Non-Denominational

WEEKLY ATTENDANCE: 3,300

Meet Stonebriar Community Church

Stonebriar Community Church is a thriving, non-denominational congregation founded in 1998 by Chuck Swindoll. Stonebriar Community Church is located in Frisco, Texas. It is a vibrant church with a clear and compelling mission: to glorify God by loving Him and loving others. As a church family, Stonebriar is committed to helping people belong, grow, serve, and boldly proclaim the gospel of Jesus Christ. Their heart is to cultivate a community where individuals are continually being formed into the likeness of Christ while living lives of worship together in the power of the Holy Spirit. 

At its core, Stonebriar is grounded in a deep commitment to biblical truth and historic Christian faith. The church holds firmly to the authority of Scripture as the inspired and inerrant Word of God and emphasizes the centrality of Jesus Christ in all things—from salvation to daily life and mission. This theological foundation fuels a culture of intentional discipleship and missional living, where every believer is encouraged to actively participate in sharing Christ’s love locally and globally.

About the Student Minister

The Student Minister at Stonebriar Community Church serves as the primary leader for the entire student ministry department, reporting directly to the NextGen & Missions Minister. In this critical role, the minister oversees five to six direct reports across the middle and high school teams, with a specific mandate to personally focus on discipling high school students and their families. A key expectation is to provide mature leadership that disciples and develops the existing staff while sharing large-group teaching and curriculum planning responsibilities. The overarching goal for this position is to successfully transition the ministry from being event-driven to deeply relationally-driven, utilizing programs merely as tools to foster a culture of life-transforming discipleship. Furthermore, the minister is tasked with recruiting, equipping, and encouraging a large team of adult volunteers, operating under the philosophy that parents should be empowered as the primary faith trainers for their children.

The Student Minister's responsibilities include:

Team Building & Staff Leadership

• Build up the current staff. Cultivate Collaboration: Foster a highly collaborative, "family-feeling" environment among the staff. 
• Volunteer Recruitment: Actively recruit, encourage, and equip a large team of adult volunteers (Ministry Partners). Foster a culture that views parents as the primary faith trainers for their students.

Strategy & Vision Alignment

• Lead the strategic transition of the ministry from being historically "events-driven" to deeply "relationally-driven".
• Strategically use fun programming and large events merely as tools for discovering and developing life-transforming relationships, rather than as the primary focus.
• Center the student ministry's goals around the overarching vision of Stonebriar Community Church as a whole, ensuring the youth department does not operate in a silo.

Discipleship & Student Development

• Foster Spiritual Depth: Maintain a clear expectation for spiritual depth in the ministry, with intentional efforts to move students toward leadership and maturity. Establish a Titus 2 mentoring culture.
• Special Needs Integration: Champion and ensure the integration of students with special needs into all student ministry activities, ensuring they are valued equally.

Worship Experience & Teaching

• Share the large-group teaching responsibilities.
• Sit with the team to strategically plan the curriculum and teaching series for 6+ months at a time, establishing a clear scope and sequence.
• Deliver teaching that balances rigorous biblical accuracy with relevant life application.

Pastoral Care & Administration

• Be the decisive leader capable of making crucial decisions in emergency situations for the department.
• Fulfill traditional pastoral expectations, which includes being on-call and handling hospital visits.
• Pastor students through the hardships of adult life, traumas, and varying cultural worldviews.

What you bring

The following describes many of the characteristics of the ideal candidate for the Student Minister:

Education and Experience

• Master’s degree required
• 2–3+ years of student ministry experience preferred
• Experience leading teams with direct reports, ideally in a similarly sized church
• Demonstrated leadership maturity and ability to develop staff

Knowledge, Skills, and Abilities

• Ability to lead a transition to relationally-driven ministry
• Strong biblical teaching with practical application
• Curriculum planning and long-range strategy development
• Volunteer recruitment, training, and retention
• Ability to equip parents as primary disciplers
• Skill in navigating complex cultural and theological issues
• Passion for special needs inclusion
• Collaborative, cross-ministry leadership

Personal Characteristics and Qualifications

• Deep calling to student ministry
• Theologically aligned with Stonebriar’s beliefs
• Humble, approachable, and team-oriented
• Relational, encouraging
• Authentic with a positive, engaging personality

What it's like to live in Frisco, TX

Frisco is one of the fastest-growing communities in the country, residents enjoy a high quality of life marked by excellent schools, safe neighborhoods, and abundant amenities. The city offers a family-friendly, suburban feel with premier dining, shopping, parks, and sports facilities, all within easy reach of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex. With a strong job market and a vibrant, growing community, Frisco is an ideal place to live, work, and raise a family.