Worship Pastor ~ Bay Hills Church
Bay Hills Community Church ~ 4940 Appian Way El Sobrante, CA 510-223-2500
Church Description:
Church's Purpose: To Glorify God by...
EXALTING our LORD Jesus Christ (Worship)
EDIFYING believers to maturity (Discipleship)
EQUIPPING for service (Ministry)
EVANGELIZING the world (Evangelism)
Church's Vision: We are radically committed to reaching the unchurched in the East Bay Area and to developing them into fully devoted followers of Christ
Church's Strategy: Purpose-Driven, Seeker-Sensitive, Intentional about reaching our Postmodern society, Desire to grow numerically by focusing on developing specific health characteristics (See General Ministry Responsibilities).
Current Status: Church Membership: 124
Average Worship Attendance: 425+
Facilities: Sanctuary and Offices, Christian Education Building, Youth Center Building, Church Parsonage, Rent school for weekend services.
Budget: 2005: $502,000 2006: $556,000 2007: $723,000 2008: $793,000
Staff: Senior Pastor - Full Time
Worship Pastor – Full Time
Youth Pastor – Full Time
Children's Pastor – Full Time
Office Administrator – Full Time
History: Church was established in 1942
Grown each of the past 10 years (average of 17%)
Area Demographics: Population: 210,860 (30 minutes from Oakland/San Francisco)
Ethnicity: 38% white
26% African American
15% Hispanic
21% Asian
Largest Age Group - 15 to 34 with 26% of total population
Job Description:
1. Build & Develop our Worship Ministry.
Purpose: Creatively plan contemporary worship services, incorporating postmodern elements, which bring people into the presence of God while giving them the opportunity to express their love to Him.
Team Development & Supervision - Responsible to recruit and train individuals, organize and develop leaders, and multiply groups for our ministry teams (vocalists, instrumentalists, multimedia, computer-operations, sound/lighting, ushers, special events).
Worship Service & Special Programming
1. Responsible for developing and programming the various elements of our worship services (congregational singing, multi-media, special music, Lord's Supper, video-testimonies, dramas...).
2. Strategically and intentionally build a service that has a contemporary postmodern feel.
3. Responsible for Special Events/Services throughout the year (Christmas program/banquet, Thanksgiving Eve, Christmas Eve...).
Media and Technical items – Must be able and feel comfortable working with the increasing media-related aspects that go along with being a worship pastor today (help build sermon graphics/video, possibly update church web-site, help with advertizing graphics, video editing...).
2. Help build Bay Hills into a healthy vibrant church.
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