Worship Pastor - LifePointNV

To see our official Worship Pastor leadership description, click here.

Departments: Worship Team, Weekend Experience Team

Reports to: Care & Operations Pastor, Lead Pastor

Classification: Full-Time, Salary

Leadership Summary:

• The Worship Pastor is the leader and driving force of all worship at LifePoint. As the leader of the Worship Department and accompanying teams, they are a vital part of helping accomplish our mission through  shepherding the musicians, strategically planning our weekend experiences, and leading people to connect with God through worship.

Worship Philosophy at LifePoint:

• At LifePoint we believe that "The music is the other half of the message." We think worship is impactful in communicating God's character, Biblical truths, and that it helps draw us closer to God in a different, but similarly impactful way that a sermon or message would. 
• Our goal, or Weekend Experience Vision is to: "Create a great experience, where people feel connected to God and others, and have a compelling reason to return."

Accountability & Teamwork: 

• The Worship Pastor reports to the Lead Pastor
• The Worship Pastor is a member of the Pastoral Team, having a seat at the table to help establish and guard LifePoint's culture, theology, leadership style and upholding our mission, vision and values.

Essential Leadership Functions:

• Ability to fully embrace the Mission, Vision, and Values of LifePoint Church.
• A leadership mindset that focuses on identifying, developing and empowering people to volunteer and lead on the weekend experience teams, including: worship team, Audio/visual, stage, and tech.
• Meet with the Lead Pastor and Weekend Production Director to plan a great weekend experience where people say “I liked the experience, I felt connected and I want to come back!”
• Proven expertise and capacity to work on a team utilizing a cooperative and collaborative team leadership style.
• Having the mindset of being a worship leader first and a musician second.
• Proven ability to maintain healthy and motivating relationships with supervisors, coworkers, and volunteers.
• Possess the ability to embrace innovation and creativity while adapting to growth and change.

Competencies & Expectations: 

• The ability to lead from and play at least one instrument, preferably acoustic and/or electric guitar, or keyboard with excellence.
• Be able to demonstrate vocal and musical competency and the ability to develop a set that goes with various messages and weekend experiences.
• Lead with good energy and engagement with people in the audience that balances leading Christians in worship and non-Christians in experiencing God through music.
• Competency and desire to use the latest technology such as — Pro Presenter, Ableton, worship tracks and Planning Center to facilitate worship.
• Use LifePoint systems and processes to continually connect with staff, leaders and volunteers.

Qualifications & Skills:

• Be a growing Christian committed to deepening their relationship with Jesus Christ through regular reading, Bible study, prayer and involvement in a small group. 
• Two to three years (preferred, but not required)  experience in a leadership and/or worship role in a church or university setting that demonstrates the ability to lead and collaborate on a team.
• High School Diploma required. A bachelor's degree or equivalent experience is preferred.
• Accomplishments that demonstrate strong leadership, development of volunteers and creativity.
• Have the attitude of a learner rather than a knower, a teachable disposition.
• High emotional intelligence and the ability to achieve results and care for people through conflict.
• Demonstrate organizational strength and creative abilities by bringing new ideas.

Audio & Video Examples: Please provide video and / or audio examples of you leading worship, preferably with a team and by yourself if possible. If you have some public speaking examples, or other creative samples you'd like us to see, please send them our way so we can get a great snapshot of who you are!  

See our Church: You can get a sample of our gatherings, style, teaching and worship by going to our YouTube page or by exploring our website.