Application Process
Learn more about the Partner Ministry application process and costs for a Professional Education Graduate Resident.
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Job Placement Advantages
Outstanding Youth & Children’s Ministers
Since 2006, CYMT has equipped outstanding youth, children’s, and family ministers. 90% of our alumni are still in professional ministry. Our success begins with selecting only the top candidates from a national pool of applicants for our Residency, then fully forming them through a holistic, experience-based model of training and education.
Good Fit
Our application process is designed to find you a youth or children’s minister who is the best fit both in personality and theology. CYMT will work with your resident and team to ensure we build a solid foundation for ministry growth.
Coaching
Not only does CYMT provide mentoring and coaching for your resident, we provide your ministry with a veteran ministry coach. This coach will help you develop a fertile environment for growth. You will build a foundation and infrastructure for ministry such as vision and mission statements, goals, curriculum & a discipleship plan, long-term calendars, and volunteer training and recruiting.
Leading Edge
CYMT develops resources and initiatives for equipping youth, children, and family ministries. As a partner ministry, you will have first access to everything we are developing, including what we develop through our Innovation Lab and Theology Together programs. Additionally, the CYMT family of 200+ ministers resource each other to expand Christ’s mission in the world.
Staying Power
According to the State of Youth Ministry, the average youth minister burnout is 3 years. CYMT vets our applicants for those who have gifts and a calling. We surround them with a community, an education, and support for fulfilling their potential and calling. With churches sometimes experiencing turnover every 18-24 months, CYMT’s 3-year program provides stability while also developing a foundation for growth. 70% of ministry partners hire their Graduate Resident after the program.
Job Placement Requirements
- Capacity to meet financial expectations
- Willingness to allow Resident to participate in all educational, training, and coaching components of the program.
- Alignment as a Christian community of faith with CYMT’s statement of faith.
- Ministry Partner’s location must allow for CYMT Resident to be able to travel to Austin, TX or Nashville, TN for MAYM Intensives 3-4 times each semester.
Note: Partner Ministry acceptance is always conditional on finding a good match for your ministry in the placement process.
Apply Today
We help communities of faith like yours—whether church, camp, or nonprofit—effectively fill your youth or children’s ministry staffing needs. Start your Partner Ministry application by filling an Interest Form!
Professional Education Advantages
Masters Level Education
Every CYMT Graduate Resident earns a Masters of Arts in Youth Ministry degree from Austin Presbyterian Theological Seminary. CYMT and APTS’ partnerships is the largest graduate level youth ministry program in the country. Residents can also continue their education and earn a dual degrees (MDIV and MAYM).
Coaching
Not only does CYMT provide mentoring and coaching for your resident, we provide your ministry with a veteran ministry coach. This coach will help you develop a fertile environment for growth. You will build a foundation and infrastructure for ministry such as vision and mission statements, goals, curriculum & a discipleship plan, long-term calendars, and volunteer training and recruiting.
Leading Edge
CYMT develops resources and initiatives for equipping youth, children, and family ministries. As a partner ministry, you will have first access to everything we are developing, including what we develop through our Innovation Lab and Theology Together programs. Additionally, the CYMT family of 200+ ministers resource each other to expand Christ’s mission in the world.
Staying Power
According to the State of Youth Ministry, the average youth minister burnout is 3 years. CYMT vets our applicants for those who have gifts and a calling. We surround them with a community, an education, and support for fulfilling their potential and calling. With churches sometimes experiencing turnover every 18-24 months, CYMT’s 3-year program provides stability while also developing a foundation for growth leading to longer tenures and a lifetime of ministry.
Professional Education Requirements
- Ability to meet Professional Education financial commitment.
- Willingness to allow Resident to participate in all educational, training, and coaching components of the program.
- Alignment as a Christian community of faith with CYMT’s statement of faith.
- Ministry Partner’s location must allow for CYMT Resident to be able to travel to Austin, TX or Nashville, TN for MAYM Intensives 3-4 times each semester.
Support their call!
Support your children or youth minister’s through education, training, and coaching so that they can live into the call God has placed on their lives.
What are our Partner Ministries saying about their CYMT youth minister?
“Sam started officially as our youth director in July 2019. Our youth group is made up mostly of middle school boys and high school girls so it’s an interesting mix. Sam has incorporated programming so that there’s something for everyone. On Sunday afternoons we have gathering time and then split into middle school and high school so that the lessons and discussions are age-appropriate. During the week he’s implemented a mid-week meetup at local restaurants. It’s a great opportunity for him to check in with the kids in an informal setting. Sometimes it’s 6th-12th grade and sometimes it’s divided by high school and middle school. This is very popular and well attended.
Sam has been able to provide programming that appeals to all of our youth. We have seen an increased level of engagement from our youth that has brought a new sense of enthusiasm. As a church, we have been blessed to have Sam on our staff as our youth director. We look forward to his continued leadership.”
-Karen Udovich of St. Paul UMC and Chair of the Staff-Parish Relations Committee
