Adult ministries director vs children's director

The differences between adult ministries directors and children's directors can be seen in a few details. Each job has different responsibilities and duties. It typically takes 2-4 years to become both an adult ministries director and a children's director. Additionally, a children's director has an average salary of $48,361, which is higher than the $43,299 average annual salary of an adult ministries director.

The top three skills for an adult ministries director include community outreach, curriculum development and oversight. The most important skills for a children's director are child care, community outreach, and nursery.

Adult ministries director vs children's director overview

	Adult Ministries Director	Children's Director
Yearly salary	$43,299	$48,361
Hourly rate	$20.82	$23.25
Growth rate	5%	5%
Number of jobs	5,890	13,190
Job satisfaction	-	-
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Average age	48	48
Years of experience	4	4

Adult ministries director vs children's director salary

Adult ministries directors and children's directors have different pay scales, as shown below.

	Adult Ministries Director	Children's Director
Average salary	$43,299	$48,361
Salary range	Between $27,000 And $68,000	Between $27,000 And $85,000
Highest paying City	San Francisco, CA	-
Highest paying state	Hawaii	-
Best paying company	First United Church of Christ	-
Best paying industry	Insurance	-

Differences between adult ministries director and children's director education

There are a few differences between an adult ministries director and a children's director in terms of educational background:

	Adult Ministries Director	Children's Director
Most common degree	Bachelor's Degree, 64%	Bachelor's Degree, 62%
Most common major	Theology	Psychology
Most common college	University of Pennsylvania	University of Pennsylvania

Adult ministries director vs children's director demographics

Here are the differences between adult ministries directors' and children's directors' demographics:

	Adult Ministries Director	Children's Director
Average age	48	48
Gender ratio	Male, 48.6% Female, 51.4%	Male, 19.9% Female, 80.1%
Race ratio	Black or African American, 7.3% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.4% Asian, 2.8% White, 75.6% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%	Black or African American, 7.0% Unknown, 3.6% Hispanic or Latino, 10.2% Asian, 2.7% White, 76.2% American Indian and Alaska Native, 0.3%
LGBT Percentage	17%	17%

Differences between adult ministries director and children's director duties and responsibilities

Adult ministries director example responsibilities.

Organize and lead weekly youth group meetings as well as retreats for jr. and sr. high students.
Schedule special events such as camps, VBS, meetings, or retreats.
Administer a Facebook page in order to keep parents inform and have constant communication.
Realize member increase in choir enrollment and recruit volunteers to direct children's choir and VBS musical each summer.
Involve young adults through social media (facebook, Instagram, twitter, Snapchat, and via blog).
Direct oversight of family ministry programmatic organization (multiple population segments) and implementation.

Children's director example responsibilities.

Achieve the largest VBS attendance ever.
Direct and manage every aspect of an extremely successful preschool, including enrollment, tuition, payroll, and all budgets.
Plan and implement youth ministry events complimentary to religious education sessions.
Coordinate and oversee adult volunteers for religious education and youth ministry events.
Direct VBS for 100 plus kids
Prepare and run technical support for weekly program.

Adult ministries director vs children's director skills

Common adult ministries director skills

Community Outreach, 17%
Curriculum Development, 14%
Oversight, 7%
Youth Ministry, 6%
Bible Studies, 6%
Event Planning, 5%

Common children's director skills

Child Care, 20%
Community Outreach, 12%
Nursery, 10%
Program Development, 8%
Medicaid, 7%
VBS, 5%

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