Director of Worship Arts at Bethel Baptist Church

Description:

Position Description and Responsibilities This person will be tasked with the overall coordination of worship arts for Bethel. This will include, but not be limited to • Planning, helping to plan or coordinating the planning of the music and other creative elements for Sunday morning services based on the particular preaching series theme, seasonal motif or Scripture passage focus. • Providing leadership and direction for those involved in the worship arts ministry, with the specific aim of equipping and empowering people for service and multiplying leaders. • Understanding and providing oversight to the scheduling of Worship Team participants. • Leading the time of worship during Sunday morning services once or twice each month. • Leading and providing constructive feedback during worship team rehearsals. • Planning and coordinating special events and services, especially related to Christmas and Easter. • Encouraging and fostering an expansion of Bethel’s worship arts repertoire to include elements such as video, photography, dance, drama and other means of worshipful expression. • Purposefully recruiting and selecting participants in worship arts to reflect the makeup of the congregation and to lead the congregation in worship well. • Dealing with any issues that arise from the congregation in relation to the Worship Arts or within the Worship Arts team. • Managing the Worship Arts budget, as well as the church’s inventory of music and music-related equipment, and directing any necessary expenditures or purchases. The Director of Worship Arts position will report directly to the Senior Pastor. It is a full-time, exempt position with medical and retirement benefits. Salary is commensurate with experience. The position requires evening and weekend commitments. Candidate Qualifications The person prayerfully applying for this position should be a committed follower of Jesus who was baptized by immersion. This person will be in agreement with Bethel’s statement of beliefs in particular, and Baptist distinctives generally. The person’s life will reflect the qualities of a church leader as identified in 1 Timothy 3:1-12 and Titus 1:6-9. This person will have a minimum of a bachelor’s degree (preferably with a major in an area of study related to the worship arts and/or music/music education in some way). This person will also have demonstrated the ability to lead a congregation in worship. This person will have a working knowledge of the software used to put together, produce and present worshipful expression during the service. Finally, this person will be familiar with the arts, and perhaps have abilities outside of music that can be tapped.

To Apply: Direct cover letter and resume w/3 references as PDF/RTF attachment to Or mail to Bethel Baptist Church, 1691 Springport Rd., Jackson, MI 49202. Please include link to an online video or DVD of candidate leading worship.

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