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New Hope Church | Associate Pastor of Worship

Ministry Areas: Worship Department

Role Title: Associate Pastor of Worship

Pipeline Level: Pastor

Reports To: Lead Pastor

 

Purpose Statement: Provide essential pastoral leadership to New Hope Church’s Worship Department with the goal to Help People Find and Follow Jesus. 

 

Responsibilities:

  • Maintain an authentic and growing walk with Jesus Christ through the ongoing spiritual disciplines of Bible reading, prayer, personal worship, and fellowship. 

  • Set annual goals with the Lead Pastor that are in line with New Hope’s mission and vision and evaluate how these goals were attained or modified during the year. 

  • Function as a member of the church’s pastoral staff, which includes preaching and leadership with weddings, funerals, baptisms, etc. 

 

Worship (30 Hours/ Week)

  1. Give pastoral oversight to the Worship Department of the church, which includes the Worship Team, Sound Team, Slides Team, Online Church Team, Stage Design, and Lighting Team. 

  2. Provide direct and enthusiastic leadership of the worship team(s), including auditioning, planning, scheduling, song selection, rehearsal, musician development, and the execution of all worship services. This person will become the primary on-stage worship leader for worship gatherings. 

  3. Working with the Lead Pastor, set the theme, direction, technical dynamics, and details of all worship services. This includes scheduling details with the weekly WIN, the worship service host, and communion team. This should be done with prayer, conceptual forethought, theological accuracy, and creativity.

  4. Working with other leaders, ensure all ministry teams in the Worship Department are fully staffed, well led, discipled, and encouraged as individuals and in their ministry roles.

  5. Give leadership and innovation to sound and tech equipment, as well as best practices for the development of the worship service.

  6. In coordination with the Technology Coordinator, help develop the New Hope Church campus to be able to host events in other parts of the building, be multi-venue or multi-site.  

  7. Build and provide leadership to a Worship Experience ministry team that provides sound and tech setup and tear down support for key ministry events (e.g., conferences, large gatherings, funerals, etc.). 

  8. Invest into (disciple) support staff and key leaders in the Worship Department. 

  9. Develop and manage the Worship ministries annual budget.

 

Other:  (10 Hours/ Week)

  1. If the position is full-time, provide leadership contribution to another needed area of the church (e.g., communication, technology, media or social media, etc.)

 

Time Investment: Full or Part Time

  • Will maintain regular office hours and be an active participant in weekly staff meetings.

 

Qualifications:

  • A clear testimony of faith in Jesus Christ and a vital, growing personal relationship with Him. 

  • Must have proven experience in worship leading and building a healthy worship ministry in a local church.  

  • Must be in complete agreement with the mission, values, vision, and doctrinal positions of New Hope Church and have a willingness to become a member upon hire.

  • Must be either ordained or credentialed in the Evangelical Free Church of America (EFCA) or be willing to obtain licensure or ordination.

  • Key Skills: 

    • Must have proven ability to build, organize, and lead a team. 

    • Must be relational and bring enthusiasm in leading the church in worship.

    • Must exhibit exemplary musical ability (preference vocals, guitar) and leadership, and preferably excellent pastoral skills. 

    • Must possess skill in the use of technology in worship (i.e., sound, lighting, computers, etc.) as well as a willingness to stay up to date on the latest equipment and software improvements. 

    • Experience with the Planning Center Services app is desired.  

  • Key Attitudes: Must be a team player with a “do whatever it takes” attitude, self-motivated, teachable, organized, and works well with others. Must have a strong work ethic and willingness to represent Jesus and New Hope Church well in the community. 

  • Key Passions: A heart for worship and the spiritual formation of the congregation. Should exemplify creativity in the role and willingness to be Spirit-led while matching the culture of New Hope Church.

  • Must have proven ministry experience in areas that match this job description. Theological training (e.g., a bachelor’s or M.Div. degree) is desired but not required.  





 

Hiring Process:

All interested candidates should submit a letter of interest and resume to the New Hope Church Hiring Team at Office@NewHopeAdel.org. In addition, please include any social media platforms and video links (e.g. YouTube) of your leading worship that would help us get to know you as a candidate.

 

New Hope Church Snapshot

New Hope Church is an Evangelical Free church (www.efca.org) located in the growing community of Adel, Iowa. Our mission is clear: We exist to Help People Find and Follow Jesus. As we strive to live out this mission, we hold strongly to three key values: Love (for God and others), Grow (discipleship), and Go (living our faith out loud whether locally or to other parts of the world). 

New Hope Church (NHC) launched on Easter Sunday in 1999 with a core group of local families with a passion to start an evangelical church in Adel, Iowa. Over the following years the church grew under the leadership of its first pastor, Tom Hein (who continues to serve on the pastoral staff). Approximately 10 years after the launch NHC purchased land and built a church campus, which added a kids wing a few years later. 

In the summer of 2018 Ryan Whitson and his family relocated from Denver, CO to serve as the next Lead Pastor of NHC. In the past seven years the church has experienced strong growth and spiritual fruit. Recently NHC completed a new $3 million building expansion project. The Lord has been incredibly good and faithful to New Hope Church as we passionately pursue being a life-giving church that infuses gospel clarity, boldness, and a relentless pursuit to grow in outreach and discipleship in our mission to Help People Find and Follow Jesus. 

Key Stats

  • Our current average Sunday morning attendance (3 services) is 650

  • Annual Baptisms: 21

  • Ministry Teams: 35

  • Small Groups: 30

Adel, Iowa

Adel is a growing bedroom community located 30 minutes west of Des Moines, IA (the capital of Iowa). It is approximately 8,000 people in size and is experiencing significant growth (6% annually). The New Hope Church congregation is made up of households from all over Dallas County (population 100,000+). 

Adel has a top-ranked school system (admschools.org) and Dallas County is often recognized as one of the best places to live in the state. For more information about Adel visit: https://adeliowa.org/

To learn more about New Hope Church please visit our website (NewHopeAdel.org) and social media pages on Facebook and Instagram.

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