WORSHIP PASTOR

Responsibility To:  Senior Pastor

Job Description:
    Purpose:  To oversee and facilitate praise and worship at the
              local church.  To insure worship at all the local 
              church functions corresponds to the beliefs and
              practices of the local church. To insure that the
              correct individuals are being developed and deployed
              into the worship ministry at the local church.  To
              develop and deploy worship leaders for all Small Group and
              ministry groups.  To develop and deploy new worship
              leaders and teams for celebration times (IE. Sunday
              Services) and new church planting teams.  To introduce
              new songs monthly into the congregation.  To have the
              highest quality of sound possible for corporate
              gatherings.  To provide resources and materials for
              worship and worship training, as well as other
              training, teaching needs.  To maintain financial
              responsibility for the entire worship department.
    Tasks:
        1.  the local church Beliefs
            a)  Know each individual worship leader and be aware of
                their personal worship leading beliefs, practices,
                and abilities as they relate to the beliefs of the
                local church.
        2.  Staffing
            a)  Responsible for the selection of all worship
                leaders, musicians and singers that lead worship.
            b)  Responsible for being aware of worship leader / 
                musician's spiritual walk.
            c)  Responsible for pastoring worship leaders.
        3.  Small Group & Ministry Groups
            a)  Responsible for the selection of worship leaders for
                Small Groups.
            b)  Responsible for the selection of worship leaders for
                other ministry groups (prayer groups, men's/women's
                ministry groups, etc.)
            c)  Responsible for training worship leaders for all
                groups.
        4.  Worship Teams
            a)  Responsible for the selection, development and
                deployment of new worship leaders and teams for
                Sunday worship services.
            b)  Responsible for the selection, development and
                deployment of new worship leaders and teams for
                new church plants.
        5.  Song Selection
            a)  Responsible for weekly gathering's worship song
                selections.
            b)  Responsible for introducing new songs.
            c)  Responsible for updating and distributing worship
                song resources, tools and support information/systems.
            d)  Responsible for rehearsals with Worship Pastor's own
                worship team.
            e)  Responsible for Computer Video Projection.
        6.  Sound Quality
            a)  Responsible for sound system.
            b)  Responsible for sound technicians.
            c)  Responsible for staying abreast of new sound
                technologies.
            d)  Responsible for maintenance of the sound system.
            e)  Responsible for keeping a prioritized and updated 
                list for the Senior Pastor with prices of music
                supplies and equipment to be purchased.
        7.  Resource Center
            a)  Responsible for selection and training of Resource
                Center Coordinator.
            b)  Responsible for providing direction to Resource
                Center Coordinator on the worship materials (books,
                DVDs and CDs) to be purchased for support of
                worship ministry.
            c)  Responsible for overseeing selection of clerks for
                Resource Center.
        8.  Worship Training
            a)  Responsible for Annual Worship conferences or
                celebrations with nationally known worship leaders.
            b)  Responsible for developing worship training programs
                which meeting the on-going training needs of the
                the local church worship ministry. (IE. 6-week
                worship workshops)
        9.  Worship Department Finances
            a)  Responsible for financial oversight and solvent
                operation of the Resource Center,  sound system,
                worship team equipment, worship training materials,
                worship conferences and any paid staffing, as
                approved by the Senior Pastor.
            b)  Responsible for developing a yearly budget for the
                entire worship department.
            c)  Responsible for developing a project budgets for
                worship conferences or events.

Time Required:  20-30 hours per week

Length of Service:  Appointment of Senior Pastor

Qualifications & Skills Required:
    1.  Meet the qualifications of an "Elder" (pastor) as defined
        by the local church.
    2.  Meet the qualifications of  Worship Team Leader.

Training:  OJT, conferences, books, and CDs/DVDs/podcasts relating to job
           function.

Support: Staff meetings (weekly), small group, meetings with
         Senior Pastor as needed.