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Worship Director/Pastor - Brea
Worship Director/Pastor - BreaSaddleback Church • Brea, CA, United States
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Worship Director/Pastor - Brea

Worship Director/Pastor - Brea

Saddleback Church • Brea, CA, United States
30+ days ago
Job type
  • Full-time
Job description
The Worship Director/Pastor is passionate about worship, leadership and shepherding the local church. As the Worship Director/Pastor, you will play a pivotal role in leading our church family in corporate and personal worship. You will lead engaging and authentic worship experiences, develop the volunteer team, and support the campus pastor at the local campus.

WHAT YOU WILL DO

Oversee Weekend Team:

  • Overseeing the worship team involves a combination of spiritual leadership, team management, and creative development. The role requires guiding the team to ensure they are growing musically and spiritually while fostering community and collaboration. Key aspects of this responsibility include:
Pastoral Leadership:
  • Providing spiritual care and guidance to the team is foundational. This includes praying for and with the team, offering encouragement, and nurturing a heart of worship that extends beyond musical excellence. The goal is to cultivate a culture of worship that reflects the church’s values.
Onboarding/Auditioning:
  • The onboarding process starts with auditions, where potential members are assessed for their musical abilities, heart for worship, and alignment with the team’s mission. The process ensures that new members are a good fit both musically and spiritually, creating a unified team.
Weekly Development Process:
  • Weekly rehearsals and training sessions focus on musical skills, team dynamics, and spiritual growth. These regular meetings help team members grow in their craft while staying grounded in the purpose of worship, ensuring they are fully prepared to lead worship each week.
Quarterly Team Nights:
  • These gatherings bring the entire team together for fellowship, vision-casting, and worship. Quarterly team nights provide an opportunity for relationship-building, spiritual renewal, and unified focus, helping the team stay connected to the broader mission of the church.
Identify Leadership Team:
  • Part of the role is to identify and develop emerging leaders within the worship team. This involves mentoring individuals who demonstrate both talent and a heart for service, helping them step into leadership roles that contribute to the overall health and growth of the worship ministry.
  • This also includes overseeing the Tech Director position. The Worship Director/Pastor is responsible for hiring and managing the Tech Director along with helping to recruit, care and develop volunteers for the tech side.
  • Along with that, they will oversee the Music Director and any On-Call/Program staff musicians. They are to help in recruiting and onboarding musicians and volunteers.
Lead Student Ministry Worship Team
  • Collaborate closely with the SSM staff and central student worship leader to build, support, and guide the student worship team at your campus.
  • Lead weekly rehearsals, manage Planning Center Online (PCO) rostering and song selection for Student Ministry weekend services, and lead worship 6-8 weekends per year
  • Coach and develop the student worship team while recruiting and involving adult leaders to assist in mentorship and team support.
  • Occasionally include students on the weekend team.
Assist with Local Campus Events

The Worship Director/Pastor will report directly to the Campus Pastor and receive daily, operational, directional, and strategic leadership from the Campus Pastor. Additionally, the Worship Director/Pastor has a dotted line reporting to the Central Worship Pastor. The relationship with the Central Worship Pastor is for Coaching, Advocacy, Resourcing, and Encouragement.
  • Lead and develop a roster of leaders to serve in various worship settings, such as Prayer Gatherings and Celebrate Recovery, ensuring each event is well-supported with strong worship leadership.
  • Actively participate in campus staff meetings, Activate, and other key gatherings to stay aligned with the campus vision and contribute to team collaboration.
Understand commitment to global Saddleback life

We have a deep commitment to our local Saddleback campus and also to the larger Saddleback Church story and ministry. We value maintaining a collaborative relationship with the Central Worship Pastor and Saddleback Worship team across all campuses to ensure alignment on vision and values of worship at Saddleback.
  • Campus Staff Meeting
  • All-Church Conferences and events
  • Monthly Saddleback Worship community connects (after in-person staff meetings)
Systems and Processes / Administrative Responsibility

There are many tools we use to keep our ministry organized. There will need to be commitment to and proficiency in each of these and support and train others to use these resources as needed.
  • PCO
  • ProPresenter
  • Ableton
  • Google Workspace
  • Budget reports. Responsible for maintaining their budgets accordingly.
  • Church database and Concur for credit card reconciliation.
  • Onboarding after SHAPE Activate
WHAT YOU HAVE DONE
  • Must have experience leading worship, team building, and a demonstrated commitment to prayer.
  • Demonstrate that you are a constant learner who keeps worship experiences fresh and spiritually enriching.
  • Exceptional vocal and musical skills with guitar and/or other instruments.
  • Must have experience with Ableton software for creating, editing, and running tracks.
WHAT WE OFFER
  • Highly competitive benefits plans. Health plans with employee low deductible medical (EPO and PPO), dental, and vision coverage.
  • 403(b)-retirement plan with employer contribution.
  • Generous holiday and paid time off plans, including a paid week off between Christmas and New Year’s Day.


Saddleback Church’s pay philosophy is based on internal and external data for pay equity and budgetary considerations for effective stewardship. The estimated pay rate for this position is $70,000-$72,000 per year, depending on experience. We will provide a pay rate within our salary structure that fits a candidate’s qualifications and experience for the job. The posted wage range does not guarantee a specific job offer.

Saddleback Church is both an equal opportunity employer and a faith-based religious organization. We conduct hiring without regard to race, ethnicity, national origin, citizenship, age, sex, marital status, membership in any labor organization, political ideology, or disability of an otherwise qualified individual. The status of Saddleback Church as an equal opportunity employer does not prevent us from hiring staff based on their religious beliefs so that all employees share the same religious commitment, which is central to our mission.

Equal Opportunity Employer

This employer is required to notify all applicants of their rights pursuant to federal employment laws.
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