Worship Pastor (NRH)

Gateway Church; United States; On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Gateway Church seeks a Campus Worship Pastor to lead worship at a campus with a heart for God-exalting weekend experiences. You will oversee worship across Kids, Youth, and Young Adult environments, building healthy teams and equipping leaders while maintaining Gateway’s worship standards.

You will lead from the platform, mentor volunteers and staff, and collaborate with the Central Worship team for consistent ministry alignment across campuses.

Qualifications

• Four or more years of worship ministry experience — required.
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience — required.
• Licensed as a minister, or eligible to be licensed upon employment — required.

Responsibilities

• Lead worship at one campus and own its plan within the campus operating plan.
• Deliver the church-wide standard for worship locally while adapting expression without changing the standard.
• Recruit, train, develop, and provide accountability for Worship Team Builds and Serve Team.
• Owns the ministry budget for the area and spends within the approved threshold.
• Pastor the people the ministry reaches through care, prayer, and presence.
• Prepares and executes weekend worship with high excellence and readiness of the team.
• Cultivates talent and character across all worship platforms at the campus.

Skills

Pastoral leadership

Clear communication

Staff and volunteer development

Platform leadership

Musical craft (vocal)

Instrument proficiency

Team development

Accountability with clarity

Emotional intelligence

Time management

Microsoft Office

Education

Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience

4+ years worship ministry experience

Ministerial license or eligibility

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Job Summary: The Campus Worship Pastor provides spiritual leadership and sets the standard for worship craft and excellence at their campus. This role cultivates a strong culture of worship where people encounter God and experience His presence, helping create a weekend experience that both the churched and unchurched love to attend. The Campus Worship Pastor owns the quality and execution of worship across all campus services and environments, ensuring alignment with Gateway’s worship vision, values, and standards. This role leads weekend worship hands‑on while equipping and overseeing the leaders responsible for worship within Kids, Youth, and Young Adult environments. The Campus Worship Pastor must demonstrate exceptional musical and platform leadership while developing people, building healthy teams, and managing others effectively.

Principal Job Responsibilities

• Leads worship at one campus, owning its plan within the campus operating plan
• Delivers the church-wide standard for worship locally, adapting the expression without changing the standard
• Recruits, hires, leads, trains, develops, and provides accountability for Worship Team Builds and stewards the Serve Team for the ministry: recruiting, training, retention, and appreciation
• Owns the ministry budget for the area and spends within the approved threshold
• Pastors the people the ministry reaches, through care, prayer, and presence
• Participates in the cross‑campus monthly meeting led by Central Worship
• Reviews the metrics for the ministry and makes decision accordingly
• Prepares and executes the weekend worship set with a high level of excellence, and ensures the worship team is prepared to minister
• Cultivates talent and character across all worship platforms at the campus
• Leads the pre‑service meeting and rehearsal, and leads ministry moments from the platform and with the team on rotation
• Provides oversight of worship for Kids, Youth, and Young Adult environments through the leaders over those areas rather than hands‑on
• Collaborates with the oversight pastor on service transitions, timing, and close of service
• Creates and grows a culture of worship at the campus, where people come in hungry to touch God and are able to
• Holds a ministerial license to minister, preach the gospel, and fulfill the work of serving God's kingdom, valid for the duration of pastoral ministry at Gateway Church, and carries spiritual authority within the church
• Serves the congregation by officiating weddings, funerals, baby dedications, communion, and other ministry services
• Is present and serving at weekend services and churchwide events as the ministry calendar requires, and is available to the congregation for pastoral care as needs arise
• Teaches through precept and by lifestyle example
• Performs other duties as assigned.

As a member of the Gateway Church team, this position is expected to support, recruit, and develop Serve Team members, and to serve alongside the broader team as ministry and organizational needs arise.

General Skills & Qualifications

• A clear passion for Jesus and a strong biblical foundation
• Clear and effective communicator with both large and small groups
• Demonstrated ability to gather, develop, and deploy staff and volunteers
• Strong critical thinking, and the ability to manage ambiguity and lead others through change
• Strong musical craft and talent, with proficiency as a worship leader on voice and at least one instrument
• Able to cultivate both talent and character in worship team members
• Comfortable leading from a platform and carrying ministry moments with a congregation
• Comfortable holding others accountable with clarity and care
• Demonstrated emotional and relational intelligence
• Willingness and ability to engage in courageous conversations
• Strong time‑management skills and the ability to hold several priorities at once
• Proficient in Microsoft Office and able to learn and function within new software and systems

Education/Certification(s)

• Four or more years of worship ministry experience — required
• Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience — required
• Licensed as a minister, or eligible to be licensed upon employment — required
• Prior experience leading worship in a multisite church environment — preferred

General Physical Requirements

• Sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Occasionally kneel or crouch
• Frequently lift and/or move up to 10 lbs.
• Occasionally lift and/or move up to 25 lbs.

*This description is not all inclusive, and other duties may be assigned as necessary.

Gateway Church does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law as it applies to churches. However, Gateway Church does discriminate on the basis of religion.

Employment Requirement: Must be a member or become a member of Gateway Church upon employment.

At Gateway, we’re all about people. We’re all about people because God is all about people. One of the ways we express our love for Him is through our love for people, and we do that by helping each person who comes to Gateway grow in their relationship with the Lord. It begins with our vision to see people saved, healed, set free, discipled, equipped, empowered, and serving. Everything we do revolves around those seven things. And it all starts with our weekend services. We meet in many locations in the United States, and you can always join us online.

Gateway Church does not discriminate in employment opportunities or practices on the basis of race, color, sex, national origin, age, disability, or any other characteristic protected by law as it applies to churches. However, Gateway Church does discriminate on the basis of religion.

Employment Requirement: All Staff must be a member or become a member of Gateway Church upon employment.