Worship Pastor

Refuge Church is a growing, thriving Pentecostal church located in Mobile, AL. We are
a part of the Assemblies of God fellowship.

Refuge Church’s Mission - To connect the city of refuge to the God of refuge.

Staff Position - Worship Pastor

Purpose - This position exists to oversee, administer, and direct the Worship Ministry
of Refuge Church.

Expectations -
• Responsible to recruit, equip, and develop leaders who have the character,
spiritual gifts and abilities to minister effectively on our worship ministry team and
lead them to reach their full potential.
• To assist the Lead Pastor in directing the weekend services while creating the best
possible musical and spiritual atmosphere for the congregation to worship and
experience the Lord's presence.
• To shepherd our musicians, singers, tech team and creative arts team to help
them live a Christ-surrendered life. To have the spiritual, emotional and moral
pulse of those involved in our worship ministry.
• To be responsible for upholding and creating relationships, programs, activities
and classes that support Refuge Church’s mission.
• The position of Worship Pastor is viewed as a critical leadership role and you are
encouraged to be a good example to all and to live a life worthy of your calling,
representing Christ and His church well in all environments.

Responsibilities -
1. Oversee and coordinate all aspects of Worship, Tech, and Creative Arts
Ministries, being conscious of keeping current with best practices and connected
to those involved in all the ministries.
2. Lead, recruit, communicate, provide pastoral care, train, equip, and build worship,
tech, and creative arts teams.
3. Understand elements of the weekend service, special events, and outreaches to
lead and provide oversight of teams.
4. Choose song sets, musical arrangements, chord charts, and provide oversight to
rehearsals.
5. Be responsible to develop budgets and manage the disbursements of funds for
supplies, resources, equipment and projects.
6. Plan and lead worship in a God-centered, contemporary style for weekend
service, special services, leadership meetings, conferences, prayer nights and
outreaches.
7. Provide oversight of upgrades and maintenance of house equipment/instruments/
sound systems/monitors/ipads/and projector installations.
8. Develop various aspects of a vibrant music department including: praying for our
worship ministry, maintaining current song lists, ensuring compliance with
copyright laws, scheduling and directing weekly and special rehearsals, selecting
music, special groups and soloists, and those offering other artistic elements.

Qualifications -
Education and Experience

The candidate should:
a) Have completed High School or equivalent.
b) College focus or training related to Worship/ Creative Arts/ and Technical
Ministries.
c) Have experience with worship leading, creative arts, audio and video production,
communications in a church environment.
d) Display skills in some of these areas: voice, musicianship, arrangement, writing,
directing, communication, administration and team-building.
e) Possess a personal desire to be a life-long learner and to maintain a teachable
spirit.