Worship Pastor

WORSHIP PASTOR

General Position Description

The Worship Pastor at Crossway Church is responsible for leading the church family to worship God in spirit and in truth, and in a way that fulfills our mission to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ who go and make disciples.

Specific Duties

Build upon the tradition of excellence in music and worship at Crossway while leading the ministry into the future.

Plan worship services (8am, 9:30am, & 11:15am) as a coordinated effort with the Lead Pastor and his sermon series.

Will collaborate with Executive Pastor/Producer and other outside worship leaders such as LU Students, Regent Students, and various groups when planning weekly worship gatherings and special events.

Meet weekly with your worship planning team to plan services with prayer, creativity, vision, attention to detail, and excellence. The worship planning team includes the Lead Pastor/Producer and Executive Pastor/Producer.

Lead worship that engages an intergenerational church family and community, drawing from a variety of musical tools including band, vocals, praise choir, and orchestra.

Engage the unreached community evangelistically through excellent music.

Create an environment where gifted and talented musicians and vocalists desire to be part of the worship ministry at Crossway. Draw them to your leadership and shepherd them to lead the church family in worship with you.

Recruit, audition, and rehearse musicians and vocalists, and build teams to involve many people in the worship ministry of the church.

Oversee and develop age-appropriate music and worship opportunities for children and students.

Oversee, develop, and provide leadership to the media and production staff.

Other duties as assigned by the Lead Pastor and Executive Pastor.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities

A member in good standing with Crossway Church, or amenable and qualified for church membership.

Ability to work with people, develop teams, and delegate responsibility

Strong music, presentation, and production talents.

Strong inter-personal skills in order to recruit and shepherd volunteers (Way Makers), build teams, and gather people to serve in the worship, production, and media ministry of the church.

Other Responsibilities and Expectations

Pray for the people and families in your ministry and community.

Attend weekly staff chapel.

Develop spiritually through personal Bible reading, prayer, and Christian community.

Participate in the overall life of the church and in a Neighborhood group.

Participate in the life of the church financially by tithing.

Be a team player and maintain the unity of the body.

Enthusiastically support and live out the mission, vision, and strategy of the church.

Wholeheartedly embrace the Statement of Faith.

Abide by the Ministry Team Covenant.

Reports to: Executive Pastor

Time: Full time

Who We Are: Our Certain Identity

Jesus never meant for the church he is building to exist for itself, but for the glory of God, for people, for communities, for cities, and for the world.

At Crossway Church, you’ll discover a missional community of passionate Christ followers who love God and love our neighbors as we live out our faith in the Hampton Roads area, inviting people of all races, tribes, tongues and nations to gather, grow, give, and go in a grace-filled community.

As a community of faith on mission for Jesus, we partner with God in his redemptive and restorative work in the world today. We also desire to partner with other life-giving churches to accomplish His purposes.

No single church can do everything to solve the massive global challenges that result from spiritual blindness, but we are committed to doing our part. We reach outside the walls of our fellowship to love and touch people who are far from God.

We are the Church

For us, church is neither a physical building nor an event we attend one day a week but something we are, wherever we are and whenever we are there. When we gather for Sunday worship and to wherever we scatter throughout the week, we are the called out people of God focused on the mission and purpose of Jesus Christ.

We are Crossway

As a local church, we are Crossway because the cross of Jesus Christ is the way to eternal life (John 14:6), the way to the abundant life (Luke 9:23), and the way home to God (Luke 15:11-32).

Why We Exist: Our Clear Mission

We exist to glorify God by making disciples of Jesus Christ who go and make disciples.