The Associate Minister of Worship assists the Worship Pastor in providing leadership, support, and direction for the Worship ministries of FBC Lafayette.

Major Responsibilities:

• Lead in the planning, conducting, coordinating, and evaluating of the Modern Worship Service.
  • Serve as Worship Leader for the Modern Service.
  • Craft the order of worship for the Modern Service.
  • Plan and execute weekly rehearsals with the Modern Worship Team.
  • Recruit, equip, schedule, and mentor members of the Modern Worship Team.
  • Coordinate the schedule of substitute or guest musicians.
  • Maintain Modern Worship Library
• Lead next Gen worship teams; train and equip Next Gen worship leaders.
• Provide worship/music leadership for other services as needed; including, but not limited to the Legacy Worship Service, Sunday Night worship services, funerals, weddings, Christmas, etc.
• Support the Worship Pastor in planning and executing Worship Ministry Productions.
• Supervise, as assigned, ministerial staff, lay directors, and ministry teams.
• Manage budget and resources for respective ministries.
• Assist in discovering, enlisting, and training future leaders for ministry.
• Assist in pastoral ministry (i.e. counseling during worship invitations; assist in baptisms; conduct weddings and funerals when appropriate, and hospital visitation).

General Duties:

• Serve as staff liaison for assigned church committees and ministry teams.
• Keep informed on methods, materials, principles, procedures, promotions, and administration related to pertinent ministries.
• Cooperate with associational, state, and national programs and leaders.  Be involved as time permits, giving priority to the church.
• Maintain openness to new ideas and flexibility in adopting new strategies of ministry.
• Participate in weekly visitation program.
• Provide support when needed to other departments with “all hands-on deck” ministries (i.e. Vacation Bible School).
• Be present and available to support all church-wide services (Sunday AM/PM and Wednesday PM) and events.
• Work with other ministry staff when responsibilities overlap.
• Perform other duties and assignments as requested by the Senior Pastor.

• Bachelor of Music or comparable degree and/or professional performing experience required, master’s degree preferred.
• Competent using Composing software (Sibelius or Finale) and DAW software (MultiTracks or Abelton).
• Possesses a working knowledge of computer, sound, video, and stage lighting techniques to enhance the worship experience.
• Be knowledgeable and enthusiastic about music with the ability to play a lead instrument (preferably guitar) in the Modern Worship Team.
• Have a speaking style that engages the congregation.
• Commitment to working with amateur musicians.
• Willingness to support the entire worship service with presence and attendance, even when the Worship Team is not engaged in the worship service.
• Ability to create a worship experience through music that engages the congregation and encourages them to participate in worship.

• Be a Christian of high moral character who has demonstrated loyalty to God, the church, and his Pastor, and who expresses a call to the ministry.
• Fulfills the requirements of a pastor/overseer/elder found in 1 Timothy 3 and Titus 1.
• Able and willing to sign FBC Lafayette’s Staff Covenant.
• Has evidenced a heart’s desire to win people to faith in Christ and to see them following Him.
• Has demonstrated a work ethic characterized by punctuality, integrity, honesty, diligence, excellence, and industriousness.
• Has demonstrated the ability to lead and work with volunteer workers of all age groups of the church in a spirit of harmony.
• Has demonstrated the ability to work cooperatively with other church staff members.
• Has demonstrated a high level of confidentiality concerning all areas of ministry, especially personal contributions, benevolence, and personal information.