Campus Ministry Associate - Purdue University Northwest (International Student Ministry)

Personal Spiritual Duties

• Be a maturing disciple of Jesus Christ: growing in love for God, God's Word, God's people of every ethnicity and culture, and God’s purposes in the world

• Practice daily spiritual disciplines 

• Pursue spiritual relationships and involvement in a worshipping community 

• Continue learning and growth in spiritual understanding, biblical knowledge, ministry experience and skills

• Experience and live out an ongoing call to ministry service with InterVarsity and its mission

Ministry Leadership

• Participate and be fully engaged in the ministry team to cast spiritual vision and direction, to contribute to the accomplishment of the team’s plans for spiritual growth and transformation, and to provide area leadership in specific areas

• Teach students to love, study and apply Scripture to their lives 

• Learn about and assist in leading in ministry to students and faculty on campus

• Promote and press forward the Mission on campus Seek opportunities to proclaim and demonstrate the Gospel of Jesus Christ 

• Learn to guide chapters (or assigned segments of a chapter) in the development of strategic thinking regarding witness to the university 

• Learn to model and assist students and faculty in growing in their love for God's people of every ethnicity and culture 

• Help to develop student and/or faculty ministry leadership teams, based on developing skills 

• Encourage a prayerful lifestyle in students and faculty, especially focusing on those who do not yet follow Jesus as Lord and Savior 

• Engage positively with the supervision you receive from your staff ministry director

Pastoral Care and Support (assist as assigned and based on skill level)

• Provide pastoral care and support for student and/or leadership teams and individual students and faculty

• Provide training, resources and opportunities for students and faculty for their spiritual development

• Recruit students and/or faculty and providing specific leadership for conferences and projects 

Administration 

• Perform the necessary administrative tasks required to fulfill the purpose of InterVarsity and to comply with InterVarsity’s policies and procedures

• Comply with Risk Management policies 

• Follow the budgeting and expense reporting guidelines 

• Lead students in filing annual chapter affiliation, in coordination with assigned Campus Staff Minister

• Fulfill area and regional reporting requirements 

• Fulfill national reporting requirements 

Ministry PartnerDevelopmentandPublicRelations

• Serve as an ambassador of InterVarsity to individual ministry partners and churches, through prayer, discussion of ministry efforts, mission, and accomplishments.

• Carry out the tasks required for effective fund development and to develop strong public relations for the ministry of InterVarsity 

• Maintain expenses within allocated budgets 

• Securepersonalfinancial, prayersupport and maintain a ministry among partners who will fund InterVarsity

• Develop and implement an annual 30-day plan for raising personal budget 

• Communicate with ministry partners at least four times a year 

• Cultivate and maintain supportive relationships with alumni 

QUALIFICATIONS

• Annually affirm InterVarsity’s Statement of Agreement (Doctrinal Basis and Purpose Statement); abide by InterVarsity’s Code of Conduct; believe and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s Human Sexuality Theological Paper. Affirm and behave consonantly with InterVarsity’s “Women in Ministry Statement of Affirmation”

• Exploring calling to InterVarsity and its mission 

• Bachelor's degree required for non-enrolled candidates assigned to four-year campuses; Associate's degree required for non-enrolled candidates assigned to two-year campuses

• Prior experience with InterVarsity or other campus ministry preferred (including as a student)

• Willing to receive training to become a Campus Staff Minister

• Ability to contribute to an open and supportive relationship with ministry team members 

• Ministry skills: Prior experience teaching spiritual and biblical principles, planning ministry programs, and spiritually discipling others

• Excellent oral and written communication skills 

• Demonstrated problem-solving skills 

• A supervisory decision, with input from the Campus Ministry Associate, is made at the end of the term of service as to whether the individual is suita