Worship Minister
Effingham CAMPUS
Effingham, IL
POSITION TITLE:
Worship Minister
REPORTS TO:
Andrew Bloemker, Executive Minister of Ministries
POSITION SUMMARY:
Christ's Church exists to glorify God by leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. The Worship Minister plays a central role in that mission by leading our church in worship that is biblically grounded, musically excellent, and spiritually formative. This person builds, develops, and leads the volunteer musicians and vocalists who serve our weekend services—shaping a worship environment where nothing distracts from the gospel being preached and people encountering Jesus. This is both a pastoral role and a hands-on role. You'll be shepherding and developing people during the week and leading them from the platform on the weekend.
CAMPUS FOCUS:
This role is based at and gives its primary day-to-day attention to the Effingham campus. Effingham hosts four weekly services—Thursday evening plus three Sunday mornings—with an average weekly attendance of roughly 1,500. At the same time, the Worship Minister partners closely with worship leadership at the Clay County campus so that the two campuses share a common song list and a unified worship culture. One church, two campuses, equally invested i
SCHEDULE & HOURS:
This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week role. Core hours are 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, set aside as team-building hours for recruiting, training, developing volunteers, and service planning. The role also includes all four weekly services—Thursday evening and three Sunday mornings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
QUALIFICATIONS:
Worship Minister
REPORTS TO:
Andrew Bloemker, Executive Minister of Ministries
POSITION SUMMARY:
Christ's Church exists to glorify God by leading people to become fully devoted followers of Jesus Christ. The Worship Minister plays a central role in that mission by leading our church in worship that is biblically grounded, musically excellent, and spiritually formative. This person builds, develops, and leads the volunteer musicians and vocalists who serve our weekend services—shaping a worship environment where nothing distracts from the gospel being preached and people encountering Jesus. This is both a pastoral role and a hands-on role. You'll be shepherding and developing people during the week and leading them from the platform on the weekend.
CAMPUS FOCUS:
This role is based at and gives its primary day-to-day attention to the Effingham campus. Effingham hosts four weekly services—Thursday evening plus three Sunday mornings—with an average weekly attendance of roughly 1,500. At the same time, the Worship Minister partners closely with worship leadership at the Clay County campus so that the two campuses share a common song list and a unified worship culture. One church, two campuses, equally invested i
SCHEDULE & HOURS:
This is a full-time, 40-hour-per-week role. Core hours are 9:00 AM–3:00 PM, set aside as team-building hours for recruiting, training, developing volunteers, and service planning. The role also includes all four weekly services—Thursday evening and three Sunday mornings.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
- Lead worship from the platform for all four weekly services—Thursday evening and three Sunday mornings—as well as special services including Christmas Eve, Good Friday, Easter, baptisms, funerals, and weddings as needed.
- Build and lead the volunteer worship team—musicians, vocalists, and developing worship leaders. Recruit, audition, train, schedule, and develop volunteers, creating clear pathways for people to serve and grow, with intentional attention to students and young adults to develop the next generation.
- Plan weekly set lists in coordination with the Lead Minister's sermon direction and the series calendar, delivering plans to the team by a consistent weekly deadline.
- Build and steward a congregational song catalog that is singable and theologically sound.
- Serve as a visible spiritual leader on the platform through prayer, scripture reading, communion, and service transitions.
- Develop worship leaders, not just worship teams—raising up at least one person capable of leading a full set independently in the Worship Minister's absence.
- Partner closely with the Production & Front of House staff member to execute services, special events, and seasonal gatherings. The Worship Minister owns creative and musical direction; the Production & Front of House staff member owns technical execution.
- Manage worship software, CCLI licensing and reporting, multitracks; maintain instruments and gear alongside the operations team and steward the worship budget responsibly.
- Maintain a healthy volunteer culture marked by spiritual development, ownership, and care—not just musical competence.
QUALIFICATIONS:
- A growing follower of Jesus who affirms the mission, vision, and values of Christ's Church, with a life and household consistent with the character qualifications of 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
- Agreement with and willingness to teach and model the doctrinal position of Christ's Church.
- Demonstrated ability to lead worship vocally and instrumentally—guitar or keys as a primary instrument—in a modern worship context.
- Proven experience building and leading volunteer teams, not simply performing.
- Values engagement and leading people in worship over perfection.
- Working knowledge of planning software, in-ear monitoring, tracks-based worship, and CCLI administration.
- Able to sustain a four-service weekly rhythm with consistency and stamina, and to build a rotation that protects both the leader and the volunteers from it.
- Pastoral at heart—sees the worship team as a small congregation to be shepherded, not a resource to be scheduled.
- Teachable and eager to grow—receives direction well and is willing to attend courses, classes, and training to sharpen their craft over time.