Worship Leader

ABOUT THE ROLE

The Worship Leader assists the Worship Pastor and Staff in carrying out ministry vision by cultivating a life-giving, passionate, and skillful culture of worship at Doxa Church through the spiritual and musical leadership of full and part-time (“Staff”), Volunteers, and other people or groups as assigned by the Worship Pastor

QUALIFICATIONS:

This individual must be doctrinally aligned with Doxa Church and deeply committed to its vision and values. This individual must possess a heart for helping others grow and serve, and an acumen for leading others. He must be spiritually mature, teachable, trustworthy, and humble to follow and lead.

ESSENTIAL ROLES / RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Participate and/or lead worship for all three Sunday main services (40 weeks per year), all church prayer & worship (quarterly), and other events as directed by the Worship Pastor.
• Plan or lead liturgical elements, scripture readings, exhortations, and transitions between songs effectively and with confidence.
• Participate and lead worship for students (Wednesday nights).
• Partner with the Music Director Lead to lead worship for students.
• Train and develop student worship volunteers.
• Oversee Kids Ministry Worship; volunteers, scheduling, coordinating, and lead worship as needed.
• Act as the Worship Department liaison between other Doxa departments, people, or external entities.
• Aid in developing spiritual & musical leadership among worship team volunteers alongside worship pastor and staff.

EXPERIENCE AND EDUCATION:

• High School Diploma or equivalent minimum.
• Minimum of 3 years of worship experience leading and/or music directing in a local church.
• Proficient vocalist and keys player (multi-instrumentalist preferred)
• Ability to lead worship confidently in front of large crowds through singing, speaking, exhorting, and reading scripture
• Ability to plan, prepare, coordinate, and lead a worship service from beginning to end.
• Ability to handle multiple projects effectively.
• Excellent verbal and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to create, coordinate, and lead a worship service with a band.
• Ability to train, develop, and lead worship ministry volunteers.
• Have good intuition, think several steps ahead, pay attention to detail, and make decisions quickly.
• Producer set of skills with experience creating music using DAWs like Ableton, ProTools, or equivalent.
• Songwriting experience preferred.

OTHER ROLES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

• Assist the Worship Pastor with department planning, execution of endeavors, implementation of projects, and weekly tasks as assigned.
• Provide administrative, coordination, and communication support for the Worship Department staff and volunteers as directed by the worship pastor.
• Assist the Worship Ministry Lead and Music Director Lead in any tasks needing assistance.
• Attend all staff or departmental meetings as directed by the worship pastor. Attend weekly cross-departmental Sunday Check-in meetings as worship department representative and report back to the worship pastor.
• Provide administrative, coordination, and communication support for the Communion Team Volunteers as directed by the worship pastor.
• Coordinate, manage, and maintain the incoming and onboarding processes for worship and communion team/potential volunteer candidates (this includes all communication, scheduling, and attending. auditions where it applies, dispersing resources, the use of Planning Center Online “people” workflow, email templates, sending and receiving communication, etc.).
• Assist in the planning and coordination of special services, projects, and team nights as directed by the Worship Pastor (i.e., Christmas, Easter, Anniversary, Album Projects, Video Projects, etc.).
• Have a general working knowledge of musical gear used on a Sunday and be able to troubleshoot, maintain, perform maintenance, or build out platforms for worship ministry gear use (e.g., a general knowledge or ability to learn the ins and outs of things like Nords, pedals, pedal platforms, guitars, drums, or coordinate with third parties for maintenance).
• Partner in the song-writing ministry at Doxa Church, writing, recording, and producing Doxa's original content.

ABOUT THE CHURCH

Doxa Church, located in Rocklin, CA, is a non-denominational church committed to glorifying God by making disciples. Their mission centers on fulfilling the Great Commission (Matthew 28:19-20) in the spirit of the Great Commandment (Matthew 22:37). The church aims to make authentic disciples of Christ who follow His ways in Worship, Walk, and Work, focusing on disciple-making across all ministries, from worship services to children’s discipleship, students, and young adults.

Doxa Church is grounded in four key pillars that guide its mission:

• Biblical Preaching 
• Passionate Worship
• Fervent Prayer
• Bold Evangelism

These convictions ensure that Doxa remains steadfast in its purpose of glorifying God through the discipleship of all who come to their community.