Menai Anglican Church
Location: Menai, NSW
Location type: On-Site
Date advertised: 26th October 2026
Job Type: Full time
Closing Date: When Position is Filled

Menai Anglican is seeking a Youth Minister to join our staff team in 2027.

This role is for a mature Christian leader who is passionate about seeing disciples being made in ever-increasing numbers, reaching youth with the gospel, partnering with families, and equipping teams of leaders to serve Christ for years to come. The ideal candidate will be someone who loves teaching youth but has the capacity to lead, train and celebrate the work of almost 50 volunteers across multiple teams.

Menai Anglican Church is a reformed evangelical church located in the western part of the Sutherland Shire, with about 650–750 people in attendance each weekend. Our youth ministry is large and growing. We also celebrate many young people coming to Christ through this ministry every year.

Key Responsibilities

- Serve Jesus Christ with our beautiful church family and ministry team.
- Oversee and grow our youth ministry, which currently includes:
- Our two Friday night MAC Youth teams – Junior (~60 youth) and Senior (~90 youth).
- Our MAC Sunday Youth Bible Studies (~40 youth).
- Camp One (a three-day camping ministry with almost 200 kids).
- Our two High School SRE groups.

- Oversee one staff member who would assist and report to the Youth Minister:

- Student Minister (part-time), who currently oversees MAC Sunday Youth Bible Studies, Junior Youth and one of the High School SRE groups.

- Lead youth ministry through the leaders.
- Recruit, train and encourage leaders and teams.
- Oversee safe ministry.
- Provide age-appropriate, Bible-centred teaching resources.
- Preach in youth settings and in church settings (depending on the applicant).
- Welcome and connect with families,



including those exploring Jesus for the first time.
- As part of our Christian witness, we ask that you teach one SRE class.
- Work closely with our staff, especially our next generations team (including our Children’s Minister, Lauren Dewhurst, and her team) and congregational teams, to see youth and families growing in Christ.
- We are ideally looking for a man who can also work side by side with our female Children’s Minister, supporting each other in pastoral care and the development of leaders.

Key Requirements

- A mature Christian with strong reformed, complementarian and evangelical convictions.
- At least one year of theological training, preferably more.
- They must have experience leading large teams and leaders of leaders. Youth ministry preferable.
- A team player who wants to contribute to the broader work of the church and is willing to submit to leadership.
- A valid Working with Children Check and up-to-date Safe Ministry Training.
- Experience in teaching, leadership and team development.
- Relationally mature, able to connect with youth, parents and leaders.
- Experience in conflict resolution and managing expectations.
- Organised, proactive and a great communicator.
- This person would attend our large Saturday Night Service and one of our morning congregations, and be an active member (or leader) of a Growth Group.

The Role Offers

- A full time position.
- A supportive staff team and loving church family.
- Opportunities to serve the wider Christian church.
- Full remuneration in line with Sydney Anglican guidelines, based on experience and qualifications.
- The role requires a ministry licence from the Sydney Diocese.

Start Date: Negotiable, from January 2027 onwards.

How to Apply

– Andrew Barry. Senior Minister. Menai Anglican Church

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