Position Title: Area Worship Pastor – Queen Creek/Tempe Campus: Central Support

Reports To: Lead Worship Pastor Status: Full Time, Exempt

Position Summary: The Area Worship Pastor plays a key role in cultivating a thriving worship culture by fostering excellence, connection, and meaningful moments with Jesus. This role provides worship support across campuses and ministries, leads worship, and offers direct guidance to worship leaders, volunteers, and musicians, primarily at the Queen Creek/Tempe Campus.

This position moves forward the mission and values of Central Christian Church. The mission of Central is to lead people to discover and fully own their faith in Jesus. Our church values are Jesus First, People Always, and Made for More. You will also be expected to immerse yourself in our staff leadership culture of Jesus First, Same Team, Make It Better, Feedback Matters, Give It Away, and Healthy Hustle. Our culture is not aspirational, but conversational. It permeates how we speak and interact with one another as well as who we are and how we lead.

Responsibilities:

Lead worship onstage a minimum of 46 weekends a year (Holidays included)

Lead at Central campuses as scheduled 3-4 times a month – primarily at Queen Creek/Tempe

In addition to Sunday, stay in regular rotation for CYA and Central Students

Contribute to the planning and execution of weekend services

Contribute in weekend/event song selection

Work closely with other ministry departments to create and execute weekend and holiday

Assist with song arrangements

Contribute to songwriting for Central Music

Lead and develop volunteers at Queen Creek/Tempe

Download and prepare weekend ProPresenter lyric files

Download and prepare weekend Playback arrangements

Recruit, develop, and schedule vocal teams for Queen Creek/Tempe

Assign song leads and keys

Prepare vocal notes for the weekend

Being present in the lobby as much as possible

Own weekend volunteer hospitality

Meeting regularly with volunteers

Help schedule worship for Central Students

Support the vision and direction of Central Christian Church and the Weekend Experience Team, and help create and carry out the vision of the Central Worship ministry under the direction of the Lead Worship Pastor

Participate in “all staff” events

Support other ministries with worship

Other duties as assigned

Knowledge, Skills, and Experience Required:

Must be able to communicate with and inspire a team of creatives

Ability to work independently within scope of assignment; Manages time and prioritizes duties effectively

Ability to work in a fast-paced, deadline-driven environment and to be flexible in executing last-minute weekend changes

Ability to work cooperatively as a team member

Ability to sing and speak from stage is required

Experience in a large church is preferred

Competencies:

Collaborates – Builds partnerships and works collaboratively with others to meet shared objectives

Instills Trust – Gaining the confidence and trust of others through honesty, integrity, and authenticity

Interpersonal Savvy – Relates well with others and builds effective relationships

Communicates Effectively – Communicates effectively both interpersonally and corporately

Develops Talent – Develops people to meet both their ministry goals and Central’s goals

Builds Effective Teams – Builds strong-identity teams that apply their diverse skills and perspectives to achieve common goals

Drives results – Consistently achieves results, even under tough circumstances

Personal Expectations:

Must align with the vision and values of Central Christian Church and be committed to doing Central no harm

Growing in your personal relationship with Christ

Developing personal evangelism opportunities within and outside the Church

Staff Expectations:

Adhere to and encompass the qualities and characteristics required of Central Christian Church employees, defined by the Employee Handbook

Financially support the vision of Central Christian Church by faithfully giving at least 10% of gross income

Be an active Owner at Central Christian Church, making every effort to uphold the six core values of Central

Physical Requirements: While performing the duties of this job, the employee is occasionally required to stand, walk, sit; use hands to finger handle, or feel objects, tools or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb stairs; balance; stoop, kneel, crouch or crawl; talk or hear; The employee must occasionally lift, carry, push, and pull objects up to fifty pounds. Specific vision abilities required by the job include close vision, distance vision, color vision, peripheral vision, depth perception, and the ability to adjust focus.