Worship Pastor

About the Role

The Area Worship Pastor plays a key role in cultivating a thriving worship culture by fostering excellence, connection, and meaningful moments with Jesus. This role provides worship support across campuses and ministries, leads worship, and offers direct guidance to worship leaders, volunteers, and musicians, primarily at the Mesa/Glendale Campus. This position is connected to the faith and ministry of the church and moves forward the vision of Central Christian Church.

Responsibilities

• Lead worship onstage a minimum of 46 weekends a year (holidays included)
• Lead at Central campuses as scheduled 3-4 times a month – primarily at Mesa/Glendale
• Take ownership of CYA and Celebrate Recovery worship experiences in addition to Sunday services
• Contribute to the planning and execution of weekend services
• Contribute to weekend/event song selection
• Work closely with other ministry departments to create and execute weekend and holiday experiences
• Assist with song arrangements
• Contribute to songwriting for Central Music
• Lead and develop volunteers at Mesa/Glendale
• Download and prepare weekend ProPresenter lyric files
• Download and prepare weekend Playback arrangements
• Recruit, develop, and schedule vocal teams
• Assign song leads and keys
• Prepare vocal notes for the weekend
• Be present in the lobby as much as possible
• Own weekend volunteer hospitality
• Meet regularly with volunteers
• Assist Student Worship Pastor with CSM as needed
• Support the vision and direction of Central Christian Church and the Weekend Experience Team
• Help create and carry out the vision of the Central Worship ministry under the direction of the Lead Worship Pastor
• Participate in “all staff” events
• Support other ministries with worship
• Other duties as assigned

Requirements

• Must be able to communicate with and inspire a team of creatives
• Ability to work independently within scope of assignment; manages time and prioritizes duties effectively
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and to be flexible in executing last-minute weekend changes
• Ability to work cooperatively as a team member
• Ability to sing and speak from stage is required
• Experience in a large church is preferred

Skills

• Collaborates – Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives
• Instills Trust – Gains the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity
• Interpersonal Savvy – Relates well with others and builds effective relationships
• Communicates Effectively – Communicates effectively both interpersonally and corporately
• Develops Talent – Develops people to meet both their ministry goals and Central’s goals
• Builds Effective Teams – Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals
• Drives Results – Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances

Role Model in Personal Life

• Must align with the vision and values of Central Christian Church and be committed to doing Central no harm
• Financially support the vision of Central Christian Church by faithfully giving at least 10% of gross income
• Growing in your personal relationship with Christ, while developing personal evangelism opportunities within and outside the Church
• Model Biblical Integrity in all things
• Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of Central Christian Church employees, defined by the Employee Handbook
• Be an active Owner at Central Christian Church, making every effort to uphold the six staff values of Central: Jesus First, Same Team, Make it Better, Give it Away, Feedback Matters, and Healthy Hustle

Physical Requirements

While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to:

• Stand, walk, sit
• Use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls
• Reach with hands and arms
• Climb stairs
• Balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl
• Talk or hear
• Lift, carry, push, and pull objects up to fifty pounds

Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.