Part-Time Worship Leader

PART-TIME JOB DESCRIPTION: MINISTER OF WORSHIP

The Worship Minister will be asked to provide leadership in music and worship. While we see this position leaning primarily toward worship, we want to leave room for the staff member to bring and use their gifts and talents at Cooper River Baptist as the Holy Spirit directs.

WORSHIP:

• Oversee all aspects of the Cooper River Baptist music ministry; providing leadership, vision, and passion for Christ in music and genuine worship.
• Proficient instrumentalist; able to lead with piano, keyboard, or guitar, etc.
• Collaborate with the Pastor to prepare worship services, including song selection, structure, tech needs, etc.
• Lead Praise team rehearsals and Sunday worship
• Work with the audio/visual team to coordinate services and update systems as needed.
• Recruit, train, resource, schedule, and affirm ministry volunteers.
• Ensure all volunteers have complete Child Sexual Abuse Prevention Training.

OTHER:

• Participate in weekly staff meetings.
• Limited Office Hours
• Staff Prayer – Sundays 9:00 AM
• Willing to participate in the life of the church

PERSONAL LIFE EXPECTATIONS:

• Agree with and support the doctrinal statement and direction of Cooper River Baptist Church.
• Prefer a minimum of a two-year degree in Ministry, Music, or related field.
• Some experience in ministry and leading worship
• Personal spiritual development including quiet time, prayer, and self-evaluation
• Stand firm on God’s Word while ministering with grace.
• Live a lifestyle characterized by the pursuit of holiness.
• Has a passion for Gospel proclamation
• Self-starter-energetic, organized, and willing to do what it takes to get the job done
• Team player- work well with the pastors and ministry teams.
• Flexible
• Creative- making Cooper River and its ministries more effective
• Excited to serve

We are in the heart of the Park Circle community in North Charleston. Our rapidly changing neighborhood is diverse in both ethnicity and socioeconomic status. This area has been revitalized and is now a very sought-after, charming community in which to live. It has a classic small-town feel in the middle of a large city. Hallmark has used our parking lot as a staging area to film a recent movie (as have other movie companies) on our street. From the church’s front doors, you can see, hear, and smell the up-and-coming trendy restaurants with outdoor seating and live music less than one block away. Yet behind the church are several large neighborhoods with many young professionals and families.

Our community is considered post-Christian, with 78% of the population unaffiliated with a church. At the same time, this community is friendly and open to meeting new people and having conversations. There is a great amount of lostness and resistance to the gospel. For this reason, we believe that God has allowed Cooper River to be planted and to continue to exist for the last 68 years. God has placed us here for such a time as this. We believe there are exciting days ahead!

Our church has gone through a revitalization process of recovering our mission and purpose. Seven years later, our focus, vision, and identity are rooted in Jesus and His kingdom work. The majority of our Sunday morning crowd has joined over the last three years, and we continue to see movement in this direction today. We have a culture of change, and there is a continuous openness to try new things