Worship Director – Part Time

Help shape the sound and culture of Gather Church in the heart of Birmingham, Alabama.

We’re looking for a Worship Director who puts Jesus above all else, builds great teams, and knows how to create meaningful worship experiences. If you’re excited by the chance to develop musicians, influence a growing ministry, and build something from the ground up, we’d love to hear from you.

• Fully surrendered to Jesus Christ, with visible evidence of an active, growing relationship with him and increasing Christlikeness.
• A worshiper before a platform leader, whose private devotion and public leadership point people toward Jesus rather than toward performance.
• A team builder first; someone whose primary calling is to recruit, encourage, equip, and multiply musicians, vocalists, and production leaders.
• Musically skilled and spiritually discerning, with the ability to lead worship confidently and pastor a team well.
• Prepared, dependable, and attentive to detail, with a passion for clear systems and distraction‑free environments.
• Committed to replacing themselves by developing leaders, delegating meaningful authority, and preparing others to lead.

The Worship Director builds and leads the teams responsible for the music and production elements of Gather Church services. This leader plans worship in partnership with the Senior Pastor, develops musicians and vocalists, and ensures that sound, lighting, video, presentation, staging, and related systems support excellent, authentic, and distraction‑free worship.

The Worship Director is or becomes a member of Gather Church and demonstrates alignment with the mission, vision, doctrine, and values of Gather Church and the Global Methodist Church.

• Recruit, screen, onboard, train, schedule, encourage, coach, and care for musicians, vocalists, and production leaders.
• Create a leadership pipeline that identifies emerging worship and production leaders, provides practical training and feedback, and entrusts them with increasing responsibility.
• Build a team culture marked by spiritual preparation, musical excellence, humility, encouragement, reliability, and shared ownership.

• Plan songs, worship elements, service flow, and transitions with the Senior Pastor in alignment with Scripture, sermon direction, the church calendar, and Gather’s vision.
• Maintain an accessible song library and communicate accurate service plans with enough lead time for excellent preparation.
• Demonstrate proficiency with PCO, Pro Presenter, Ableton, and Google Workspace.

• Lead rehearsals, soundchecks, run‑throughs, and team huddles, setting clear expectations and coaching team members toward spiritual and technical preparation.
• Lead worship regularly while developing others who can lead without the Worship Director present.
• Handle last‑minute changes and challenges with calm, sound judgment, and clear communication.

• Provide leadership and quality control for audio, lighting, presentation, video, livestream, staging, and related systems.
• Establish standards, checklists, training, and troubleshooting procedures that create consistent services without preventable distractions.

• Maintain an organized inventory and plan proactively for equipment care, repair, replacement, and future upgrades.
• Manage the approved worship and production budget wisely, aligning purchases with ministry priorities.
• Build documented, scalable systems for scheduling, planning, communication, setup,…