Madison Park Church of God, Inc. is hiring: Worship & Creative Pastor-Cross Moun

Worship & Creative Pastor - Cross Mountain Church

Date Posted: 01/18/2025

Categories: Worship/Music Ministry - Creative Arts

JOB SUMMARY
The Cross Mountain Worship and Creative Pastor will serve the ministries of Cross Mountain Church through various connecting, growing, and serving experiences. They will have oversight over worship, creative, and communications within the church.

ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

WORSHIP:

• Maintain an authentic and growing walk with Jesus Christ
• Recruit, build, develop, and schedule necessary teams to carry out worship
• Plan the corporate worship services in consultation with the Senior Pastor through prayer, conceptual forethought, theological accuracy, and musical appropriateness
• Ensure that all the musical and technical aspects of the service advance service themes
• Oversee song, media preparation, presentation, sound and lighting enhancements, and coordination of all instrumentalists and vocalists
• Direct all weekly activities and rehearsals necessary to facilitate worship in services
• Provide pastoral care for the worship team members
• Plan major seasonal services two to three times per year
• Find and plan other ways to use music and drama to reach out to the community
• Oversee the worship department budget and expenses
• Build contacts and relationships with local musicians for staffing and volunteering purposes
• Set annual goals for the worship ministry that are in line with the vision and then evaluate how those goals were attained or modified during the year
• Work with ministry and department directors to provide first-class worship experiences in all ministries at Cross Mountain Church
• Develop, implement, and coordinate a process to develop new musicians and vocalists, preparing them for the CMC Worship Team

COMMUNICATION OVERSIGHT

• Oversee the Communications Director
• Ensure that doable, sustainable, and reproducible systems for all communication needs and requirements are being created and followed
• Help develop a multi-channel communications strategy driven by the church’s mission, vision, and values
• Strategize and plan communications and marketing six to twelve months in advance with the Communications Director
• Follow up with the Communications Director as they partner with ministries; meeting with them and creating communication plans to generate an audience response
• Confirm that high-quality and high-impact communications reach both internal and external audiences
• Advocate for creative and clear communication in all settings
• Capture and share stories of impact and life change
• Measure and report engagement across various platforms

CREATIVE OVERSIGHT

• Oversee the creative team
• Plan strategically with the creative team to create elements for the service
• Ensure all creative elements (video, graphics, lighting, stage design, etc.) work together cohesively
• Participate in planning meetings for video script writing
• Conceptualize ideas with the creative team to brand sermon series and create marketing material, new designs, layouts, logos, and more

EXPECTATIONS

• Care for the people of the church and its facilities as a part of the body and not just as an employee of an organization
• Pray for the ministry partners and follow up on the prayer needs of ministry partners on an as-needed basis
• Thrive in a fast-paced, results-driven, and high-accountability work environment
• Build a team of volunteers and manage the spiritual, technical, tactical, and numerical growth as well as the health and development of the team
• Be fully engaged in the culture of Cross Mountain Church by volunteering and serving
• Must live within a ten-mile radius of the Cross Mountain campus