
San Francisco, CA 94116
Or email to: pglwong@sbcglobal.net