Associate Minister of Worship

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.

The term “Acadiana” has come to signify all that is great about south Louisiana. It encompasses the “joie de vivre” so well-known in Cajun & Creole Country. Lafayette, Louisiana, mixes all the amenities of urban life, including universities and medical centers, with the unmistakable influence of the region’s Cajun culture. The Wall Street Journal’s marketwatch.com recently named Lafayette as the “Happiest City in America.”

Lafayette is said to have more restaurants per capita than any other American city, and many of them specialize in the distinctive, seafood-laden regional cuisine. Numerous music venues feature homegrown talent, and two popular festivals, Festival International de Louisiane and Festivals Acadiens, draw many thousands of visitors to town and anchor a calendar year full of celebrations of the area’s vibrant culture. Mild temperatures and some of the fastest internet in the world are among the many reasons to live in Lafayette.

Lafayette has diversified its roots from oil and gas to technology, health care, construction and manufacturing. A world-class workforce, pro-business climate, innovative spirit, and an unmatched quality of life are just some of the reasons businesses come to Lafayette. Located at the crossroads of interstates 10 and 49, Lafayette Parish (county) is home to an estimated 252,000 people, and the city of Lafayette is the fourth largest in the state, with a population estimated at 129,000. The median age in the city is 33 years, with 25.1% under the age of 18, 13.3% from 18 to 24, 29.5% from 25 to 44, 20.9% from 45 to 64, and 11.2% who are 65 years of age or older. The city’s population is 68% white and 28% black, and about 11.5% of the population speaks French. Median household income is $48,000, and home ownership is 55%. Lafayette is home to the University of Louisiana at Lafayette, the second-largest university in the state, with an enrollment of approximately 18,000. One of the newest college systems in Louisiana, South Louisiana Community College, is headquartered in Lafayette.

Cultural organizations include the Acadiana Symphony Orchestra and Conservatory of Music, Chorale Acadienne, Lafayette Ballet Theatre and Dance Conservatory, The Lafayette Concert Band, as well as the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum and the Acadiana Center for the Arts.