Worship Pastor

Overview

FLSA Status:Full-Time, Exempt
Work Week:Sunday-Thursday. Minimum 40 hours per week.
Weekend Responsibilities:As a member of the pastoral staff, a normal work week is Sunday through Thursday. This position is expected to assist with all weekend worship services and be available to the congregation in an on-call capacity as assigned.


Reports To:

Executive Director of Operations

• Mature follower of Jesus Christ who walks by the Spirit (Galatians 5:16-25); demonstrating a consistent lifestyle of godliness in accordance with the calling and qualifications of an elder as outlined in 1 Timothy 3:1-7;
  Titus 1:5-9; and 1 Peter 5:1-5.
• Affirm the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) Statement of Faith and Church position papers.
• Adhere to the Standards of the Christian Life as defined in Article III of our Constitution.
• Embrace the mission of the church to help all people find freedom in following Jesus and the vision of the church to multiply movements of disciple-making and church-planting throughout the Sandhills and beyond.
• Align with the ethos of the Evangelical Free Church of America:
  In essentials, unity. In non-essentials, charity. In all things, Christ.

• Disciple-making: Building intentional relationships in pursuit of being a better disciple and making more disciples of Jesus Christ.
• Bible Knowledge: Demonstrate and articulate a thorough and thoughtful working knowledge of the Bible with an emphasis on communicating the Word of God with textual accuracy and clarity.
• Self-Motivated: Take ownership and initiative of job responsibilities; working independently without constant supervision and be a life-long learner who continues to seek ways to increase and improve ministry effectiveness, innovation, and creativity.
• Musicianship: Possess and demonstrate an advanced understanding and appropriate application of music theory and musical technique; including the ability to read sheet music, compose arrangements, lead vocally and play various instruments.
• Worship Leadership: Possess extensive experience and demonstrated capacity leading worship in a variety of settings using appropriate applications of song selection and instrumentation.
• Team Leadership: Demonstrate a verifiable reputation of recruiting, training, developing, empowering and evaluating healthy teams to include understanding and utilizing their unique spiritual gifts, personalities, temperaments, experiences and strengths.
• Communication: Ability to clearly express thoughts and ideas in writing and through spoken words. Must be comfortable speaking in front of large groups and capable of communicating clearly and concisely.
• Technology: Competent and comfortable utilizing a wide range of modern worship ministry technology (audio, video, lighting) and software (Planning Center Online, Pro Presenter, Multitracks, CCLI Licensing, MIDI, automation, live streaming platforms, etc.).
• Administration: Experienced leading various and diverse teams within the context of a large church across multiple locations. Be a confident leader and decisive decision maker.

• Respect: Commit to being considerate of others; treating them with love, appreciation, patience and understanding.
• Discernment: Maintain the highest degree of discernment, judgment, discretion and confidentiality.
• Conflict Resolution: Earnestly seek to resolve conflict quickly and completely while being willing and ready to extend and receive forgiveness.
• Collaboration: Able to tactfully and winsomely unite people with varying perspectives to advance harmony and love, and to achieve common goals.
• Optimism: Careful and mindful to believe the best before assuming the worst.
• Self-Awareness: Aware and mindful of how their actions, feelings and opinions affect others.

• Lead the Church: Participate in the operational leadership of the church through weekly, monthly and quarterly meetings to include pastoral staff, core team and all staff.
• Care for the Congregation: Provide pastoral care to the congregation through prayer, counseling, teaching, visitation, assimilation and the officiation of weddings and funerals.
• Equip the Saints: Effectively…