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, 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 Worship Department liaison between other Doxa departments, peoples, 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 instrumentalist (piano/keys preferred, multi-instrumentalist desired).
- 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, have 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.
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.