Worship Pastor

JustChurchJobs, Inc.; Coeur d'Alene (ID); On-site; USD 50,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

JustChurchJobs, Inc. is seeking a Worship Pastor to join our church ministry staff in a full-time role.

The position reports to the Senior Pastor and collaborates with other ministry leaders, with a salary range of $50,000 to $70,000 per year depending on experience. The role requires leadership as part of the church elder team, with a focus on worship planning, team development, and integrating liturgical elements into weekly services while serving our congregation with humility and spiritual

Qualifications

• Experience leading live, contemporary worship in a church setting.
• Ability to direct a worship band and lead vocals.
• Strong communication and instruction delivery.
• Experience coordinating volunteers in production (audio/lighting) at services.
• Shepherd's heart with relational skills and humility.

Responsibilities

• Lead weekly worship gatherings with the church worship team as the worship director.
• Lead the band instrumentally and sing during services, ideally on guitar.
• Foster grace, musicality, and love for God and others on worship/tech teams.
• Cultivate a culture of worship that is spiritually rich and accessible to diverse backgrounds.
• Weave liturgy and church calendar into corporate worship.
• Collaborate with the church ministry team for church-wide efforts.
• Utilize Planning Center to manage volunteers and service flow; lead additional ministry area as assigned.

Skills

Vocal leadership

Lead guitar

Contemporary worship experience

Band coordination

Liturgical integration

Team mentoring

Budget management

Education

Formal ministry training

Job description

Role Summary

We’re searching for a new Worship Pastor to join our ministry staff. This role is full-time, salaried with benefits, and works under the leadership of the Senior Pastor and alongside the other members of the church ministry staff. The salary range is $50 - $70k/yr depending on experience and other parameters.

The worship pastor will be a member of our church elder team and so must meet the biblical qualifications for eldership, which, according to our interpretation of scripture and our church polity, requires the worship pastor to be a male by biological sex and gender.

We anticipate that the Worship Pastor will spend up to ⅔ of his time in worship-related ministry and the other ⅓ of his work time leading an additional area of ministry (both described in the next section).

What You’ll Do

• Lead weekly worship gatherings with the church worship team as the worship director. You’ll do much of the lead singing and lead the band instrumentally, ideally from a guitar
• Foster grace, musicality, and love for God and others amongst our worship and tech team
• Cultivate a culture of worship that is spiritually rich, musically prepared, and accessible to people from diverse ecclesial and generational backgrounds
• Weave elements of liturgy and the church calendar into our corporate worship
• Collaborate as part of the church ministry team for church-wide ministry efforts
• Utilize Planning Center to manage volunteer scheduling and service flow planning
• Lead an additional ministry area in the church as part of our overall vision and mission, based on your spiritual gifts, passions, interests, and experience:
• We’ll determine which ministry area during hiring as we get to know our top candidates.
• Such ministry areas might include prayer ministry, missions and local outreach, discipleship ministry, teaching adult bible classes, men’s ministry, etc.

The Person We’re Looking For:

• Loves the local church and believes that worship ministry is a component of discipleship
• Is passionate about leading God’s people into encounters with God through worship
• Manifests the presence and empowerment of the Holy Spirit in their life and work
• Possesses humility and teachability, and demonstrates emotional maturity and gentleness.
• Possesses a shepherd’s heart with effective relational skills
• Practices spiritual disciplines to deepen and strengthen their walk with God
• Expresses in word and deed a sincere devotion to the way of Jesus
• Meets all of our church’s conditions for employment.

Necessary Skills and Experience:

• Proficient vocal ability and proficiency in a lead instrument (guitar preferred)
• Experienced in leading live, contemporary worship in church gatherings
• Experienced playing collaboratively with other musicians in a band setting (bass, drum kit, piano, etc.)
• Adept at clear communication and giving instruction
• Skilled in musical leadership, band direction, and musical arrangement
• Working knowledge of production environments (audio, video, lighting), adequate to provide leadership to our worship and tech volunteers (need not be an expert)
• Ability to manage a budget

Preferred Skills:

• Formal ministry education and/or training preferred
• Gifted to teach and preach from scripture
• Creativity with visual arts and media
• Ability to upskill worship team members in music theory, and instrumental and vocal techniques